United States Senate election in Florida, 1982

United States Senate election in Florida, 1982

November 8, 1982

Nominee Lawton Chiles Van B. Poole Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,637,667 1,015,330 Percentage 61.7% 38.3%

U.S. Senator before election Lawton Chiles Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles Democratic

The 1982 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 8, 1982. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles won re-election to a third term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Lawton Chiles, U.S. Senator since 1971

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawton Chiles	1,044,246	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

• David H. Bludworth, perennial candidate
• Van B. Poole, Florida State Senator
• George Snyder

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Van B. Poole	154,163	41.57
	Republican	David H. Bludworth	116,040	31.29
	Republican	George Snyder	100,609	27.13
Total votes			370,812	100

Republican primary runoff results[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Van B. Poole	131,655	58.08
	Republican	David H. Bludworth	95,035	41.92
Total votes			226,690	100

General election

Candidates

• Lawton Chiles (D), incumbent U.S. Senator since 1971
• Van B. Poole (R), State Senator

Results

General election results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lawton Chiles	1,637,667	61.72%	-1.26%
	Republican	Van B. Poole	1,015,330	38.26%	+1.24%
	Write-ins		422	0.02%
Majority			622,337	23.45%	-2.50%
Total votes			2,653,419	100
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

1. https://doe.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=9/7/1982&DATAMODE=
2. https://doe.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=10/5/1982&DATAMODE=
3. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1982election.pdf