1998 Florida gubernatorial election

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The 1998 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998, to determine the governor and lieutenant governor of Florida. Democratic incumbent Lawton Chiles was term-limited and could not run for re-election. Jeb Bush, who had run for governor in 1994, defeated lieutenant governor Buddy MacKay by nearly 11 percent of the vote. Primary elections were held on September 1. The primary campaign was largely uneventful, as MacKay and Bush officially ran unopposed for their respective nominations. The lack of competitiveness saw a very low turnout of just 16.6% of voters for the primary. Bush was one of four Republicans to gain a governorship for their party in the 1998 gubernatorial elections. With his win, Republicans won a trifecta in the state for the first time since 1875. This was the second election in which MacKay had unsuccessfully run to succeed Chiles, the first being the 1988 Senate race.

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