General Election, November 4, 1980

Total Registered Voters	156,757
Total Ballots Cast	116,691	74.44%

 

Electors for President and Vice President

President and Vice President

Jimmy Carter/W. Mondale (Dem)	38,915	33.76%
Ronald Reagan/G. Bush (Rep)	69,228	60.06%
Ed Clark/David Koch (Lib)	1,290	1.12%
John B. Anderson/P. Lucey (Ind)	5,820	5.05%
Write-in	11	0.01%

 

Congressional

United States Senator

Bill Gunter (Dem)	54,200	47.81%
Paula Hawkins (Rep)	59,159	52.18%
Write-in	9	0.01%

 

Representative in Congress, 9th Congressional District

Bill Nelson (Dem)	79,912	72.05%
Stan Dowiat (Rep)	31,003	27.95%

 

State

Public Defender, 18th Judicial Circuit

David M. Porter (Dem)	39,944	38.01%
J. R. Russo (Rep)	65,145	61.99%

 

Legislative

State Senator, District 17

John Vogt (Dem)	62,479	56.45%
Art Grindle (Rep)	48,196	43.55%

 

State Representative, District 44

Woodrow Woodie Storey (Dem)	42,888	43.19%
Jason Steele (Rep)	56,415	56.81%

 

State Representative, District 46

Jack Garrison (Dem)	29,975	29.59%
Marilyn B. Evans (Rep)	71,322	70.41%

 

State Representative, District 48

Ron Hoyt (Dem)	1,738	42.33%
R. Dale Patchett (Rep)	2,368	57.67%

 

County

Sheriff

C. W. (Jake) Miller (Dem)	61,540	56.89%
E. D. (Gene) Byrd, Jr. (Rep)	46,636	43.11%

 

Supervisor of Elections

Daniel E. "Dan" Campana (Dem)	29,885	28.77%
Shirley P. Baccus (Rep)	73,992	71.23%

 

County Commissioner, District 3

Dick Donahue (Dem)	47,042	45.42%
Val M. Steele (Rep)	56,527	54.58%

 

County Commissioner, District 5

Joe H. Wickham (Dem)	55,198	53.75%
Charles C. Leech (Rep)	47,493	46.25%

 

School Board Member, District 2

Robert A. "Bob" Anderson (Dem)	50,398	50.15%
Jean Weddington Dunham (Rep)	50,092	49.85%

 

School Board Member, District 4

John C. Adkins (Dem)	39,033	38.30%
Lynn Demetriades (Rep)	62,878	61.70%

 

Canaveral Port Authority, District 1

R. A. (Doc) Cutter (Dem)	26,422	50.14%
Mark O. Cook (Rep)	26,270	49.86%

 

Canaveral Port Authority, District 4

Dave Nisbet (Dem)	29,094	55.25%
Charles "Chuck" Denman (Rep)	23,561	44.75%

 

Sebastian Inlet District Commissioner

Michael E. Ballard	18,219	26.45%
Rick Schmidt	19,594	28.45%
Tim W. Smith	16,172	23.48%
Richard "Red" Thomas, Jr.	14,890	21.62%

 

Nonpartisan - Judicial

Justice of the Supreme Court

Shall Justice James C. Adkins be retained in office?

Yes	55,897	67.78%
No	26,575	32.22%

 

Shall Justice James E. Alderman be retained in office?

Yes	52,102	65.91%
No	26,946	34.09%

 

Shall Justice Joe Boyd be retained in office?

Yes	51,659	64.77%
No	28,094	35.23%

 

Shall Justice Arthur J. England be retained in office?

Yes	51,833	66.10%
No	26,580	33.90%

 

Shall Justice Parker Lee McDonald be retained in office?

Yes	51,499	66.09%
No	26,422	33.91%

 

Shall Justice Ben F. Overton be retained in office?

Yes	51,671	66.31%
No	26,256	33.69%

 

5th District Court of Appeal

Shall Judge Warren H. Cobb be retained in office?

Yes	53,177	67.80%
No	25,254	32.20%

 

Shall Judge Melvin Orfinger be retained in office?

Yes	49,878	64.93%
No	26,941	35.07%

 

Shall Judge Winifred J. Sharp be retained in office?

Yes	52,195	67.35%
No	25,299	32.65%

 

Shall Judge Frank D. Upchurch be retained in office?

Yes	52,518	67.34%
No	25,472	32.66%

 

Proposed Constitutional Amendments and Other Public Measures

Amendment 1

For	37,179	40.46%
Against	54,713	59.54%

 

Amendment 2

For	62,846	66.27%
Against	31,983	33.73%

 

Amendment 3

For	53,564	59.25%
Against	36,837	40.75%

 

Amendment 4

For	55,402	60.04%
Against	36,871	39.96%

 

Amendment 5

For	46,456	49.28%
Against	47,817	50.72%

 

County Referendum - Jail Facilities Bond Referendum

For Approval of Bonds	36,438	38.96%
Against Approval of Bonds	57,094	61.04%

 

County Referendum - 911 Number Advisory Referendum

For Approval	51,664	54.21%
Against Approval	43,639	45.79%

 

Local Gov. Study Comm. Referendum - Transient Accommodations Tax

For Levy	51,738	55.04%
Against Levy	42,255	44.96%

 

Local Gov. Study Comm. Referendum - Appointed Sheriff

For Appointed Sheriff	19,910	21.58%
Against Appointed Sheriff	72,370	78.42%

 

Local Gov. Study Comm. Referendum - County Charter

For Charter	35,028	38.19%
Against Charter	56,704	61.81%

 

Local Gov. Study Comm. Referendum - South Brevard Regional Water Authority

For Water Authority	20,830	47.47%
Against Water Authority	23,046	52.53%