Lawton Chiles - Electoral History

Electoral History

Democratic primary for United States Senator from Florida, 1970

• C. Farris Bryant – 240,222 (32.90%)
• Lawton Chiles – 188,300 (25.79%)
• Fred Schultz – 175,745 (24.07%)
• Alcee Hastings – 91,948 (12.59%)
• Joel Daves – 33,939 (4.65%)

Democratic runoff for United States Senator from Florida, 1970

• Lawton Chiles – 474,420 (65.74%)
• C. Farris Bryant – 247,211 (34.26%)

Florida United States Senate election, 1970

• Lawton Chiles (D) – 902,438 (53.87%)
• William C. Cramer (R) – 772,817 (46.13%)

Florida United States Senate election, 1976

• Lawton Chiles (D, Inc.) – 1,799,518 (62.98%)
• John Grady (R) – 1,057,886 (37.02%)

Florida United States Senate election, 1982

• Lawton Chiles (D, Inc.) – 1,637,667 (61.72%)
• Van B. Poole (R) – 1,015,330 (38.27%)

Democratic primary for Governor of Florida, 1990

• Lawton Chiles – 746,325 (69.49%)
• Bill Nelson – 327,731 (30.51%)

Florida gubernatorial election, 1990

• Lawton Chiles/Buddy MacKay (D) – 1,995,206 (56.51%)
• Bob Martinez (Inc.)/J. Allison DeFoor (R) – 1,535,068 (43.48%)

Democratic primary for Governor of Florida, 1994

• Lawton Chiles (Inc.) – 603,657 (72.17%)
• Jack Gargan – 232,757 (27.83%)

Florida gubernatorial election, 1994

• Lawton Chiles/Buddy MacKay (D, Inc.) – 2,135,008 (50.75%)
• Jeb Bush/Tom Feeney (R) – 2,071,068 (49.23%)