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1986 United States Senate election in Florida
	County results; Graham: 50–60% 60–70%; Hawkins: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Paula Hawkins; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Bob Graham; Democratic

The 1986 United States Senate election in Florida took place on November 4, 1986 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Paula Hawkins decided to run for re-election to second term, but was defeated by Democrat Bob Graham, the popular incumbent Governor of Florida. To date, this was the last time an incumbent from Florida's Class 3 Senate seat lost re-election.^[1]^{[failed verification]}

Graham received 83% of the black vote.^[2]

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Bob Graham, 38th Governor of Florida
Bob Kunst, perennial candidate

Results edit

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Graham	850,560	85.04%
	Democratic	Bob Kunst	149,657	14.96%
Total votes			1,000,217	100.00%

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Paula Hawkins, incumbent U.S. Senator
Jon Larsen Shudlick

Results edit

Republican primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paula Hawkins (incumbent)	491,767	88.73%
	Republican	Jon Larsen Shudlick	62,443	11.27%
Total votes			554,210	100.00%

General election edit

Candidates edit

Bob Graham (D), 38th Governor of Florida
Paula Hawkins (R), incumbent U.S. Senator

Results edit

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bob Graham	1,877,543	54.74%	+6.40%
	Republican	Paula Hawkins (incumbent)	1,552,376	45.26%	-6.40%
	Write-in		77	0.00%	N/A
Total votes			3,429,996	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic gain from Republican

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 8.
^ Black & Black 1992, p. 356.
^ ^a ^b "Florida Department of State - Election Results".