- Source: 1978 Florida gubernatorial election
The 1978 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1978. Democratic nominee Bob Graham was elected, defeating Republican nominee Jack Eckerd with 55.59% of the vote.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on September 12, 1978. The Democratic runoff was held on October 5, 1978.
= Democratic primary
=Candidates
Leroy Eden, bar owner
Maria Kay
Bob Graham, State Senator from Miami Lakes
Wayne Mixson, State Representative from Marianna
Claude R. Kirk Jr., former Republican Governor
Mary L. Singleton, former director of the state Division of Elections and Jacksonville City Council member
Robert L. Shevin, Florida Attorney General
Jim Glisson, State Senator from Tavares
Bruce A. Smathers, former Secretary of State of Florida
Charles W. Boyd, State Representative from Hollywood
Hans Tanzler, mayor of Jacksonville
Manuel "Manolo" Arques, Miami real estate and insurance executive
James H. Williams, Lieutenant Governor of Florida
Betty Castor, State Senator from Tampa
Seven tickets ran for the Democratic nomination for governor of Florida.
Jim Williams, the lieutenant governor, ran for governor with former state Senator Betty Castor of Florida, as his running mate. Hans G. Tanzler, the mayor of Jacksonville, ran with Manuel "Manolo" Arques, a Cuban-American real estate and insurance executive from Miami. State Secretary of State Bruce Smathers (who resigned to run) ran with state Representative Charles W. Boyd.
Claude R. Kirk Jr. of Palm Beach, who was the Republican governor of Florida from 1967 to 1971, returned to the party he left 18 years prior, switching his party affiliation to Democratic on July 5, 1978 (the month prior re-registering as an independent and launching an abortive signature drive to get on the ballot as an independent. He chose as his running mate Mary L. Singleton, the former director of the state Division of Elections and the first black woman to sit on the Jacksonville City Council.
Results
= Republican primary
=Candidates
Jack Eckerd, businessman and administrator of the General Services Administration
Louis Frey Jr., U.S. Representative from Orlando
Results
General election
= Candidates
=Bob Graham, Democratic
Jack Eckerd, Republican
= Results
=References
Bibliography
Morris, Allen (1985). The Florida Handbook, 1985-86. Tallahassee, FL: The Peninsular Publishing Company.
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