Florida	Registered	Voting										Total Vote	Turnout '98-'94
1998	8,220,211	4,070,262	49.5153%
1994	6,559,598	4,305,340	65.6342%
	1,660,613	(235,078)	-16.1189%
Fla. Gov. 98	Bush (R)	MacKay (D)	McAlexander (Wri)									Governor 98
	2,192,105	1,773,054	282									3,965,441
	55.2802%	44.7127%	0.0071%									282
Fla. Gov. 94	Bush (R)	Chiles (D)	Boone (WRI)	Reed (WRI)								Governor 94	(241,218)
	2,071,068	2,135,008	556	27								4,206,659
	49.2331%	50.7531%	0.0132%	0.0006%							Ind. total	583
Difference	121,037	(361,954)	(274)	(27)
Fla. Sen. 98	Crist (R)	Graham (D)										Senator 98
	1,464,265	2,436,798	0									3,901,063
	37.5350%	62.4650%	0.0000%									0
Fla. Sen. 94	Mack (R)	Rodham (D)	Mailhot (WRI)									Senator 94	(205,113)
	2,894,726	1,210,412	1,038									4,106,176
	70.4969%	29.4778%	0.0253%									1,038
Difference	(1,430,461)	1,226,386	(1,038)	0
Fla. SoS 98	Harris (R)	Gievers (D)										SoS 98
	2,065,313	1,778,924	0									3,844,237
	53.7249%	46.2751%	0.0000%								Ind. Total	1.46936793852786E-39
Fla. SoS 94	Mortham (R)	Saunders (D)										SoS 94	(118,658)
	2,075,207	1,887,688										3,962,895
	52.3659%	47.6341%										0
Difference	(9,894)	(108,764)	0
Fla. Treas. 98	Ireland (R)	Bill Nelson (D)										Treasurer 98
	1,687,712	2,195,283										3,882,995
	43.4642%	56.5358%										0
Fla. Treas. 94	Ireland (R)	Nelson (D)	Coffee (WRI)	Helms (WRI)								Treasurer 94	(122,061)
	1,933,570	2,070,604	844	38								4,005,056
	48.2782%	51.6998%	0.0211%	0.0009%								882
Difference	(245,858)	124,679	(844)	(38)
Fla. AG 98	Bludworth (R)	Butterworth (D)										At. General 98
	1,562,269	2,301,328										3,863,597
	40.4356%	59.5644%										0
Fla. AG 94	Ferro (R)	Butterworth (D)										At. General 94	(157,552)
	1,709,139	2,312,010										4,021,149
	42.5037%	57.4963%										0
Difference	(146,870)	(10,682)
Fla. Comp. 98	Milligan (R)	Daughtrey (D)										Comptroller 98
	2,291,149	1,488,792										3,779,941
	60.6134%	39.3866%										0
Fla. Comp. 94	Milligan (R)	Lewis (D)										Comptroller 94	(194,355)
D to R	2,026,481	1,947,815										3,974,296
	50.9897%	49.0103%										0
Difference	264,668	(459,023)
Com. of Ed. 98	Gallagher (R)	Wallace (D)										Com. of Ed. 98
	2,185,027	1,679,893	0									3,864,920
	56.5349%	43.4651%	0.0000%									1.46936793852786E-39
Com. of Ed. 94	Brogan (R)	Jamerson (D)										Com. of Ed. 86	(116,265)
	2,125,480	1,855,705										3,981,185
	53.3881%	46.6119%										0
Difference	59,547	(175,812)
Com of Ag. 98	Bronson (R)	Crawford (D)	Merkey (WI)									Com. of Ag. 98
	1,502,324	1,867,204	551									3,370,079
	44.5783%	55.4053%	0.0163%									551
Com of Ag. 94	Smith (R)	Crawford (D)										Com. of Ag. 94	(643,334)
	1,968,418	2,044,995										4,013,413
	49.0460%	50.9540%										0
Difference	(466,094)	(177,791)
F. House 1-98	Scarborough (R)	No Democrat	Tom Wells (W-I)							Race Total
	140,693	0	663							141,356
	99.5310%	0.0000%	0.4690%
F. House 1-94	Scarboro (R)	Whibbs (D)	Boone (WRI)	Robinson (WRI)							(42,064)
	112,901	70,389	106	24					183,420
	61.5533%	38.3759%	0.0578%	0.0131%
	27,792	(70,389)	557	(24)
F. House 2-98	No Republican	Peterson (D)	Stein (W-I)							Race Total
	0	103,040	6,982							110,022
	0.0000%	93.6540%	6.3460%
F. House 2-94	Griffin (R)	Peterson (D)	Prescott (WRI)								(81,401)
	74,011	117,404	8						191,423
	38.6636%	61.3322%	0.0042%
	(74,011)	(14,364)	6,974
F. House 3-98	Randall (R)	Brown (D)								Race Total
	53,543	66,625								120,168
	44.5568%	55.4432%
F. House 3-94	Little (R)	Brown (D)									9,428
