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Election 1940 Results

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1940 Florida governor election

Spessard Holland (Democrat) won in Florida in 1940 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1936, when Fred P. Cone won.

Democrats led in 67 of the 67 counties as they stood then. The largest, Dade, cast 57,311 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Glades, where 403 votes separated the two parties.

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Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Spessard Holland won Democratic 334,152 100.0%
Total334,152

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 57,311 100.0% 0 0.0% 57,311 D+100.0
Duval 42,886 100.0% 0 0.0% 42,886 D+100.0
Hillsborough 32,168 100.0% 0 0.0% 32,168 D+100.0
Pinellas 23,548 100.0% 0 0.0% 23,548 D+100.0
Polk 15,026 100.0% 0 0.0% 15,026 D+100.0
Palm Beach 13,676 100.0% 0 0.0% 13,676 D+100.0
Orange 12,966 100.0% 0 0.0% 12,966 D+100.0
Volusia 11,503 100.0% 0 0.0% 11,503 D+100.0
Escambia 10,200 100.0% 0 0.0% 10,200 D+100.0
Broward 6,972 100.0% 0 0.0% 6,972 D+100.0
Alachua 5,849 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,849 D+100.0
Leon 5,562 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,562 D+100.0
Lake 5,423 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,423 D+100.0
Manatee 4,876 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,876 D+100.0
Marion 4,222 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,222 D+100.0
Brevard 4,019 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,019 D+100.0
Jackson 3,494 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,494 D+100.0
Seminole 3,154 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,154 D+100.0
St. Johns 3,079 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,079 D+100.0
Lee 3,070 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,070 D+100.0
Bay 3,020 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,020 D+100.0
Putnam 2,990 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,990 D+100.0
Sarasota 2,929 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,929 D+100.0
Pasco 2,738 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,738 D+100.0
Walton 2,619 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,619 D+100.0
Osceola 2,341 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,341 D+100.0
Monroe 2,260 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,260 D+100.0
St. Lucie 2,127 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,127 D+100.0
Holmes 2,018 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,018 D+100.0
Okaloosa 1,990 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,990 D+100.0
Gadsden 1,981 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,981 D+100.0
Columbia 1,967 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,967 D+100.0
Suwannee 1,960 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,960 D+100.0
Highlands 1,845 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,845 D+100.0
Hardee 1,790 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,790 D+100.0
Levy 1,651 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,651 D+100.0
Madison 1,594 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,594 D+100.0
Nassau 1,563 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,563 D+100.0
Indian River 1,498 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,498 D+100.0
Santa Rosa 1,415 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,415 D+100.0
Sumter 1,389 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,389 D+100.0
Washington 1,341 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,341 D+100.0
De Soto 1,258 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,258 D+100.0
Taylor 1,118 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,118 D+100.0
Clay 1,096 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,096 D+100.0
Martin 1,081 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,081 D+100.0
Hernando 1,001 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,001 D+100.0
Hendry 943 100.0% 0 0.0% 943 D+100.0
Citrus 886 100.0% 0 0.0% 886 D+100.0
Hamilton 880 100.0% 0 0.0% 880 D+100.0
Gulf 863 100.0% 0 0.0% 863 D+100.0
Charlotte 861 100.0% 0 0.0% 861 D+100.0
Bradford 833 100.0% 0 0.0% 833 D+100.0
Union 797 100.0% 0 0.0% 797 D+100.0
Calhoun 773 100.0% 0 0.0% 773 D+100.0
Franklin 758 100.0% 0 0.0% 758 D+100.0
Dixie 752 100.0% 0 0.0% 752 D+100.0
Wakulla 747 100.0% 0 0.0% 747 D+100.0
Okeechobee 732 100.0% 0 0.0% 732 D+100.0
Baker 715 100.0% 0 0.0% 715 D+100.0
Lafayette 702 100.0% 0 0.0% 702 D+100.0
Jefferson 666 100.0% 0 0.0% 666 D+100.0
Collier 601 100.0% 0 0.0% 601 D+100.0
Flagler 582 100.0% 0 0.0% 582 D+100.0
Gilchrist 545 100.0% 0 0.0% 545 D+100.0
Liberty 529 100.0% 0 0.0% 529 D+100.0
Glades 403 100.0% 0 0.0% 403 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1940; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Florida governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Ron DeSantis (R) R+19.3
2018 Ron Desantis (R) R+0.4
2014 Rick Scott (R) R+1.1
2010 Rick Scott (R) R+1.1
2006 Charlie Crist (R) R+7.1
2002 Jeb Bush (R) R+12.8
1998 Jeb Bush (R) R+10.5
1994 Lawton Chiles (D) D+1.5
1990 Lawton Chiles (D) D+13.0
1986 Bob Martinez (R) R+9.1
1982 Bob Graham (D) D+29.4
1978 Bob Graham (D) D+11.2
1974 Reubin Askew (D) D+22.4
1970 Reubin Askew (D) D+13.8
1966 Claude Roy Kirk (R) R+10.3
1964 Haydon Burns (D) D+14.9
1960 Farris Bryant (D) D+19.7
1956 LeRoy Collins (D) D+47.4
1954 LeRoy Collins (D) D+60.9
1952 Daniel T. McCarty (D) D+49.7
1948 Fuller Warren (D) D+66.7
1944 Millard F. Caldwell (D) D+57.9
1940 Spessard Holland (D) D+100.0
1936 Fred P. Cone (D) D+61.8
1932 David Sholtz (D) D+33.2
1928 Doyle E. Carlton (D) D+21.9
1924 John W. Martin (D) D+65.6
1920 Cary A. Hardee (D) D+60.0
1916 Sidney J. Catts (other)
1912 Park Trammell (D) D+75.0
1908 Albert W. Gilchrist (D) D+63.4
1904 Napoleon B. Broward (D) D+61.8
1900 William Sherman Jennings (D) D+63.7
1896 William D. Bloxham (D) D+46.2
1892 Henry L. Mitchell (D) D+78.7
1888 Francis P. Fleming (D) D+20.7
1884 Edward A. Perry (D) D+7.1
1880 William D. Bloxham (D) D+9.8
1876 George F. Drew (D) D+1.0
1872 Ossian B. Hart (R) R+52.4
1868 Harrison Reed (R) R+27.4
1865 David S. Walker (D) D+100.0