Rick Scott won with 50.1% of the vote (4,099,505 votes), ahead of Bill Nelson with 49.9% (4,089,472 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 0.1 percentage points (10,033 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 0.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 7.5 points toward Democrats.
8,190,005 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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