1982 Florida gubernatorial election

none related races 1982 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1982 Florida gubernatorial election Florida 1900 Presidential no 1978 Florida gubernatorial election 1978 1986 Florida gubernatorial election 1986 November 2, 1982 File:Bob Graham at press conference.jpg 150x150px Bob Graham Florida Democratic Party Wayne Mixson 1,739,553 64.70% File:Skip Bafalis.jpg Skip Bafalis Republican Party of Florida Leo Callahan 949,013 35.30% 1982 Florida gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsGraham: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% Bafalis: #e27f7f 50–60% Governor Bob Graham Democratic Party (United States) Bob Graham Democratic Party (United States) The 1982 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Democratic Governor Bob Graham was re-elected in a landslide, defeating Republican Congressman Skip Bafalis with 64.70% of the vote. Bafalis was the last Florida Republican gubernatorial nominee never to have won at least one gubernatorial election in his career. Graham carried 63 of Florida’s counties, with Bafalis only carrying Charlotte, Collier, Lee, and Sarasota counties. As of , this is the last time that the following counties have voted for a Democrat in a gubernatorial election: Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Bay, Suwannee, Nassau, Clay, St. Johns, Marion, Lake, Brevard, Indian River, and Martin. This is also the last occasion in which either nominee received over 60% of the voteRon Desantis’s performance in the 2022 gubernatorial election, which he won in a landslide, is to date the closest time either candidate won 60%, and the last time a Republican failed to win at least 60% in a single county. Primary elections Primary elections were held on September 7, 1982. Democratic primary Candidates Bob Graham, incumbent governor Running mate: Wayne Mixson, incumbent lieutenant governor Fred Kuhn Bob Kunst, gay rights activist and perennial candidate Results thumb|Democratic Primary by county #678cd7 Graham #8da9e2 50–60% #4170cd 70–80% #3358a2 80–90% #244079 >90% Democratic primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=66030 FL Governor, 1982 - D Primary Our Campaigns 27 March 2020Florida Handbook 1985-86 605 Bob Graham (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 839,128 84.47% Fred Kuhn Democratic Party (United States) 93,083 9.37% Bob Kunst Democratic Party (United States) 61,191 6.16% 993,402 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Skip Bafalis, U.S. representative from North Palm Beach Running mate: Leo Callahan, Fort Lauderdale chief of police Vernon Davids, attorney Withdrew Tom Gallagher, state representative from Coconut Grove, Miami Results thumb|Republican Primary by county #e55651 Bafalis #ed8783 50–60% #d02923 70–80% #b00600 80–90% #850400 >90% Republican primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=66032 FL Governor, 1982 - R Primary Our Campaigns 27 March 2020Florida Handbook 1985-86 601 Skip Bafalis Republican Party (United States) 325,118 86.36% Vernon Davids Republican Party (United States) 51,343 13.64% 376,461 100.00% General election Candidates Bob Graham, Democratic Skip Bafalis, Republican Results 1982 Florida gubernatorial electionhttps://books.google.com/books?id=HYKzDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 America Votes 31: 2013-2014, Election Returns by State Cook Rhodes 81 CQ Press 2015 9781483383026 27 March 2020https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7762 FL Governor, 1982 Our Campaigns 27 March 2020Florida Handbook 1985-86 600 Democratic Party (United States) Bob Graham (incumbent) 1,739,553 64.70% Republican Party (United States) Skip Bafalis 949,013 35.30% 2,688,566 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Notes References Bibliography The Florida Handbook, 1985-86 Tallahassee, FL The Peninsular Publishing Company Morris Allen 1985 https://archive.org/details/floridahandbook00morr/page/n7/mode/2up Florida Handbook 1985-86 1982 Florida Gubernatorial Category:November 1982 in the United States