<page_title> Jeb Bush </page_title> <section_title> Electoral history </section_title> <table> <cell> Democratic <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Lawton Chiles (incumbent) <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2,135,008 <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> 51 <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> Republican <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Jeb Bush <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2,071,068 <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> 49 <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> </table>
Bush lost the election by 63,940 votes out of the 4,206,076 that were cast for the party candidates (2,135,008; 51% to 2,071,068; 49%).