1978 Florida state elections

Governor and lieutenant governor

• Bob Graham/Wayne Mixson - 261,972
• Claude R. Kirk, Jr./Mary L. Singleton - 62,534
• Robert L. Shevin/Jim Glisson - 364,732
• Bruce A. Smathers/Charles W. Boyd - 85,298
• Hans G. Tanzler/Manuel Arques - 124,706
• Jim Williams/Betty Castor - 124,427

• Jack Eckerd/Paula Hawkins - 244,394
• Lou Frey, Jr./S. Peter Capua - 138,437

• Bob Graham/Wayne Mixson - 482,535
• Robert L. Shevin/Jim Glisson - 418,636

• Bob Graham/Wayne Mixson - 1,406,580
• Jack Eckerd/Paula Hawkins - 1,123,888

Attorney general

• Alan Becker - 232,416
• Barry Richard - 231,518
• Jim Smith - 407,579

• Alan Becker - 329,455
• Jim Smith - 497,255

Secretary of state

• Beverly F. Dozier - 224,990
• Jim Fair - 81,389
• George Firestone - 253,395
• Joe Little - 103,275
• Richard "Dick" Renick - 221,022

• Beverly F. Dozier - 342,661
• George Firestone - 472,072

• George Firestone - 1,278,658
• Ander Crenshaw - 1,045,703

Comptroller

• Don Dansby - 159,238
• Gerald (Jerry) Lewis - 691,583

Treasurer

• Bill Gunter - 735,523
• Don Hazelton - 182,907

• Bill Gunter - 1,758,435
• Jeffrey L. Latham - 591,730

Commissioner of Education

• Ralph D. Turlington - 1,436,240
• Herman B. Williams - 811,770

United States House of Representatives

1st congressional district

• Curtis Golden - 29,692
• Earl Hutto - 39,982
• Jerry G. Melvin - 21,186
• Lewis H. "Ike" Williams - 3,687

• Curtis Golden - 35,721
• Earl Hutto - 58,352

• Earl Hutto - 85,608
• Warren Briggs - 49,715

2nd congressional district

• Don Fuqua - 83,308
• Anthony P. (Tony) Wesolowski - 14,081

• Don Fuqua - 112,649
• Pete Brathwaite - 25,148

4th congressional district

• Bill Chappell - 113,302
• Tom Boney - 41,647

5th congressional district

• Adrian Bell, Jr. - 12,942
• David Best - 21,410
• Mike Olson - 18,805
• Don Poindexter - 8,981

• David Best - 32,573
• Mike Olson - 24,945

• David Best - 101,867
• '''Richard Kelly - 106,319 '''

6th congressional district

• Jim Christison - 40,654
• C. W. Bill Young - 150,694

7th congressional district

• Sam M. Gibbons - 49,766
• Don Gore - 1,928
• Richard Salem - 20,338

9th congressional district

• Bill Nelson - 36,565
• Curtis R. Sears - 5,955

• Frank Daley - 10,417
• Edward Gurney - 24,844

• Bill Nelson - 89,543
• Edward J. Gurney - 56,074

11th congressional district

• John J. Considine - 20,689
• Robert E. Lockwood - 9,286
• Dan Mica - 35,947

• Dan Mica - 123,346
• Bill James - 99,757

12th congressional district

• John Adams - 17,955
• Edward "Ed" J. Stack - 27,923
• Gerald F. "Jerry" Thompson - 12,812

