Charlie Crist, Governor

Charlie Crist

Governor
Born
July 24, 1956
Current age
70
Home state
Florida
Party
Democratic
On the ballot
1998–2022
4-4
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Crist12.1M
Opponents16.4M
8
Elections run

Between 1998 and 2022, Charlie Crist ran in 8 elections across 3 offices (U.S. Senate, Governor, and U.S. House), winning 4 and losing 4. Crist's biggest single-election total was 3,106,313 votes, in the 2022 governor election in Florida. Crist's closest win came in the 2016 U.S. House election in Florida's District 13, decided by 13,544 votes.

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How many votes has Charlie Crist received?

Charlie Crist has received 12,081,475 popular votes across 8 U.S. elections, with a career record of 4–4.

Election history

Charlie Crist’s election history
YearOfficeResultVotesOpponent(s)
2022GovernorFloridaLost3,106,31339.97%Ron DeSantis
2020U.S. HouseFloridaWon215,40553.04%Anna Paulina Luna
Jacob Daniel Curnow
2018U.S. HouseFloridaWon182,71728.82%George Buck
2016U.S. HouseFloridaWon184,69351.9%David W. Jolly
2014GovernorFloridaLost2,801,19847.07%Rick Scott
2010U.S. SenateFloridaLost1,607,54929.71%Marco Rubio
Kendrick B. Meek

Alexander Andrew Snitker

Sue Askeland

Rick Tyler

Bernie Decastro

Lewis Jerome Armstrong

Bobbie Bean

Bruce Ray Riggs

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2006GovernorFloridaWon2,519,84552.2%Jim Davis
1998U.S. SenateFloridaLost1,463,75537.53%Bob Graham
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C001111) and Wikidata (Q374693). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Charlie Crist: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/charlie-crist. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.