1998 United States Senate election in Florida

none March 2026 September 2023 1998 United States Senate election in Florida Florida presidential no 1992 United States Senate election in Florida 1992 2004 United States Senate election in Florida 2004 November 3, 1998 150x150px BobGrahamCropped.jpg Bob Graham Democratic Party (United States) 2,436,407 62.47% Edu Commissioner Crist crop.jpg Charlie Crist Republican Party (United States) 1,463,755 37.53% 300px County results 300px Congressional district results 300px Precinct results 1 300px Graham: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Crist: #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Tie: #d2b1d9 40–50% #ae8bb1 50% #808080 No votes U.S. Senator Bob Graham Democratic Party (United States) Bob Graham Democratic Party (United States) The 1998 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 3, 1998. Democratic incumbent Bob Graham was easily re-elected to a third term over Republican state senator Charlie Crist. 2022, this was the last time a Democrat has won the Class 3 Senate seat from Florida. Democratic primary Candidates Bob Graham, incumbent U.S. senator since 1987 Results Democratic primary results Bob Graham (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 909,349 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Charlie Crist, state senator from St. Petersburg Andy Martin, perennial candidate Results Republican Primary resultshttps://doe.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=9%2F1%2F1998&DATAMODE= Florida Department of State - Election Results 2019-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20110718142506/https://doe.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=9%2F1%2F1998&DATAMODE= 2011-07-18 dead Charlie Crist Republican Party (United States) 365,894 66.40% Andy Martin Republican Party (United States) 184,739 33.60% 550,633 100.00% General election Candidates Charlie Crist, state senator from St. Petersburg (Republican) Bob Graham, incumbent U.S. senator since 1987 (Democratic) Polling Poll source Date(s) SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error BobGraham (D) CharlieCrist (R) Other / undecidedpolling Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. Harris Insights & AnalyticsFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEight October 30, 1998 2,819 — 61% 39% 0%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Florida 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/FL/polls/FL98S.html CNN 18 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250618062423/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/FL/polls/FL98S.html 18 June 2025 liveOctober 26–28, 1998822 (LV)± 3.5%59%31%10%Independent Market Research of TampaPoll sponsored by the St. Petersburg TimesOctober 21–23, 1998670 (LV)± 3.8%61%25%14% Fleming & Associates October 22, 1998 557 — 61% 31% 8% Market Research Institute Inc. October 22, 1998 670 — 61% 25% 14% Harris Insights & Analytics October 20, 1998 2,295 — 60% 31% 9%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 15–18, 1998836 (LV)± 3.5%58%32%10%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategySeptember 22–24, 1998815 (LV)± 3.5%59%30%11%Forman Center for Political StudiesSeptember 9–23, 1998403 (LV)± 5.0%62%26%12%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyAugust 24–25, 1998804 (LV)± 3.5%59%28%13%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyJuly 17–20, 1998802 (LV)± 3.5%61%28%11%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyApril 16–18, 1998813 (LV)± 3.5%59%27%14% Results Graham defeated Crist in a landslide, with Crist winning just four of the state's sixty-seven counties: Clay, Collier, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa. There were no third party or independent candidates. General election resultshttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Party (United States) Bob Graham (incumbent) 2,436,407 62.47% -2.93% Republican Party (United States) Charlie Crist 1,463,755 37.53% +2.94% 972,652 24.94% -5.87% 3,900,162 46.84% 3,900,162 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) See also 1998 United States Senate elections Notes Partisan clients References External links Official campaign websites (archived) Bob Graham (D) for Senate Charlie Crist (R) for Senate United States Senate Florida 1998