1998. The program recognizes the achievements of Floridians, living and deceased, who have made major contributions to the progress and welfare of the state. Electoral history Democratic primary for governor, 1970 Earl Faircloth – 227,413 (29.96%) Reubin O'Donovan Askew – 206,333 (27.18%) John E. Mathews – 186,053 (24.51%) Chuck Hall – 139,384 (18.36%) Democratic primary for Governor runoff Reubin O'Donovan Askew – 447,025 (57.68%) Earl Faircloth – 328,038 (42.32%) 1970 Florida gubernatorial election Reubin O'Donovan Askew/Thomas Burton Adams, Jr. (D) – 984,305 (56.88%) Claude Roy Kirk, Jr./Ray C. Osborne (R, Inc.) – 746,243 (43.12%) Democratic primary for governor, 1974 Reubin O'Donovan Askew (Inc.) – 579,137 (68.83%) Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. – 137,008 (16.28%) Thomas Burton Adams, Jr. – 85,557 (10.17%) Norman Bie – 39,758 (4.73%) 1974 Florida gubernatorial election Reubin O'Donovan Askew (Inc.)/J. H. Williams (D) – 1,118,954 (61.20%) Jerry Thomas/Mike Thompson – 709,438 (38.80%) 1984 United States presidential election (Democratic primaries) Walter Mondale – 6,952,912 (38.34%) Gary Hart – 6,504,842 (35.87%) Jesse Jackson – 3,282,431 (18.10%) John Glenn – 617,909 (3.41%) George McGovern – 334,801 (1.85%) Unpledged – 146,212 (0.81%) Lyndon LaRouche – 123,649 (0.68%) Reubin O'Donovan Askew – 52,759 (0.29%) Alan Cranston – 51,437 (0.28%) Ernest Hollings – 33,684 (0.19%) Ronald Reagan (write-in) – 10,096 (0.06%) See also List of University of Florida honorary degree recipients Notes Further reading David Colburn and Richard Scher, Florida's Gubernatorial Politics in the 20th Century, University Presses of Florida, 1980 Gordon E. Harvey, The Politics of Trust: Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s, University of Alabama Press, 2015 External links Official Governor's portrait and biography from the State of Florida Florida DeMolay hall of Fame website DeMolay hall of Fame website Oral History Interview with Reubin Askew from Oral Histories of the American South Florida Legislature website: The 2007 Florida Statutes-Title XVIII Reubin O'D. Askew Institute on Politics and Society Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1928 births 2014 deaths 20th-century American politicians American Presbyterians Candidates in the 1984 United States presidential election Carter administration cabinet members Deaths from pneumonia in Florida Democratic Party governors of Florida Florida State University alumni Florida State University faculty Democratic Party Florida state senators Fredric G. Levin College of Law alumni Democratic Party members of the Florida House of Representatives Military personnel from Florida People from Pensacola, Florida Politicians from Muskogee, Oklahoma United