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In the Florida gubernatorial election of 1974, the sitting Governor of Florida was re-elected. This was just the second time after 1956, and the first that the Governor of Florida was re-elected for the second four-year term.
Incumbent Reubin O'Donovan Askew faced little opposition in the Democratic Party primary. Despite a challenge from his own Lieutenant Governor Thomas Burton Adams, Jr., Askew, a popular member of the New Southerner political generation, was renominated easily in primary on September 5: [1]
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J. H. Williams became Askew's running mate for second term.
Jerry Thomas won the Republican Party nomination without any opposition.
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Election day was November 5 [2]
Williams, as he ran on the joint ticket, replaced Adams as Lieutenant Governor.
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