• John Adams - 22,816
• Edward "Ed" J. Stack - 25,985

• J. Herbert Burke - 16,675
• Anthony Lewis Campenni - 11,903

• Edward "Ed" J. Stack - 25,985
• J. Herbert Burke - 66,610

14th congressional district

• Marcus Ambrose - 2,901
• Sam Brenner - 4,513
• Claude Pepper - 31,597

• Al Cardenas - 7,390
• Evelio S. Estrella - 1,847

• Claude Pepper - 65,202
• Al Cardenas - 38,081

15th congressional district

• Dante B. Fascell - 108,837
• Herbert J. Hoodwin - 37,897

State senate

• Edmond M. "Ed" Fortune - 45,645
• Tom Tobiassen - 50,791

• A. H. "Gus" Craig - 28,886
• Vince Fechtel, Jr. - 32,388

• George Stuart, Jr. - 60,407
• Johnny Bremer - 35,024

• Bill Beck - 50,928
• Clark Maxwell, Jr. - 67,051

• Beverly Roberts - 93,629
• John T. Ware - 128,870

• T. F. "Tom" Thompson - 76,592
• Mary R. Grizzle - 148,389

• Pat Frank - 91,746
• David Ray - 54,727

• Patrick K. "Pat" Neal - 35,896
• Andrew Jackson - 32,242

• Harry A. Johnston, II - 123,133
• William Samuel "Bill" Riker - 94,533

• Don C. Childers - 140,857
• B. E. "Billie" Brooks - 70,243

• Marcia Beach - 104,168
• Van B. Poole - 137,570

• Ken Jenne - 43,798
• Ernette Haring - 15,231

• Paul B. Steinberg - 100,626
• L. D. G. (Lou) O'Hara - 23,991

• Bob McKnight - 88,099
• Don J. Gruber - 58,742

• Dick Anderson - 106,143
• Larry Wicks - 42,960

State House

• Fermon Minshew - 9,364
• Tom Patterson - 14,365

• Clyde H. (Jack) Hagler - 16,006
• Jack Kenney - 9,410

• Clyde H. (Jack) Hagler - 30,676
• Charles E. Frederickson - 9,573

• Jim Harkins - 6,900
• Bolley "Bo" Johnson - 10,974
• David Neal - 8,560
• Lynn Toney - 6,498

• Bolley "Bo" Johnson - 18,407
• David Neal - 14,410

• Ken Boles - 7,820
• Olivia S. Elmore - 6,404
• Peter R. Gindl - 6,900
• Mike Jones - 6,657
• Mac McDaniels - 4,275

• Ken Boles - 19,972
• Peter R. Grindl - 12,250

• Ken Boles - 29,646
• Jack Gardner - 20,910

• James G. Ward - 35,815
• John C. Franklin Jr. - 14,673

• Ron Johnson - 11,073
• Rick Seltzer - 7,674

• Andrew E. (Andy) Johnson - 38,712
• Janis Betz Lampe - 17,068

• Ronnie Bloom - 26,582
• Fred Tygart - 33,983

• Buck Cochran - 28,107
• William "Bill" Bankhead - 31,082

• Frank Williams - 12,737
• Howard Dunn - 8,167

• Sidney Martin - 25,948
• David Liberman - 6,645

• Hamilton D. Upchurch - 12,739
• Pat Malone - 6,616

• Bob Hattaway - 11,696
• Jean E. Doyle - 8,130

• Charles Joseph Knowles - 10,654
• Bobby Brantley - 14,713

• Everett A. Kelly - 12,273
• J. M. (Jim) Hoskinson - 10,353

• Bob Wattles - 42,584
• Lawrence R. "Larry" Kirkwood - 45,410

• Fred Turner - 33,427
• John L. Mica - 54,422

• Terry Hadley - 43,275
• Richard Crotty - 43,934

• Fran Carlton - 48,651
• Jim Huckeba - 41,988

• Suzanne Campbell - 34,133
• Toni Jennings - 53,575

• Dick J. Batchelor - 62,277
• Robert N. Webster - 27,672

• David L. Barrett - 39,594
• Craig A. Brosius - 29,945

• Winston Gardner - 36,139
• John Moore - 34,148

• Phil Austin - 21,389
• Marilyn Evans-Jones - 49,858

• Hartzel "Bud" Jennings - 25,867
• Tim Deratany - 31,576
• Glenn A. Blanchard - 13,717

• Michael "Mike" Tagarelli - 38,743
• Peter Dunbar - 70,585

• Tom R. Moore - 53,344
• Jim Smith - 58,148

• Rick Escarraz - 45,807
• Dennis L. Jones - 61,351

• Kent G. Whittemore - 40,566
• George F. Hieber II - 63,576

• Eddie Mills - 50,394
• Bob Melby - 55,193

• Don O'Leary - 45,932
• Dorothy Eaton Sample - 62,401

• Carl Carpenter, Jr. - 45,984
• Allan R. Stone - 28,090

• Jim Foster - 38,450
• John Grant - 36,811
• District 72
• Lawrence F. Shackelford - 28,399
• Barbara Shepherd - 18,467

• Clyde C. Council - 18,547
• Thomas E. Danson, Jr. - 35,922

• Wayne H. Duncan - 10,674
• Fred Burrall - 20,848

• Dale Cassens - 10,870
• Charles (Chuck) Nergard - 11,988.

