Thus, Eckerd and Stone faced off in the general election. John Grady, a family physician and member of George Wallace's American Independent Party, performed exceptionally well for a third-party candidate. Grady may have split the conservative vote, allowing Stone to win. On election day, Stone received 43.38% of the vote, Eckerd garnered 40.91% of the vote, and Grady acquired 15.7% of the vote. Stone served only one term in the Senate and would be defeated by Gunter in the Democratic primary in 1980.
1974, united, states, senate, election, florida, held, november, 1974, incumbent, senator, edward, gurney, republican, declined, seek, second, term, after, being, indicted, taking, bribes, return, influence, with, federal, housing, administration, primary, rep. The 1974 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 5 1974 Incumbent Senator Edward Gurney a Republican declined to seek a second term after being indicted for taking bribes in return for his influence with the Federal Housing Administration The primary for the Republican nomination pitted Eckerd drug store owner Jack Eckerd against Florida Public Service Commissioner Paula Hawkins Eckerd won handily receiving approximately 67 5 of the vote The Democratic primary however was a crowded field with eleven candidates vying for the nomination Because no candidate received a majority of the votes U S Representative Bill Gunter and Secretary of State of Florida Richard Stone advanced to a run off election Stone won by a small margin of 1 68 1974 United States Senate election in Florida 1968 November 5 1974 1980 Nominee Richard Stone Jack Eckerd John GradyParty Democratic Republican American IndependentPopular vote 781 031 736 674 282 659Percentage 43 38 40 91 15 70 County resultsStone 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 Eckerd 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 Grady 40 50 U S senator before electionEdward GurneyRepublican Elected U S Senator Richard StoneDemocraticThus Eckerd and Stone faced off in the general election John Grady a family physician and member of George Wallace s American Independent Party performed exceptionally well for a third party candidate Grady may have split the conservative vote allowing Stone to win On election day Stone received 43 38 of the vote Eckerd garnered 40 91 of the vote and Grady acquired 15 7 of the vote Stone served only one term in the Senate and would be defeated by Gunter in the Democratic primary in 1980 Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Candidates 3 2 Results 4 See also 5 External linksDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Bob Brewster George Balmer Republican U S Senate candidate in 1970 Bill Gunter U S Representative from Orlando David B Higginbottom lawyer and candidate for the Florida House of Representatives in 1954 and 1956 Mallory Horne President of the Florida Senate and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Neal Justin Florida Atlantic University professor Duaine E Macon real estate salesman Richard A Pettigrew Florida State Senator and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Richard Stone Secretary of State of Florida Glenn W Turner super salesman Burton Young President of the Florida BarDemocratic primary results Party Candidate Votes Democratic Richard Stone 236 185 29 80 Democratic Bill Gunter 157 301 19 85 Democratic Richard A Pettigrew 146 728 18 51 Democratic Mallory Horne 90 684 11 44 Democratic Glenn W Turner 51 326 6 48 Democratic George Balmer 24 408 3 08 Democratic Burton Young 23 199 2 93 Democratic Bob Brewster 19 913 2 51 Democratic David B Higginbottom 17 401 1 64 Democratic Duaine E Macon 14 961 1 89 Total votes 782 106 100 00 Democratic primary runoff results Party Candidate Votes Democratic Richard Stone 321 683 50 84 Democratic Bill Gunter 311 044 49 16 Total votes 632 727 100 00 Republican primary editCandidates edit Jack Eckerd founder of Eckerd Corporation and 1966 gubernatorial candidate Paula Hawkins Florida Public Service CommissionerResults edit Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes Republican Jack Eckerd 186 897 67 49 Republican Paula Hawkins 90 049 32 52 Total votes 276 946 100 00 General election editCandidates edit Timothy L Tim Adams Independent Hortense L Arvan Independent Jack Eckerd founder of Eckerd Corporation and 1966 gubernatorial candidate Republican Jim Fair Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Independent John Grady family physician American Independent Party Henry J Matthews Independent Richard Stone Secretary of State of Florida Democratic Results edit General election results Party Candidate Votes Democratic Richard Stone 781 031 43 38 Republican Jack Eckerd 736 674 40 91 American Independent John Grady 282 659 15 70 Independent Jim Fair 117 0 01 Independent Henry J Matthew 35 0 00 Independent Hortense L Arvan 13 0 00 Independent Timothy L Tim Adams 10 0 00 Majority 44 357 3 32 Turnout 1 800 539Democratic gain from RepublicanSee also editUnited States Senate elections 1974 and 1975External links edithttps news google com newspapers nid 1755 amp dat 19740901 amp id B wjAAAAIBAJ amp sjid 62YEAAAAIBAJ amp pg 5866 535829 amp hl en Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1974 United States Senate election in Florida amp oldid 1181063479, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
