Exhibit 99.3

   WRITTEN STATEMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
                           SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Hughes Supply, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, David Bearman,
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
            15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Company.


Date: April 18, 2003                       /s/ David Bearman
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                                           David Bearman
                                           Executive Vice President and
                                           Chief Financial Officer