Florida Department of State
Division of Elections
November 4, 1986 General Election

Official Results

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State Races Appearing on the Columbia County Ballot
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United States Senator
  Bob Graham
(DEM)
Paula Hawkins
(REP)
Don Gore
(WRI)
Adam Straus
(WRI)
Sub Total 1,877,231 1,551,888 35 42
Fed Abs 312 488 0 0
Total 1,877,543 1,552,376 35 42
% Votes 54.7% 45.3% 0.0% 0.0%

United States Representative

District: 2
  Bill Grant
(DEM)
Kim O'Connor
(WRI)
Sub Total 110,120 625
Fed Abs 21 0
Total 110,141 625
% Votes 99.4% 0.6%

Governor & Cabinet

Governor and Lieutenant Governor
  Steve Pajcic / Frank Mann
(DEM)
Bob Martinez / Bobby Brantley
(REP)
Frederick Bryant / Ronald Bridges
(WRI)
James F. Johnston / James F. Johnston
(WRI)
Total 1,538,620 1,847,525 21 5
% Votes 45.4% 54.6% 0.0% 0.0%

Secretary of State
  George Firestone
(DEM)
Jim Smith
(REP)
Total 1,702,659 1,570,194
% Votes 52.0% 48.0%

Attorney General
  Robert A. "Bob" Butterworth
(DEM)
Jim Watt
(REP)
Total 1,900,890 1,341,090
% Votes 58.6% 41.4%

Comptroller
  Gerald Lewis
(DEM)
Jerry T. Gates
(REP)
Total 1,922,552 1,254,288
% Votes 60.5% 39.5%

Treasurer
  Bill Gunter
(DEM)
Van B. Poole
(REP)
Total 2,001,936 1,282,707
% Votes 60.9% 39.1%

Commissioner of Education
  Betty Castor
(DEM)
Ron Howard
(REP)
Total 1,812,570 1,384,762
% Votes 56.7% 43.3%

Commissioner of Agriculture
  Doyle Conner
(DEM)
Charles Bronson
(REP)
Total 1,797,276 1,419,833
% Votes 55.9% 44.1%

State Senator

District: 5
  Wayne Hollingsworth
(DEM)
Pat Cook
(REP)
Total 61,922 15,612
% Votes 79.9% 20.1%

State Representative

District: 12
  Randy Mackey
(DEM)
Jeane Stewart Nesmith
(WRI)
Total 18,741 209
% Votes 98.9% 1.1%

Supreme Court

Shall Justice Rosemary Barkett be retained in office?
  YES NO
Total 2,088,573 630,370
% Votes 76.8% 23.2%

Shall Justice Parker Lee McDonald be retained in office?
  YES NO
Total 2,003,830 629,407
% Votes 76.1% 23.9%

Shall Justice Ben F. Overton be retained in office?
  YES NO
Total 1,986,848 617,536
% Votes 76.3% 23.7%

First District Court of Appeal

Shall Judge Edward T. Barfield be retained in office?
  YES NO
Total 277,843 111,669
% Votes 71.3% 28.7%

Shall Judge Anne Cawthon Booth be retained in office?
  YES NO
Total 275,910 113,005
% Votes 70.9% 29.1%

Shall Judge E. R. "Dick" Mills, Jr. be retained in office?
  YES NO
Total 271,245 113,561
% Votes 70.5% 29.5%

Shall Judge Douglass B. Shivers be retained in office?
  YES NO
Total 273,483 112,154
% Votes 70.9% 29.1%

Shall Judge Larry G. Smith be retained in office?
  YES NO
Total 278,918 107,692
% Votes 72.1% 27.9%

Shall Judge Winfred L. Wentworth be retained in office?
  YES NO
Total 277,952 109,602
% Votes 71.7% 28.3%

Constitutional Amendment

Statewide prosecutor (Art. IV, Sec. 4; Art. V, Sec. 17)
  Yes No
Total 2,168,701 811,122
% Votes 72.8% 27.2%

Casino gambling (Art. X, Sec. 15)
  Yes No
Total 1,036,250 2,237,555
% Votes 31.7% 68.3%

Homestead tax exemption (Art. VII, Sec. 6; Art. XII, Sec. 20)
  Yes No
Total 1,127,438 2,045,473
% Votes 35.5% 64.5%

Supreme Court opinion on proposed initiatives (Art. IV, Sec. 10; Art. V, Sec. 3)
  Yes No
Total 1,988,841 759,691
% Votes 72.4% 27.6%

State operated lotteries (Art. X, Sec. 15)
  Yes No
Total 2,039,437 1,168,858
% Votes 63.6% 36.4%