1994 United States Senate election in Florida explained

Election Name:1994 United States Senate election in Florida
Country:Florida
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1988 United States Senate election in Florida
Previous Year:1988
Next Election:2000 United States Senate election in Florida
Next Year:2000
Election Date:November 8, 1994
Image1:Connie Mack III (3x4 crop).jpg
Nominee1:Connie Mack III
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:2,895,200
Percentage1:70.50%
Nominee2:Hugh Rodham
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:1,210,577
Percentage2:29.48%
Map Size:300px
U.S. Senator
Before Election:Connie Mack III
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Connie Mack III
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1994 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Connie Mack III won re-election easily, earning a second term and carrying every county in the state.

With his victory, Mack became the first Republican ever to win reelection to the United States Senate from Florida. As of 2023, this is the last time that a U.S. Senate candidate carried all counties in Florida.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Candidates

Campaign

Rodham left the public defenders office to run for the United States Senate in Florida in 1994. He won the Democratic Party nomination by defeating Mike Wiley in a runoff election,[1] [2] after earlier finishing first in a four-person primary field with 34 percent.[2] After the first primary, the third-place finisher, flamboyant Miami lawyer and perennial losing candidate Ellis Rubin, joined forces with Rodham as a "senior executive consultant" and hatchet man.[3] In the presence of Rodham at a press conference, Rubin levelled the accusation that Wiley was hiding his Jewish faith by changing his name from his birth name, Michael Schreibman,[2] and that Wiley "changed his name before the campaign to deceive voters about his Jewish religion." Wiley accordingly refused to endorse Rodham after the runoff.[2] Rodham then lost by a 70%-30% margin to incumbent Senator Republican Connie Mack III in the general election.[4] Although Bill and Hillary Clinton both campaigned for him, his organization was unable to take advantage of their help,[5] he had few funds, almost no television commercials, and little support from the Florida Democratic party establishment in a year that saw Republican gains everywhere.[4] [6] After the election, Rubin switched allegiance again and charged Rodham with election law violations in the first primary; the Federal Elections Commission eventually dismissed the allegations.[7]

Results

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: The Rumpled, Ragtag Career of Hugh Rodham . https://web.archive.org/web/20010611053906/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,100329,00.html . dead . June 11, 2001 . Jessica Reaves . Time Magazine . February 22, 2002 . March 26, 2006.
  2. News: Florida Vote Goes to Brother Of First Lady . . October 5, 1994 . January 29, 2008 .
  3. News: Rubin Joins Rodham Campaign, Rips Wiley . Tom Fielder . . September 22, 1994 . fee required.
  4. News: The Rodham Family Biography . July 8, 2007 . CNN.
  5. Michael Wines, "Clinton Finds Few Listeners at Rally in Miami", The New York Times, October 16, 1994. Accessed July 10, 2007.
  6. News: Politics thicker than blood? . Lynn Sweet . The Chicago Sun-Times . February 23, 2001 . July 8, 2007.
  7. News: FEC Dismisses Allegations Against Rodham Campaign . Tom Fielder . . April 6, 1996 . fee required.