2068 United States Senate election in Florida

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    2068 United States Senate election in Florida
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    November 6, 2068
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    Nominee Cody Dell Lamine Keita Everly Kimbrough
    Party Green[1] Democratic Independent
    Popular vote 9,609,332 5,392,251 1,404,102
    Percentage 58.33% 32.73% 8.52%
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    Results by county
    Map legend Dell Keita
    40-50% Nassau Okaloosa
    50-60% Collier Sumter
    60-70% Palm Beach Lake
    70-80% Miami-Dade
    80-90% Monroe
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    Incumbent
    Julio Díaz
    Republican
    Elected Senator
    Cody Dell
    Green[1]

    The 2068 United States Senate election in Florida was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2068, concurrently with other federal and local elections, including for the United States presidency. The Greens and Republicans both nominated Cody Dell, a member of Orlando's city council, and the Democrats nominated Lamine Keita, the former mayor of Clermont and a member of the Florida House of Representatives. Even though Dell's official party registration was for the Green Party, he decided to also run in the Republican primary, as was legal in Florida law at the time, and won a plurality, putting him on the ballot under both the Green and Republican parties. Discontent with Dell's nomination among some Republicans caused a significant undervote in the general election compared to the concurrent presidential election in the state. An independent conservative candidate named Everly Kimbrough, a prominent businesswoman, decided to run after Dell's nomination for the Republican ticket.

    In the general election, Cody Dell won in a landslide, obtaining 58.33% of the vote in total and 49.25% of the vote via the Green ticket. The Democratic candidate Lamine Keita came in second, obtaining 32.73% of the vote, and Kimbrough came in third with 8.52%.

    This was one of very few elections in American history in which a Green Party candidate was pitted against a Democratic candidate without much Republican Party influence, due to Dell's nomination on both the Green and Republican tickets. It was also one of the first major Green Party victories in a statewide election.

    Detailed results

    United States Senate election in Florida, 2068
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Fusion Republican/Green Cody Dell 9,609,332 58.33%
    Green Cody Dell 8,112,409 49.25%
    Republican 1,496,923 9.09%
    Democratic Lamine Keita 5,392,251 32.73%
    Independent Everly Kimbrough 1,404,102 8.52%
    Write-ins N/A 67,860 0.41%
    Total votes 16,473,545 100.00%


    Notes

    1. 1.0 1.1 Cody Dell ran under a Green-Republican fusion ticket in 2068, and he was the official candidate of both parties on the ballot. However, Dell was generally known as a Green candidate and the Green Party part of the fusion ticket got the most votes.