United States Senate election in Florida, 1994

United States Senate election in Florida, 1994

November 8, 1994

Nominee Connie Mack III Hugh Rodham Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,895,200 1,210,577 Percentage 70.5% 29.5%

U.S. Senator before election Connie Mack III Republican Elected U.S. Senator Connie Mack III Republican

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Arturo Perez
• Hugh Rodham, public defender and brother to First Lady Hillary Clinton
• Ellis Rubin, criminal defense attorney
• Mike Wiley, talk radio personality and advocate of UFO conspiracy theories

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• Connie Mack III, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

General election

Candidates

• Connie Mack III (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
• Hugh Rodham (D), public defender and brother to first lady Hillary Clinton

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,^[3][4] after earlier finishing first in a four-person primary field with 34 percent.^[4] After the first primary, the third-place finisher, flamboyant Miami lawyer and perennial losing candidate Ellis Rubin,^[5] joined forces with Rodham as a "senior executive consultant" and hatchet man.^[6] 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,^[4][5] 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.^[4] Rodham then lost by a 70%-30% margin to incumbent Senator Republican Connie Mack III in the general election.^[7] Although Bill and Hillary Clinton both campaigned for him, his organization was unable to take advantage of their help,^[8] 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.^[7][9] 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.^[10]

Results

References