Rick Scott won with 55.6% of the vote (5,977,706 votes), ahead of Debbie Mucarsel-Powell with 42.8% (4,603,077 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 12.8 percentage points (1,374,629 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 12.8 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.6 points toward Democrats.
10,757,428 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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