• William J. "Bill" Taylor - 14,080
• William G. (Doc) Myers - 15,075

• Ray Liberti - 78,095
• Frank S. Messersmith - 75,380

• Eleanor Weinstock - 80,222
• Reid Moore - 78,456

• Carol A. Roberts - 76,797
• Jim Watt - 79,094

• Edward J. Healey - 78,776
• R. S. "Bob" Nichols - 75,615

• Gene Campbell - 79,738
• Anita K. Mitchell - 72,753

• J. Justin "J J." Findley - 56,306
• Tom Lewis - 95,864

• Douglas C. "Doug" Brown - 11,342
• Tom Bush - 13,745

• Mitch Ceasar - 63,697
• Tom Bush - 74,721

• Terry O'Malley - 84,987
• Stuart L. Stein - 55,368

• Linda Cox - 79,533
• Marty Sacks - 57,793

• Steve Warner - 81,105
• Jim Todd - 56,281

• Richard Badame - 11,430
• Jeanne E. Faiks - 12,816

• Tom Gustafson - 93,373
• Jeanne E. Faiks - 49,746

• Dave Danziger - 940
• Mary Ellen Hawkins - 5,506

• Nelson A. Faerber, Jr. - 7,305
• Mary Ellen Hawkins - 19,174

• Franklin B. (Frank) Mann - 37,853
• Bob Privette - 27,454

• Isaac "Ike" Anderson, Jr. - 17,999
• Hugh Paul Nuckolls - 47,622

• Walter C. "Walt" Young - 79,500
• Ronald "Ron" LaDuke - 31,093

• Lawrence J. Smith - 70,973
• Charles W. Flanagan - 40,243

• Elaine Gordon - 89,509
• Jim Kohlman - 22,778

• Virginia Rosen - 84,298
• Rhonda Luihn Sabatino - 21,042

• Ronald (Ron) A. Silver - 76,895
• Ralph Fine - 25,518

• Joe Kershaw - 36,876
• Alberto V. Darby - 16,692

• Joe Gersten - 36,854
• Bud McDougal - 24,562

• Roberta Fox - 34,884
• Walter W. Sackett, Jr. - 25,282

• Alan Rosenthal - 28,522
• Tom Gallagher - 29,866

• Nancy O. Harrington - 4,375
• Raul R. Oliva - 3,738

• Lawrence H. "Larry" Plummer - 35,645
• Nancy O. Harrington - 22,540

• William E. "Bill" Sadowski - 36,661
• Ceferino C. Rodriguez - 20,884

• Robert (Bob) Hector - 35,125
• Don Slesnick, II - 23,990

• Deborah DeBella - 14,048
• Gene Flinn - 15,099

• Gene Flinn - 54,561
• Tom Endterb - 33,410

• Emmett Benjamin - 7,511
• Bill Flynn - 14,847
• H. Clayton Hamilton - 5,388

• Bill Flynn - 53,852
• Robert "Bob" Godoy - 34,968

• John Cyril Malloy - 50,923
• Dick Hayes - 33,784

• Eduardo (Eddy) Arango - 4,889
• Larry Hawkins - 6,057
• Thomas (Tom) Holland - 5,346
• John "Fred" Kuhn, Jr. - 2,997
• Dexter Lehtinen - 8,952

• Larry Hawkins - 13,355
• Dexter Lehtinen - 12,767

• Joe Allen - 7,370
• Cora H. Wilbur - 1,705

Constitutional Amendments

• Yes - 623,703
• No - 1,512,106

• Yes - 1,002,479
• No - 1,323,497

• Yes - 982,747
• No - 1,113,394

• Yes - 540,979
• No - 1,614,630

• Yes - 772,066
• No - 1,375,548

• Yes - 1,058,574
• No - 1,095,756

• Yes - 779,389
• No - 1,368,346

• Yes - 771,282
• No - 1,353,986

• Yes - 687,460
• No - 1,720,275

State Attorney and Public Defender

• Frank C. Alderman - 43,515
• Joseph P. D'Alessandro - 64,128

• Douglas M. Midgely - 55,356
• Xavier "X" Fernandez - 48,327

District Court of Appeal

• YES - 194,993
• No - 160,183

• YES - 378,388
• NO - 238,714

• YES - 384,035
• NO - 223,636

• YES - 383,128
• NO - 222,439

• YES - 182,157
• NO - 83,837

• YES - 181,789
• NO - 76,580

• YES - 184,840
• NO - 72,458

• YES - 324,882
• NO - 199,315

• YES - 334,680
• NO - 183,693

Circuit Judge

• Lawrence D. Fay - 64,145
• John E. Palmer - 53,616

• Carven D. Angel - 43,086
• C. John Coniglio - 31,588

• Ted Coleman - 43,380
• Rom W. Powell - 46,223

• Frederick N. Barad - 165,762
• Carol King Guralnick - 145,988

• Sheldon Golding - 89,932
• Joseph E. Price - 122,465

• Ken Sharp - 25,381
• Dean Tooker - 20,536

• Ted Brousseau - 49,196
• Thomas R. Brown - 44,433 (47.