2018 United States Senate election in Florida

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The 2018 United States Senate election in Florida was a closely contested race in which Republican Governor Rick Scott narrowly defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson, leading to one of the most expensive and high-profile Senate contests of the cycle.

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2018 United States Senate election in Florida canonical 1

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instanceOf United States Senate election ⓘ
afterElectionOfficeholder Rick Scott ⓘ
afterElectionOfficeholderParty Republican Party ⓘ
beforeElectionOfficeholder Bill Nelson ⓘ
beforeElectionOfficeholderParty Democratic Party ⓘ
campaignCharacteristic closely contested ⓘ
high-profile ⓘ
one of the most expensive Senate races of 2018 cycle ⓘ
campaignSpendingLevel among highest of 2018 Senate races ⓘ
campaignStatus targeted by both national parties ⓘ
candidate Bill Nelson ⓘ
Rick Scott ⓘ
candidateParty Bill Nelson; Democratic Party ⓘ
linked to: Bill Nelson

Rick Scott; Republican Party ⓘ
certificationDate 2018-11-18 ⓘ
challengerBackground Rick Scott was Governor of Florida at time of campaign ⓘ
linked to: Rick Scott
country United States ⓘ
defeatedCandidate Bill Nelson ⓘ
electionDate 2018-11-06 ⓘ
electionType general election ⓘ
electionYear 2018 ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection Bill Nelson ⓘ
incumbentPartyBeforeElection Democratic Party ⓘ
incumbentRanForReelection Bill Nelson ⓘ
locatedIn Florida ⓘ
marginOfVictory 10,033 votes ⓘ
nextElection 2024 United States Senate election in Florida ⓘ
notableIssue Hurricane Michael recovery ⓘ
environment and red tide ⓘ
gun control and Parkland shooting response ⓘ
health care ⓘ
officeContested United States Senate seat from Florida ⓘ
partOf 2018 United States Senate elections ⓘ
popularVote Bill Nelson; 4,089,472 ⓘ
linked to: Bill Nelson

Rick Scott; 4,099,505 ⓘ
linked to: Rick Scott
previousElection 2012 United States Senate election in Florida ⓘ
primaryDate 2018-08-28 ⓘ
primaryElectionsHeld yes ⓘ
recount yes ⓘ
recountType machine recount ⓘ
manual recount of overvotes and undervotes ⓘ
resultType narrow victory ⓘ
seatClass Class 1 United States Senate seat from Florida ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
votePercentage Bill Nelson; 49.9% ⓘ
linked to: Bill Nelson

Rick Scott; 50.1% ⓘ
linked to: Rick Scott
winner Rick Scott ⓘ
winningParty Republican Party ⓘ

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Rick Scott → electedIn → 2018 United States Senate election in Florida ⓘ