	46,895	63,845							110,740
	42.3469%	57.6531%
	6,648	2,780
F. House 4-98	Tillie Fowler(R)	No Democrat								Race Total
	0	0								0
	50.0000%	50.0000%
F. House 4-86	No Republican	Chappell (D)									0
	0	0							2.93873587705572E-39
	50.0000%	50.0000%
	0	0
F. House 5-98	No Republican	Thurman (D)	Gargan (Ref)							Race Total
	0	132,015	67,161							199,176
	0.0000%	66.2806%	33.7194%
F. House 5-94	Garlits (R)	Thurman (D)									(20,697)
	94,093	125,780							219,873
	42.7942%	57.2058%
	(26,932)	6,235
F. House 6-98	Stearns (R)	No Democrat								Race Total
	0	0								0
	50.0000%	50.0000%	0.0000%
F. House 6-94	Stearns (R)	No Democrat	Denton (WRI)								(150,030)
	148,698	0	1,332						150,030
	99.1122%	0.0000%	0.8878%
	(148,698)	0	(1,332)
F. House 7-98	Mica (R)	No Democrat								Race Total
	0	0								0
	0.50	0.50
F. House 7-94	Mica (R)	Gibbons (D)									(179,458)
	131,711	47,747							179,458
	0.7339	1.0000
	(131,711)	(47,747)
F. House 8-98	McCollum (R)	Krulick (D)								Race Total
	104,316	54,249								158,565
	100.0000%	34.2125%
F. House 8-94	McCollum (R)	No Democrat	Bedell (WRI)								26,750
	131,376	0	439						131,815
	99.6670%	0.0000%	0.3330%
	(27,060)	54,249	(439)
F. House 9-98	Bilirakis (R)	No Democrat								Race Total
	0	0								0
	50.0000%	50.0000%
F. House 9-94	Bilirakis (R)	No Democrat	Grayson (WRI)								(177,405)
	177,253	0	152						177,405
	99.9143%	0.0000%	0.0857%
	(177,253)	0	(152)
										Race Total
F. House 10-98	Young (R)	No Democrat
	0	0								0
	50.0000%	50.0000%
F. House 10-86	Ireland (R)	Higginbottom (D)									(171,927)
	122,368	49,559							171,927
	71.1744%	28.8256%
	(122,368)	(49,559)
F. House 11-98	Chillura (R)	Davis (D)								Race Total
	46,186	85,275								131,461
	35.1329%	64.8671%
F. House 11-94	Sharpe (R)	Gibbons (D)	Weeks (WRI)								(17,481)
	72,119	76,814	9						148,942
	48.4209%	51.5731%	0.0060%
	(25,933)	8,461	(9)
F. House 12-98	Canady (R)	No Democrat								Race Total
	0									0
	100.0000%
F. House 12-94	Canady (R)	Connors (D)		Ray	Spenton						(163,849)
	106,123	57,230	0	258	238				163,849
	64.7688%	34.9285%	0.0000%	0.1575%	0.1453%
	(106,123)	(57,230)
F. House 13-98	Dan Miller (R)	No Democrat								Race Total
	0									0
	100.0000%	0.0000%
F. House 13-86	Mack (R)	Gilbert									(250,488)
	187,794	62,694							250,488
	74.9713%	25.0287%
	(187,794)	(62,694)
F. House 14-98	Peter Goss (R)	No Democrat								Race Total
	0	0								0
	50.0000%	50.0000%
F. House 14-86	Martin (R)	Mica (D)									(233,146)
	61,185	171,961							233,146
	26.2432%	73.7568%
	(61,185)	(171,961)
F. House 15-98	Dave Weldon (R)	Golding (D)								Race Total
	129,324	75,654								204,978
	63.0916%	36.9084%
F. House 15-94	Weldon (R)	Munsey (D)	Owen (WRI)	Smith (WRI)							(12,894)
	117,027	100,513	246	86					217,872
	53.7136%	46.1340%	0.1129%	0.0395%
	12,297	(24,859)	(246)	(86)
F. House 16-98	Mark Foley (R)	No Democrat								Race Total
	0	0								0
		100.0000%
F. House 16-94	Foley (R)	Comerfor (D)									(211,380)
	122,734	88,646							211,380
	58.0632%	41.9368%
	(122,734)	(88,646)
F. House 17-98	No Republican	Meek (D)								Race Total
	0	0								0
	50.0000%	50.0000%	0.0000%
F. House 17-94	No Republican	Meek (D)	Coletta (WRI)								(75,752)
	0	75,741	11						75,752
	0.0000%	99.9855%	0.0145%
	0	(75,741)	(11)
F. House 18-98	Ros-Lehtinen (R)	No Democrat								Race Total
D to R	0	0								0
	50.0000%	50.0000%
F. House 18-86	Brodie (R)	Pepper (D)									(108,850)
	28,803	80,047							108,850
	26.4612%	73.5388%
	(28,803)	(80,047)	0
