First Primary Election, September 9, 1980

Total Registered Voters	150,254
Total Ballots Cast	53,917	35.88%

 

DEMOCRATIC

Congressional

United States Senator

John Brindley Coffey	532	1.72%
Bill Gunter	14,661	47.44%
Buddy MacKay	5,201	16.83%
James L. (Jim) Miller	896	2.90%
Richard A. Pettigrew	2,660	8.61%
Richard (Dick) Stone	6,954	22.50%

 

County

Sheriff

Bill J. Blankenship	5,405	18.16%
C. W. (Jake) Miller	19,963	67.07%
Gerald E. "Jerry" Osborne	4,398	14.78%

 

Tax Collector

Ralph (Chris) Crespino	6,972	23.67%
C. N. "Newt" Jones	22,480	76.33%

 

County Commissioner, District 1

Gene Roberts	17,718	61.02%
Frank White	11,320	38.98%

 

County Commissioner, District 3

Dick Donahue	12,867	47.09%
Peg Hewitt	10,290	37.66%
Howard Wolf	4,166	15.25%

 

School Board Member, District 2

Robert A. "Bob" Anderson	16,167	56.94%
Mack Ivery	12,225	43.06%

 

School Board Member, District 4

John C. Adkins	15,873	55.69%
Margaret Senne	12,631	44.31%

 

Canaveral Port Authority, District 1

R. A. (Doc) Cutter	7,912	51.24%
Lynn R. Hansel	7,530	48.76%

 

Canaveral Port Authority, District 2

Tim Adams	6,023	38.04%
M. M. "Buck" Buchanan	9,811	61.96%

 

REPUBLICAN

Congressional

United States Senator

Ander Crenshaw	885	4.26%
Lewis Dinkins	288	1.39%
Lou Frey, Jr.	11,643	56.02%
Paula Hawkins	7,448	35.84%
Ellis Rubin	230	1.11%
John T. Ware	288	1.39%

 

County

Sheriff

E. D. (Gene) Byrd, Jr.	11,918	62.36%
Don Tucker	7,193	37.64%

 

NONPARTISAN

Judicial

Circuit Judge, 18th Judicial Circuit, Group 1

Gil Goshorn	22,324	59.58%
Perry West	15,142	40.42%

 

County Court Judge, Group 4

Lawrence "Larry" Johnston	19,727	53.40%
Charles M. Rieders	17,216	46.60%

 

County Court Judge, Group 5

Eugene Collier	17,067	46.14%
Harry Stein	19,921	53.86%