The 1998 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 3, 1998 alongside other elections to the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
in other states as well as elections to the
United States House of Representatives
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and various state and local elections. Incumbent
Democratic U.S. Senator
Bob Graham won re-election to a third term. , this was the last time the Democrats have won the Class 3 Senate seat from Florida.
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Bob Graham, incumbent United States Senator
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
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Charlie Crist, State Senator
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Andy Martin
Anthony Robert Martin-Trigona, usually known as Andy Martin (born 1945), is an American perennial candidate who has never been elected to office, running as both a Democrat and a Republican.
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, perennial candidate
Results
General election
Candidates
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Bob Graham (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
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Charlie Crist (R), State Senator
Results
Graham defeated Crist in a landslide, as Crist won just four counties in the state. There were no third party or independent candidates.
See also
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1998 United States Senate elections
References
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...