Florida gubernatorial election, 1986

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Florida gubernatorial election, 1986
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Nominee Bob Martinez Steve Pajcic
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Bobby Brantley Franklin B. Mann
Popular vote1,847,5251,538,620
Percentage54.6%45.4%
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County Results

Martinez:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Pajcic:     50–60%     60–70%
Governor before election

Bob Graham
Democratic

Elected Governor

Bob Martinez
Republican

The Florida gubernatorial election of 1986 took place alongside the midterm congressional elections. The Democratic Party won many victories across the country (including retaking the Senate). However, in Florida, where Democrats gained the Senate seat from Republicans, they lost the Governorship for the just second time since Reconstruction.

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Contents

The primaries took place on September 2, the runoffs on September 30 and the general election on November 4, 1986.

Democratic nomination

Candidates

Steve Pajcic American politician

Steve Pajcic is an American lawyer, politician and philanthropist. He served in the Florida House of Representatives for six terms, from 1974–86. He was the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida in 1986.

James C. Smith American politician

James Cloudis Smith is an American lawyer who served as the 32nd Attorney General of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and 21st and 24th Secretary of State of Florida from 1987 to 1995 and from 2002 until 2003. He currently chairs the Florida State University Board of Trustees.

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Steve Pajcic360,90035.89
Democratic James C. Smith309,90830.82
Democratic Harry Johnston257,90625.65
Democratic Mark Kane Goldstein54,0605.38
Democratic Joan L. Woolin22,6912.26
Total votes1,005,465100
Democratic primary runoff results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Steve Pajcic429,52750.64
Democratic James C. Smith418,61449.36
Total votes848,041100

Republican nomination

Candidates

Tom Gallagher American politician

C. Thomas "Tom" Gallagher III is an American politician, financier, and insurance agent from the state of Florida and a member of the Republican Party. Gallagher holds the distinction of having served more years as an elected state official than any other individual in Florida history. He began his career in the Florida House of Representatives, where he served from 1979 to 1987. He was then the Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal of Florida from 1989 to 1995, the Education Commissioner of Florida from 1999 to 2001 and the Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal of Florida again from 2001 to 2003. After 2003, his office was merged with that of Comptroller to form the Chief Financial Officer of Florida, which he held from 2003 to 2007. Gallagher has also run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 2000 and four times for Governor of Florida: in 1982, 1986, 1994 and 2006.

Bob Martinez American politician

Robert Martinez is a retired American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Florida from 1987 to 1991; he was the first person of Spanish ancestry to be elected to the state's top office. Prior to that, he was the mayor of Tampa from 1979 to 1986.

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bob Martinez244,41743.80
Republican Louis Frey, Jr.137,96724.72
Republican Tom Gallagher131,26523.52
Republican Chester Clem44,4097.96
Total votes558,058100
Republican primary runoff results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bob Martinez259,33366.33
Republican Louis Frey, Jr.131,65233.67
Total votes390,985100

General election

Florida gubernatorial election, 1986 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Bob Martinez 1,847,52554.56+19.26
Democratic Steve Pajcic 1,538,62045.44-19.26
Write-ins 270.00N/A
Majority308,9059.12-20.28
Turnout 3,386,172
Republican gain from Democratic

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References

  1. ↑ https://doe.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=9/2/1986&DATAMODE=
  2. ↑ https://doe.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=9/30/1986&DATAMODE=
  3. ↑ https://doe.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=9/2/1986&DATAMODE=
  4. ↑ https://doe.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=9/30/1986&DATAMODE=
  5. ↑ https://doe.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/4/1986&DATAMODE= Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine.
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