2018 Florida Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2018 Florida Gubernatorial Election?

Ron DeSantis won the 2018 Florida Gubernatorial Election. Ron DeSantis received 4,076,186 popular votes (49.59%). The main challenger was Andrew Gillum (49.19%).

See the full head-to-head between DeSantis and Gillum

DeSantis +0.4 pts · won by 32,463 votes

Ron DeSantis RepublicanWINNER49.59%

4,076,186 votes

Andrew Gillum Democratic49.19%

4,043,723 votes

Other candidates received the remaining 1.2% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.

Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.