Election Name: | 1974 Florida gubernatorial election |
Country: | Florida |
Flag Year: | 1900 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1970 Florida gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1970 |
Next Election: | 1978 Florida gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1978 |
Election Date: | November 5, 1974 |
Image1: | File:Governor Reubin Askew.jpg |
Nominee1: | Reubin Askew |
Party1: | Florida Democratic Party |
Running Mate1: | J. H. Williams |
Popular Vote1: | 1,118,954 |
Percentage1: | 61.2% |
Nominee2: | Jerry Thomas |
Party2: | Republican Party of Florida |
Running Mate2: | Mike Thompson |
Popular Vote2: | 709,438 |
Percentage2: | 38.8% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Reubin Askew |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Reubin Askew |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1974 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Democratic Governor Reubin Askew won re-election to a second term.
This was just the second time after 1956, and the first that the Governor of Florida was re-elected for the second four-year term. This was also the first time a candidate got over one million votes in a Florida governor election.
Primary elections were held on September 10, 1974.
Incumbent Reubin O'Donovan Askew faced little opposition in the Democratic Party primary. Despite a challenge from his own Lieutenant Governor Thomas Burton Adams, Jr., Askew, a popular member of the "New Southerner" political generation, was renominated easily.
J. H. Williams became Askew's running mate for second term.
Williams, as he ran on the joint ticket, replaced Adams as Lieutenant Governor.