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POLITICO's Live 2016 Florida Election Results and Maps by State, County and District. Includes 2016 Races for President, Senate, House, Governor and Key Ballot Measures.
- Senate Primaries
POLITICO's Live 2016 Florida Primary Election Results and...
- Presidential General Election
POLITICO's Live 2016 Florida Election Results and Maps by...
- House General Election
POLITICO's Live 2016 Florida Election Results and Maps by...
- Senate General Elections
POLITICO's Live 2016 Election Results and Maps by State,...
- Senate Primaries
The 2016 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 8, 2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Florida, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
- Marco Rubio
- 51.98%
- Republican
- 4,835,191
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- Republican Coattails
- General Election Recap
- Debates
- Murphy’s FEC and FBI Investigations
Rubio provided a reverse coattails effect for President Donald Trump. Rubio won 52.1 percent of the vote, while Trump earned 49.1 percent of the vote, a 3.0 percent difference. Kartik Krishnaiyer, a liberal blogger and a former spokesman for U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson’s unsuccessful U.S. Senate primary campaign against Murphy commented on the reverse c...
Rubio and Murphy wasted no time moving into general election mode after winning their primary elections by large margins—Rubio with 72 percent of the vote and Murphy with 59 percent. The day after the primary, Rubio challenged Murphy to six debates, saying, "when it comes to a debate about our future, I believe Floridians today deserve no less than...
Rubio and Murphy participated in two debates. The first debate was held on October 17 at 7 p.m. EDT in Orlando, Florida. The debate was moderated by POLITICO Florida, Orlando's WFTV-9, and Cox Media Group. The second debate was held on October 26 at 7 p.m. EDT at Broward College in Davie, Florida. It was hosted by Leadership Florida and the Florida...
FEC investigation
In July 2016, Murphy was notified by the Federal Election Commission that it was investigating a complaint filed by the Senate Leadership Fund, a Republican super PAC, alleging that he accepted $24,000 in illegal contributions in 2011 during his campaign for Florida’s 18th Congressional Districtseat. According to The Hill, the complaint “claims that a donor and childhood friend of Murphy’s, Ibrahim Al-Rashid, avoided campaign contribution limits by using the names of employees and the parents...
FBI investigation
On November 2, 2016, The Hill reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was also investigating whether Murphy accepted $24,000 in illegal contributions during his 2012 race for the House of Representatives. The Hill'sreporters "found no evidence that Murphy himself was involved in, or even aware of, the alleged scheme. The Murphy campaign declined to say whether the candidate is aware of the FBI probe, but the campaign said neither Murphy nor his campaign staff is being investig...
Spike in legal fees
According to The Hill, “From July 6 to Aug. 4, Murphy’s team spent $52,805 on legal fees to two law firms,” which was “1,500 percent higher than the average amount Murphy's campaign spent for the previous 16 months.” Karp, Murphy’s spokesman, commented on the legal fees, saying that they were unrelated to the FEC investigation. Karp said, "These fees have nothing to do with that complaint. That complaint is frivolous and unfounded. Our recent legal expenses cover work performed back in May an...
The 2016 United States Senate elections were held on November 8, 2016. The presidential election, House elections, 14 gubernatorial elections, and many state and local elections were held concurrently. In the elections, 34 of the 100 seats—all Class 3 Senate seats —were contested in regular elections; the winners served 6-year terms until ...
State by state results and maps for the 2016 election, including president, House, Senate, governor and ballot measures.
The data for the results on this site are reported by the Associated Press through the week of Nov. 8, 2016. Presidential results are updated as of Feb. 2017. President Senate House Forecast Exit ...
