Editing Hillsborough County, Florida (section)

=== Statewide and national elections ===
Hillsborough County tends to lean [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]], having not been won by a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate from 2004 until 2024. It is part of the politically important [[Interstate 4|I-4 Corridor]] between Tampa Bay and [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], an area that historically decides most elections in Florida.  Hillsborough was considered a [[bellwether]] county, voting for the statewide winner in every presidential election from 1964–2012. It has also voted for the winner of the presidency in every election since 1928 except twice, voting for the loser only in 1992 and 2016. The southern portion of the county, around Tampa, is powerfully Democratic, while the northern and eastern portions are heavily Republican.

On the statewide level, the county also tends to lean Democratic with Democrats [[Bill Nelson]] for senator and [[Andrew Gillum]] for governor both winning the county in the 2018 elections. However, Republican senator [[Marco Rubio]] did win the county in his 2010, 2016 and 2022 senatorial campaigns and Republican Governor Ron Desantis won it in his 2022 gubernatorial campaign after the county supported Democrats for the previous three gubernatorial elections since 2010.

In [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]], [[Barack Obama]] won the county by seven points, the first Democrat to capture the county since [[Bill Clinton]]'s re-election victory in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2004&fips=12&f=0|title=2004 Presidential General Election Results – Florida|author=David Leip|work=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref> Obama won Hillsborough again in 2012 over Republican presidential nominee [[Mitt Romney]] by roughly the same margin.

In [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]], [[Donald Trump]] became the first Republican since [[Calvin Coolidge]] in 1924 to win a presidential election without carrying the county.

Donald Trump broke the Democratic streak in the county in 2024, when he carried the county by a narrow majority. This reflects the general trend in Florida towards the Republican Party in recent elections.

{{PresHead|place=Hillsborough County, Florida|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref>}}
<!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->
{{PresRow|2024|Republican|342,017|321,455|11,435|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|327,398|376,367|10,303|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|266,870|307,896|29,124|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|250,186|286,467|6,776|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|236,355|272,963|5,183|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|245,576|214,132|3,514|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|180,794|169,576|9,984|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|136,656|144,266|27,349|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|130,643|115,282|64,577|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|150,151|99,014|1,551|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|157,926|86,230|52|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|106,160|88,271|10,883|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|78,504|94,589|2,052|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|106,956|45,305|249|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|49,441|45,848|46,913|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|50,616|71,289|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|48,887|62,240|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|41,889|38,610|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|36,316|33,252|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|13,529|18,854|8,903|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|10,252|31,146|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|7,805|30,738|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|5,361|20,202|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|4,711|19,143|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|11,703|9,993|392|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,585|4,470|1,125|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|3,772|6,976|1,601|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|691|4,627|1,297|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|159|2,641|1,105|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|367|2,703|624|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|516|1,976|659|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|349|2,257|639|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|584|2,115|200|Florida}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Democratic|0|2,718|125|Florida}}

{| class="wikitable"  style="float:left; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Gubernatorial Election Results'''
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|[[Florida gubernatorial election, 2022|2022]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''54.17%''' ''261,936''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|44.95% ''217,349''
| style="text-align:center;"|0.87% ''4,229''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|[[Florida gubernatorial election, 2018|2018]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|44.86% ''234,835''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''53.79%''' ''281,598''
| style="text-align:center;"|1.34% ''7,037''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|[[Florida gubernatorial election, 2014|2014]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|45.59% ''170,127''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''48.29%''' ''180,168''
| style="text-align:center;"|6.12% ''22,837''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|[[Florida gubernatorial election, 2010|2010]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|46.59% ''148,429''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''49.91%''' ''158,995''
| style="text-align:center;"|3.51% ''11,171''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|[[Florida gubernatorial election, 2006|2006]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''52.80%''' ''152,494''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|44.45% ''128,375''
| style="text-align:center;"|2.75% ''7,931''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|[[Florida gubernatorial election, 2002|2002]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''55.81%''' ''175,629''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|42.67% ''134,274''
| style="text-align:center;"|0.76% ''2,378''
|}
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