Jeb Bush
Electoral history
Table:
Florida gubernatorial election, 1998

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Republican

Jeb Bush

2,191,105

55

Democratic

Buddy MacKay

1,773,054

45

From the table named section "Electoral history" within Jeb Bush, provide an answer in a short sentence to the question below: How did Jeb Bush perform against Buddy MacKay in their election, and what were the total votes and their respective percentages? Provide just your answer in a JSON object {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Bush defeated his opponent, Buddy MacKay, (2,191,105; 55% to 1,773,054; 45%).