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Election 1974 Results

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1974 Florida governor election

Reubin Askew (Democrat) beat Jerry Thomas (Republican) in Florida in 1974, 61.2% to 38.8%, a margin of 22.4 points and 409,516 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1970, when Reubin Askew also won.

Democrats led in 45 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 22. The largest, Dade, cast 284,638 votes and went to the Democrat by 43.5 points. The closest was Glades, where 11 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
Reubin Askew won Democratic 1,118,954 61.2%
Jerry Thomas Republican 709,438 38.8%
Total1,828,392

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 204,196 71.7% 80,442 28.3% 284,638 D+43.5
Pinellas 126,010 64.4% 69,546 35.6% 195,556 D+28.9
Broward 118,233 61.4% 74,416 38.6% 192,649 D+22.7
Palm Beach 71,498 54.4% 59,849 45.6% 131,347 D+8.9
Duval 57,983 59.5% 39,513 40.5% 97,496 D+18.9
Hillsborough 66,510 69.8% 28,780 30.2% 95,290 D+39.6
Orange 43,483 54.5% 36,359 45.5% 79,842 D+8.9
Brevard 37,114 62.0% 22,730 38.0% 59,844 D+24.0
Volusia 33,681 62.3% 20,369 37.7% 54,050 D+24.6
Polk 29,896 59.3% 20,550 40.7% 50,446 D+18.5
Sarasota 27,111 57.5% 20,039 42.5% 47,150 D+15.0
Escambia 28,858 61.3% 18,237 38.7% 47,095 D+22.6
Lee 22,128 54.4% 18,540 45.6% 40,668 D+8.8
Pasco 25,057 64.5% 13,779 35.5% 38,836 D+29.0
Manatee 21,473 62.6% 12,819 37.4% 34,292 D+25.2
Leon 19,198 64.3% 10,652 35.7% 29,850 D+28.6
Seminole 13,546 54.8% 11,191 45.2% 24,737 D+9.5
Alachua 16,344 75.1% 5,417 24.9% 21,761 D+50.2
Lake 9,379 44.4% 11,764 55.6% 21,143 R+11.3
Marion 10,225 58.5% 7,267 41.5% 17,492 D+16.9
Okaloosa 8,240 49.7% 8,343 50.3% 16,583 R+0.6
Collier 9,674 63.2% 5,636 36.8% 15,310 D+26.4
Charlotte 9,057 60.7% 5,871 39.3% 14,928 D+21.3
Bay 5,952 40.0% 8,930 60.0% 14,882 R+20.0
St. Lucie 7,268 52.4% 6,612 47.6% 13,880 D+4.7
Martin 6,994 51.6% 6,559 48.4% 13,553 D+3.2
Indian River 6,475 56.4% 5,004 43.6% 11,479 D+12.8
Monroe 7,007 63.6% 4,014 36.4% 11,021 D+27.2
Citrus 6,185 61.4% 3,893 38.6% 10,078 D+22.7
Santa Rosa 4,717 48.8% 4,949 51.2% 9,666 R+2.4
Highlands 4,712 52.3% 4,306 47.7% 9,018 D+4.5
Osceola 4,355 51.2% 4,147 48.8% 8,502 D+2.4
Putnam 4,817 58.5% 3,412 41.5% 8,229 D+17.1
Hernando 4,839 63.0% 2,845 37.0% 7,684 D+26.0
Clay 3,874 52.9% 3,445 47.1% 7,319 D+5.9
St. Johns 3,750 51.9% 3,478 48.1% 7,228 D+3.8
Jackson 2,711 38.9% 4,252 61.1% 6,963 R+22.1
Gadsden 3,378 55.2% 2,740 44.8% 6,118 D+10.4
Columbia 2,309 42.9% 3,077 57.1% 5,386 R+14.3
Walton 1,730 37.1% 2,935 62.9% 4,665 R+25.8
Suwannee 1,588 40.5% 2,331 59.5% 3,919 R+19.0
Sumter 1,987 55.0% 1,627 45.0% 3,614 D+10.0
Nassau 1,837 54.3% 1,548 45.7% 3,385 D+8.5
Madison 1,680 50.3% 1,661 49.7% 3,341 D+0.6
Bradford 1,710 53.7% 1,476 46.3% 3,186 D+7.3
Washington 1,173 37.0% 2,000 63.0% 3,173 R+26.1
Taylor 1,200 40.5% 1,764 59.5% 2,964 R+19.0
De Soto 1,662 57.2% 1,242 42.8% 2,904 D+14.5
Hardee 1,513 52.4% 1,374 47.6% 2,887 D+4.8
Levy 1,562 55.8% 1,238 44.2% 2,800 D+11.6
Holmes 815 30.0% 1,905 70.0% 2,720 R+40.1
Gulf 862 33.2% 1,734 66.8% 2,596 R+33.6
Hendry 1,116 45.7% 1,325 54.3% 2,441 R+8.6
Wakulla 956 40.4% 1,409 59.6% 2,365 R+19.2
Jefferson 1,195 51.1% 1,145 48.9% 2,340 D+2.1
Okeechobee 1,059 49.2% 1,093 50.8% 2,152 R+1.6
Calhoun 854 39.8% 1,292 60.2% 2,146 R+20.4
Franklin 763 44.3% 961 55.7% 1,724 R+11.5
Dixie 878 56.4% 679 43.6% 1,557 D+12.8
Baker 722 48.2% 777 51.8% 1,499 R+3.7
Flagler 937 63.1% 549 36.9% 1,486 D+26.1
Hamilton 657 49.2% 678 50.8% 1,335 R+1.6
Union 487 41.5% 686 58.5% 1,173 R+17.0
Liberty 432 41.1% 619 58.9% 1,051 R+17.8
Glades 518 50.5% 507 49.5% 1,025 D+1.1
Gilchrist 511 51.4% 483 48.6% 994 D+2.8
Lafayette 313 33.3% 628 66.7% 941 R+33.5

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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