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Election 1966 Results

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1966 Florida governor election

Claude Roy Kirk (Republican) beat Robert King High (Democrat) in Florida in 1966, 55.1% to 44.9%, a margin of 10.3 points and 152,957 votes.

Florida changed party: in 1964 it went Democratic, for Haydon Burns.

Republicans led in 56 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 11. The largest, Dade, cast 254,471 votes and went to the Democrat by 23.1 points. The closest was Wakulla, where 1 vote 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
Claude Roy Kirk won Republican 821,190 55.1%
Robert King High Democratic 668,233 44.9%
All other candidates 238 0.0%
Total1,489,661

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 156,658 61.6% 97,813 38.4% 254,471 D+23.1
Pinellas 64,919 42.4% 88,261 57.6% 153,180 R+15.2
Broward 51,720 40.1% 77,143 59.9% 128,863 R+19.7
Duval 49,788 40.3% 73,884 59.7% 123,672 R+19.5
Hillsborough 50,849 53.9% 43,538 46.1% 94,387 D+7.7
Palm Beach 28,878 35.5% 52,473 64.5% 81,351 R+29.0
Orange 22,337 31.8% 47,968 68.2% 70,305 R+36.5
Volusia 22,233 43.3% 29,087 56.7% 51,320 R+13.4
Polk 20,557 43.8% 26,326 56.2% 46,883 R+12.3
Escambia 17,381 40.9% 25,089 59.1% 42,470 R+18.1
Brevard 13,859 35.3% 25,362 64.7% 39,221 R+29.3
Sarasota 13,756 43.0% 18,240 57.0% 31,996 R+14.0
Manatee 10,401 40.4% 15,331 59.6% 25,732 R+19.2
Leon 10,773 50.2% 10,682 49.8% 21,455 D+0.4
Lee 7,247 35.0% 13,466 65.0% 20,713 R+30.0
Alachua 10,166 54.4% 8,506 45.6% 18,672 D+8.9
Lake 4,894 27.7% 12,764 72.3% 17,658 R+44.6
Marion 6,459 39.3% 9,985 60.7% 16,444 R+21.4
Bay 6,964 47.5% 7,708 52.5% 14,672 R+5.1
Seminole 5,166 35.4% 9,408 64.6% 14,574 R+29.1
Pasco 6,039 41.7% 8,426 58.3% 14,465 R+16.5
St. Lucie 4,991 40.2% 7,423 59.8% 12,414 R+19.6
Okaloosa 4,898 40.2% 7,287 59.8% 12,185 R+19.6
Indian River 3,012 32.4% 6,279 67.6% 9,291 R+35.2
Monroe 4,657 51.7% 4,353 48.3% 9,010 D+3.4
Charlotte 3,414 40.6% 4,993 59.4% 8,407 R+18.8
St. Johns 2,816 34.9% 5,249 65.1% 8,065 R+30.2
Jackson 3,313 41.7% 4,623 58.3% 7,936 R+16.5
Putnam 3,320 43.1% 4,376 56.9% 7,696 R+13.7
Martin 2,628 35.1% 4,850 64.9% 7,478 R+29.7
Santa Rosa 2,968 40.0% 4,449 60.0% 7,417 R+20.0
Highlands 3,293 44.8% 4,059 55.2% 7,352 R+10.4
Gadsden 4,041 55.4% 3,254 44.6% 7,295 D+10.8
Collier 2,239 35.6% 4,046 64.4% 6,285 R+28.8
Osceola 1,910 31.0% 4,254 69.0% 6,164 R+38.0
Columbia 2,327 40.0% 3,497 60.0% 5,824 R+20.1
Clay 1,897 33.6% 3,749 66.4% 5,646 R+32.8
Walton 2,152 43.9% 2,750 56.1% 4,902 R+12.2
Suwannee 2,124 45.5% 2,542 54.5% 4,666 R+9.0
Citrus 1,766 39.8% 2,670 60.2% 4,436 R+20.4
Nassau 1,875 42.6% 2,528 57.4% 4,403 R+14.8
Hernando 1,521 38.3% 2,454 61.7% 3,975 R+23.5
Holmes 1,723 46.7% 1,966 53.3% 3,689 R+6.6
Bradford 1,711 47.3% 1,910 52.7% 3,621 R+5.5
Washington 1,625 46.9% 1,837 53.1% 3,462 R+6.1
Madison 1,556 45.2% 1,883 54.8% 3,439 R+9.5
Taylor 1,363 41.4% 1,930 58.6% 3,293 R+17.2
Sumter 1,364 43.3% 1,785 56.7% 3,149 R+13.4
Hardee 1,253 41.1% 1,798 58.9% 3,051 R+17.9
De Soto 1,349 44.3% 1,693 55.7% 3,042 R+11.3
Levy 1,255 45.0% 1,535 55.0% 2,790 R+10.0
Gulf 1,612 58.7% 1,136 41.3% 2,748 D+17.3
Jefferson 1,261 51.6% 1,182 48.4% 2,443 D+3.2
Hendry 937 40.6% 1,372 59.4% 2,309 R+18.8
Franklin 1,273 61.3% 802 38.7% 2,075 D+22.7
Calhoun 943 46.8% 1,070 53.2% 2,013 R+6.3
Okeechobee 698 37.3% 1,175 62.7% 1,873 R+25.5
Hamilton 876 48.6% 927 51.4% 1,803 R+2.8
Baker 743 43.7% 956 56.3% 1,699 R+12.5
Wakulla 819 50.0% 818 50.0% 1,637 D+0.1
Dixie 716 45.8% 846 54.2% 1,562 R+8.3
Flagler 641 47.7% 702 52.3% 1,343 R+4.5
Liberty 668 55.9% 526 44.1% 1,194 D+11.9
Union 430 39.0% 672 61.0% 1,102 R+22.0
Lafayette 490 49.0% 511 51.0% 1,001 R+2.1
Gilchrist 398 40.5% 584 59.5% 982 R+18.9
Glades 323 43.0% 429 57.0% 752 R+14.1

Counties as they stood in 1966; 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