F. House 19-98	No Republican	Wexler (D)								Race Total
	0	0								0
	50.0000%	50.0000%
F. House 19-94	Tsakanik (R)	Johnston (D)									(223,370)
	75,779	147,591							223,370
	33.9253%	66.0747%										House 88
	(75,779)	(147,591)										1,065,726
												House 84	(2,084,014)
F. House 20-98	No Republican	Deutsch (D)								Race Total
	0	0								0
	50.0000%	50.0000%
F. House 20-94	Kennedy (R)	Deutsch (D)									(187,131)
	72,516	114,615							187,131
	38.7515%	61.2485%
	(72,516)	(114,615)
F. House 21-98	Diaz-Balart (R)	Cusack (D)								Race Total
	84,019	28,378								112,397
	74.7520%	25.2480%
F. House 21-94	Diaz-Bal (R)	No Democrat	Garza (WRI)	Tobias (WRI)							21,447
	90,948	0	1	1					90,950
	99.9978%	0.0000%	0.0011%	0.0011%
	(6,929)	28,378	(1)
F. House 22-98	Clay Shaw (R)	No Democrat								Race Total
	0	0								0
	50.0000%	50.0000%
F. House 22-94	Shaw (R)	Wiener (D)
	119,690	69,215							188,905
	63.3599%	36.6401%
	(119,690)	(69,215)
F. House 23-98	No Republican	Hastins (D)								Race Total
	0	0								0
	50.0000%	50.0000%
F. House 23-94	No Republican	Hastings (D)									0
Total Florida									House 1994	House 1998
1998	558,081	545,236	74,806	0	0	0			3,616,726	1,178,123	(2,438,603)
1994	2,094,024	1,519,791	2,304	369	238	0			3,616,726	1,178,123
	(1,535,943)	(974,555)	72,502
Florida House	Republicans	Democrats	Unopposed Reps.	Unopposed Dems.	Total Unopposed						0
1998	15	8	12	6	18	78.2609%
1994	15	8	9	2	8	34.7826%
	0	0	3	4	10	43.4783%
Questions							Yes		No
Fla. Amend. #3	Additional $25,000 ad valorem tax exemption for >65 earning <$20,000						2,560,979	68.4512%	1,180,341			3,741,320	0.08
Fla. Amend. #6	Public Education is a high priority and function of the state						2,623,889	71.0447%	1,069,406			3,693,295	0.15
Fla. Amend. #12	Firearms purchases: Local option for criminal check and waiting period.						2,655,010	71.9899%	1,033,020			3,688,030	0.23
Fla. Amend. #2	Preservation of the Death Penalty						2,676,043	72.7564%	1,002,043			3,678,086	0.31
Fla. Amend. #9	Basic Rights - all people are equal, male and female.						2,416,324	66.2550%	1,230,683			3,647,007	0.38
Fla. Amend. #5	Conservation of Natural Resources and creation of Fish and Wildlife Comm.						2,630,674	72.2995%	1,007,905			3,638,579	0.46
Fla. Amend. #1	Historic Property Tax exemption not dependent on improvement.						1,970,419	54.4843%	1,646,069			3,616,488	0.54
Fla. Amend. #7	Provide local option whether to elect or appoint judges with retention election				lection		2,028,165	56.8960%	1,536,523			3,564,688	0.62
Fla. Amend. #10	Allow local property tax exemption for property used for public purposes.						1,754,747	49.8333%	1,766,490			3,521,237	0.69
Fla. Amend. #8	Change Cabinet, eliminate sos and Comm of education, appoint Board of Ed.						1,950,311	55.5242%	1,562,234			3,512,545	0.77
Fla. Amend. #11	Better ballot access for independents and public financing.						2,239,607	64.1215%	1,253,150			3,492,757	0.85
Fla. Amend. #4	Permit recording of instruments in County Branch Offices						2,540,872	74.1023%	887,999			3,428,871	0.92
Fla. Amend. #13	Miscellaneous matters and technical revisions.						1,869,111	54.9739%	1,530,883			3,399,994	1.00
Florida Amendment #1 in 1994		Limited Casinos									[no 61.9977%]	4,121,943
	Republicans	Democrats	Unopposed Reps.	Unopposed Dems.	Total Unopposed
F. Senate 98	12	8	8	5	13	65.0000%
F. Senate 94	12	10	2	6	8	36.3636%
	0	-2	6	-1	5	28.6364%
F. Rep. 98	70	47	44	28	68	58.1197%
F. Rep. 94	57	63	32	32	64	53.3333%
	13	-16	12	-4	4	4.7863%

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