| dbo:abstract | - Seven tickets ran for the Democratic nomination for governor of Florida. Jim Williams, the lieutenant governor, ran for governor with former state Senator Betty Castor of Florida, as his running mate. Hans G. Tanzler, the mayor of Jacksonville, ran with Manuel "Manolo" Arques, a Cuban-American real estate and insurance executive from Miami. State Secretary of State Bruce Smathers (who resigned to run) ran with state Representative . Claude R. Kirk, Jr. of Palm Beach, who was the Republican governor of Florida from 1967 to 1971, returned to the party he left 28 years prior, switching his party affiliation to Democratic on July 5, 1978 (the month prior re-registering as an independent and launching an abortive signature drive to get on the ballot as an independent. He chose as his running mate Mary L. Singleton, the former director of the state Division of Elections and the first black woman to sit on the Jacksonville City Council. Democratic primary * / - 13,864 (1.3%) * Bob Graham/Wayne Mixson - 261,972 (25.2%) * Claude R. Kirk, Jr./Mary L. Singleton - 62,534 (6.0%) * Robert L. Shevin/Jim Glisson - 364,732 (35.2%) * Bruce A. Smathers/ - 85,298 (8.2%) * Hans G. Tanzler/ - 124,706 (12.0%) * Jim Williams/Betty Castor - 124,427 (12.0%) Republican primary * Jack Eckerd/Paula Hawkins - 244,394 (63.8%) * Lou Frey, Jr./ - 138,437 (36.2%) Democratic primary runoff * Bob Graham/Wayne Mixson - 482,535 (53.5%) * Robert L. Shevin/Jim Glisson - 418,636 (46.5%) General election * Bob Graham/Wayne Mixson (DEM) - 1,406,580 (55.6%) * Jack Eckerd/Paula Hawkins (REP) - 1,123,888 (44.4%) (en)
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| rdfs:comment | - Seven tickets ran for the Democratic nomination for governor of Florida. Jim Williams, the lieutenant governor, ran for governor with former state Senator Betty Castor of Florida, as his running mate. Hans G. Tanzler, the mayor of Jacksonville, ran with Manuel "Manolo" Arques, a Cuban-American real estate and insurance executive from Miami. State Secretary of State Bruce Smathers (who resigned to run) ran with state Representative . Democratic primary Republican primary * Jack Eckerd/Paula Hawkins - 244,394 (63.8%) * Lou Frey, Jr./ - 138,437 (36.2%) Democratic primary runoff General election (en)
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