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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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