Florida Department of State
Division of Elections
November 2, 1982 General Election
Official Results
| United States Senator |
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| County | Lawton Chiles (DEM) |
Van B. Poole (REP) |
Jim Fair (WRI) |
Ted McAnlis (WRI) |
|
| Alachua | 21,263 | 6,927 | 1 | 8 | |
| Baker | 2,028 | 520 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bay | 10,783 | 8,362 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bradford | 3,308 | 1,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brevard | 46,892 | 37,974 | 0 | 16 | |
| Broward | 204,272 | 105,482 | 0 | 30 | |
| Calhoun | 2,190 | 584 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlotte | 12,483 | 13,612 | 0 | 1 | |
| Citrus | 11,943 | 7,993 | 0 | 1 | |
| Clay | 7,477 | 5,057 | 0 | 0 | |
| Collier | 10,353 | 16,718 | 0 | 0 | |
| Columbia | 5,309 | 2,261 | 0 | 0 | |
| Desoto | 2,707 | 1,519 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dixie | 1,791 | 321 | 2 | 1 | |
| Duval | 78,383 | 35,660 | 0 | 8 | |
| Escambia | 32,518 | 14,938 | 2 | 1 | |
| Flagler | 2,854 | 1,776 | 0 | 0 | |
| Franklin | 1,344 | 547 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gadsden | 6,482 | 1,720 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gilchrist | 1,460 | 393 | 0 | 2 | |
| Glades | 1,105 | 541 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gulf | 1,918 | 801 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hamilton | 1,373 | 446 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardee | 2,542 | 1,141 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hendry | 2,670 | 1,399 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hernando | 12,378 | 8,166 | 0 | 0 | |
| Highlands | 9,185 | 6,791 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hillsborough | 98,939 | 47,994 | 6 | 16 | |
| Holmes | 2,408 | 1,215 | 0 | 0 | |
| Indian River | 9,977 | 10,323 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jackson | 6,629 | 2,525 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jefferson | 2,289 | 737 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lafayette | 1,346 | 344 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake | 16,014 | 15,379 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lee | 39,476 | 43,936 | 2 | 11 | |
| Leon | 29,400 | 11,092 | 10 | 22 | |
| Levy | 3,704 | 1,283 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberty | 978 | 351 | 0 | 0 | |
| Madison | 3,165 | 949 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manatee | 26,540 | 23,849 | 4 | 4 | |
| Marion | 19,119 | 13,695 | 2 | 2 | |
| Martin | 12,065 | 13,235 | 1 | 2 | |
| Miami-Dade | 246,797 | 99,806 | 0 | 8 | |
| Monroe | 10,034 | 5,081 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nassau | 4,204 | 1,846 | 0 | 1 | |
| Okaloosa | 12,174 | 11,517 | 1 | 9 | |
| Okeechobee | 3,212 | 1,435 | 0 | 0 | |
| Orange | 57,521 | 47,516 | 0 | 20 | |
| Osceola | 7,951 | 6,311 | 1 | 0 | |
| Palm Beach | 125,701 | 81,484 | 0 | 40 | |
| Pasco | 45,725 | 31,006 | 2 | 6 | |
| Pinellas | 148,669 | 110,856 | 73 | 36 | |
| Polk | 49,183 | 24,993 | 1 | 6 | |
| Putnam | 7,597 | 3,485 | 0 | 1 | |
| Santa Rosa | 9,398 | 4,635 | 7 | 8 | |
| Sarasota | 38,013 | 41,457 | 5 | 10 | |
| Seminole | 21,157 | 22,065 | 0 | 8 | |
| St. Johns | 7,350 | 5,165 | 0 | 0 | |
| St. Lucie | 14,479 | 11,703 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sumter | 3,425 | 1,551 | 0 | 1 | |
| Suwannee | 3,817 | 1,481 | 1 | 0 | |
| Taylor | 2,989 | 1,026 | 0 | 0 | |
| Union | 1,191 | 301 | 1 | 2 | |
| Volusia | 38,291 | 25,995 | 3 | 5 | |
| Wakulla | 2,414 | 956 | 3 | 0 | |
| Walton | 3,754 | 1,819 | 0 | 0 | |
| Washington | 2,751 | 1,468 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sub Total | 1,636,857 | 1,014,551 | 130 | 290 | |
| Fed Abs | 810 | 779 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 1,637,667 | 1,015,330 | 130 | 292 | |
| % Votes | 61.7% | 38.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |