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Election 1960 Results

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1960 Florida governor election

Farris Bryant (Democrat) beat George C. Petersen (Republican) in Florida in 1960, 59.8% to 40.2%, a margin of 19.7 points and 279,471 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1956, when LeRoy Collins won.

Democrats led in 58 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 9. The largest, Dade, cast 289,377 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.0 points. The closest was Brevard, where 179 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Farris Bryant won Democratic 849,407 59.8%
George C. Petersen Republican 569,936 40.2%
Total1,419,343

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 165,002 57.0% 124,375 43.0% 289,377 D+14.0
Pinellas 62,827 41.7% 87,733 58.3% 150,560 R+16.5
Duval 87,003 75.1% 28,882 24.9% 115,885 D+50.2
Broward 53,812 48.8% 56,445 51.2% 110,257 R+2.4
Hillsborough 70,790 70.4% 29,720 29.6% 100,510 D+40.9
Palm Beach 33,728 48.0% 36,568 52.0% 70,296 R+4.0
Orange 27,407 42.1% 37,654 57.9% 65,061 R+15.7
Polk 32,250 64.5% 17,780 35.5% 50,030 D+28.9
Volusia 23,839 49.0% 24,786 51.0% 48,625 R+1.9
Escambia 33,447 83.9% 6,420 16.1% 39,867 D+67.8
Sarasota 10,698 39.2% 16,585 60.8% 27,283 R+21.6
Brevard 13,543 49.7% 13,722 50.3% 27,265 R+0.7
Manatee 11,796 49.2% 12,188 50.8% 23,984 R+1.6
Alachua 12,545 70.9% 5,140 29.1% 17,685 D+41.9
Leon 13,764 80.4% 3,353 19.6% 17,117 D+60.8
Lake 8,853 52.6% 7,963 47.4% 16,816 D+5.3
Lee 8,911 59.9% 5,954 40.1% 14,865 D+19.9
Bay 12,142 87.1% 1,798 12.9% 13,940 D+74.2
Marion 10,191 78.6% 2,768 21.4% 12,959 D+57.3
Seminole 6,684 52.2% 6,123 47.8% 12,807 D+4.4
Pasco 6,722 56.0% 5,282 44.0% 12,004 D+12.0
Okaloosa 9,248 83.5% 1,831 16.5% 11,079 D+66.9
St. Lucie 6,724 61.6% 4,194 38.4% 10,918 D+23.2
Monroe 6,788 77.1% 2,018 22.9% 8,806 D+54.2
St. Johns 6,672 76.3% 2,076 23.7% 8,748 D+52.5
Putnam 6,247 80.5% 1,518 19.5% 7,765 D+60.9
Jackson 7,036 92.3% 587 7.7% 7,623 D+84.6
Indian River 3,842 54.4% 3,223 45.6% 7,065 D+8.8
Highlands 4,209 61.7% 2,618 38.3% 6,827 D+23.3
Santa Rosa 5,851 87.0% 875 13.0% 6,726 D+74.0
Osceola 3,053 46.5% 3,512 53.5% 6,565 R+7.0
Martin 3,248 55.4% 2,617 44.6% 5,865 D+10.8
Columbia 4,992 91.1% 486 8.9% 5,478 D+82.3
Clay 3,420 74.8% 1,151 25.2% 4,571 D+49.6
Charlotte 2,492 55.8% 1,970 44.2% 4,462 D+11.7
Walton 3,914 90.5% 409 9.5% 4,323 D+81.1
Nassau 3,790 88.1% 514 11.9% 4,304 D+76.1
Suwannee 3,927 93.5% 272 6.5% 4,199 D+87.0
Collier 2,523 62.0% 1,545 38.0% 4,068 D+24.0
Gadsden 3,818 95.4% 185 4.6% 4,003 D+90.8
Hernando 2,617 74.1% 917 25.9% 3,534 D+48.1
Bradford 3,003 90.2% 326 9.8% 3,329 D+80.4
Citrus 2,426 72.9% 900 27.1% 3,326 D+45.9
Hardee 2,483 75.8% 792 24.2% 3,275 D+51.6
Sumter 2,779 87.9% 383 12.1% 3,162 D+75.8
De Soto 2,457 79.4% 639 20.6% 3,096 D+58.7
Washington 2,568 87.5% 368 12.5% 2,936 D+74.9
Taylor 2,797 95.8% 123 4.2% 2,920 D+91.6
Madison 2,760 95.0% 146 5.0% 2,906 D+90.0
Levy 2,670 92.4% 221 7.6% 2,891 D+84.7
Gulf 2,494 95.7% 111 4.3% 2,605 D+91.5
Holmes 2,409 93.3% 174 6.7% 2,583 D+86.5
Hamilton 1,727 82.4% 369 17.6% 2,096 D+64.8
Hendry 1,803 86.4% 285 13.6% 2,088 D+72.7
Franklin 1,811 86.9% 272 13.1% 2,083 D+73.9
Calhoun 1,912 96.0% 80 4.0% 1,992 D+92.0
Baker 1,634 95.6% 76 4.4% 1,710 D+91.1
Okeechobee 1,386 88.6% 179 11.4% 1,565 D+77.1
Jefferson 1,485 95.4% 72 4.6% 1,557 D+90.8
Wakulla 1,304 94.7% 73 5.3% 1,377 D+89.4
Dixie 1,270 95.1% 65 4.9% 1,335 D+90.3
Flagler 1,044 81.4% 239 18.6% 1,283 D+62.7
Union 1,180 95.8% 52 4.2% 1,232 D+91.6
Lafayette 1,065 96.3% 41 3.7% 1,106 D+92.6
Gilchrist 1,051 96.7% 36 3.3% 1,087 D+93.4
Liberty 981 95.3% 48 4.7% 1,029 D+90.7
Glades 543 83.3% 109 16.7% 652 D+66.6

Counties as they stood in 1960; 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