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General Election, November 4, 1986

Total Registered Voters 181,855
Total Ballots Cast 118,999 65.4%

Congressional

United States Senator - Vote for One

Bob Graham (Dem) 59,596 50.9%
Paula Hawkins (Rep) 57,330 48.9%
Write-in 223 0.2%

Representative in Congress, 11th Congressional District - Vote for One

Bill Nelson (Dem) 87,148 75.4%
Scott Ellis (Rep) 28,459 24.6%

State

Governor and Lieutenant Governor - Vote for Group

Steve Pajcic/Frank Mann (Dem) 48,837 42.6%
Bob Martinez/B. Brantley (Rep) 65,743 57.3%
Write-in 126 0.1%

Secretary of State - Vote for One

George Firestone (Dem) 54,319 48.2%
Jim Smith (Rep) 58,285 51.8%

Attorney General - Vote for One

Bob Butterworth (Dem) 55,707 50.4%
Jim Watt (Rep) 54,854 49.6%

Comptroller - Vote for One

Gerald Lewis (Dem) 63,613 58.1%
Jerry T. Gates (Rep) 45,856 41.9%

Treasurer - Vote for One

Bill Gunter (Dem) 70,136 62.2%
Van B. Poole (Rep) 42,684 37.8%

Commissioner of Education - Vote for One

Betty Castor (Dem) 58,123 52.3%
Ron Howard (Rep) 52,917 47.7%

Commissioner of Agriculture - Vote for One

Doyle Conner (Dem) 53,730 48.8%
Charles Bronson (Rep) 56,336 51.2%

Legislative

State Representative, 31st House District - Vote for One

W. W. (Bud) Gardner (Dem) 20,985 68.5%
Joel Robinson (Rep) 9,663 31.5%

State Representative, 33rd House District - Vote for One

Harry C. Goode, Jr. (Dem) 17,326 52.9%
Janet Bonder (Rep) 15,398 47.1%

State Representative, 77th House District - Vote for One

Irlo Bronson (Dem) 3,285 36.4%
Tom Heyward (Rep) 5,741 63.6%

County

Member Board of County Commissioners, District 2 - Vote for One

John H. Bell (Dem) 43,413 40.3%
Roger Dobson (Rep) 64,279 59.7%

Member Board of County Commissioners, District 4 - Vote for One

Lee Wenner (Dem) 38,698 35.1%
Sue Schmitt (Rep) 71,411 64.9%

Member School Board, District 2 - Vote for One

Esther R. Baker (Dem) 48,240 45.0%
Kathy Carlson (Rep) 58,978 55.0%

Member School Board, District 5 - Vote for One

Ed Kapushy (Dem) 45,423 42.6%
Bill Baker (Rep) 61,317 57.4%

Member Canaveral Port Authority, District 1 - Vote for One

Jerry W. Allender (Dem) 29,114 55.6%
Frank H. Cassidy (Rep) 23,286 44.4%

Commissioner Sebastian Inlet District, District 4 - Vote for One

Ed Balme 14,410 42.6%
Bob Ryon 19,448 57.4%

Commissioner Sebastian Inlet District, District 5 - Vote for One

David Howell 17,058 70.9%
Ron Prieto 7,003 29.1%

Nonpartisan - Judicial

Justice of the Supreme Court

Shall Justice Rosemary Barkett of the Supreme Court be retained in office?

Yes 77,324 78.0%
No 21,762 22.0%

Shall Justice Parker L. Mc Donald of the Supreme Court be retained in office?

Yes 71,974 75.9%
No 22,901 24.1%

Shall Justice Ben F. Overton of the Supreme Court be retained in office?

Yes 70,127 76.1%
No 21,993 23.9%

District Court of Appeal, 5th Appellate District

Shall Judge Warren H. Cobb of the District Court of Appeal be retained in office?

Yes 73,633 78.2%
No 20,506 21.8%

Shall Judge Melvin Orfinger of the District Court of Appeal be retained in office?

Yes 67,316 74.3%
No 23,263 25.7%

Shall Judge Winifred J. Sharp of the District Court of Appeal be retained in office?

Yes 70,332 76.7%
No 21,309 23.3%

Shall Judge Frank Upchurch of the District Court of Appeal be retained in office?

Yes 69,423 76.9%
No 20,813 23.1%

Circuit Court Judge, 18th Judicial Circuit, Group 4 - Vote for One

O. H. (Bill) Eaton 52,235 54.7%
Ned N. Julian, Jr. 43,281 45.3%

County Court Judge, Group 1 - Vote for One

Tonya L. Baccus 58,844 57.2%
Glenn Craig 44,050 42.8%

Proposed Constitutional Amendments and Other Public Measures

Amendment 1 - Appoint Statewide Prosecutor

Yes for Approval 81,033 77.6%
No for Rejection 23,394 22.4%

Amendment 2 - Casino Gambling County Option

Yes for Approval 31,578 28.4%
No for Rejection 79,678 71.6%

Amendment 3 - Homestead Tax Exemption

Yes for Approval 40,412 36.9%
No for Rejection 69,157 63.1%

Amendment 4 - Proposed Initiatives

Yes for Approval 80,301 77.0%
No for Rejection 23,931 23.0%

Amendment 5 - State Operated Lotteries

Yes for Approval 78,535 67.6%
No for Rejection 37,666 32.4%

County Referendum 1 - Tourist Development Tax

Yes for Approval 65,047 59.3%
No for Rejection 44,555 40.7%

County Referendum 2 - County Commission Single Member Districts

Yes for Approval 61,184 58.5%
No for Rejection 43,367 41.5%

City of Cape Canaveral

Councilmember - Vote for Two

Robert E. Hoog 1,167 35.4%
George Hutchinson 1,025 31.1%
Jeff Kidd 1,104 33.5%

Referendum - Beautification

Yes 1,106 53.0%
No 982 47.0%

Straw Ballot - Police Services

Yes 1,575 72.4%
No 601 27.6%

City of Cocoa

Councilperson, Seat 2 - Vote for One

Ray De Bord 1,176 24.8%
George L. Harrell 628 13.2%
Ken Rosser 921 19.4%
Rudy Stone 1,168 24.6%
Jim Wallen 847 17.9%

Councilperson, Seat 4 - Vote for One

Sylvester "Vest" Donald 1,173 25.3%
Jeff G. Getrost 450 9.7%
J. L. Smith 1,493 32.2%
Betty S. Woehle 1,523 32.8%

City of Cocoa Beach

Commissioner, Seat 4 - Vote for One

Jack Kuritzky 1,335 25.5%
John Ritter 1,907 36.5%
Wilma Whippo 1,987 38.0%

Commissioner, Seat 5 - Vote for One

Hank Lemerise 2,549 47.8%
Marguerite Patterson 1,796 33.7%
Kathleen Rosenbaum 990 18.6%

Town of Indialantic

Councilmember - Vote for Two

Constantine Carey 654 26.9%
Ruth M. Higgins 389 16.0%
Diane Baccus Horsley 738 30.4%
Jerry M. Roach 650 26.7%

City of Indian Harbour Beach

Councilmember - Vote for Two

John B. Crissy, Sr. 1,730 36.6%
Roland W. Denault 1,675 35.5%
Sy Roth 1,317 27.9%

Town of Malabar

Council, Distict 1 - Vote for One

Samuel B. Conlon 215 37.5%
Susan L. Theriault 359 62.5%

Council, District 2 - Vote for One

James W. Gentry 235 42.7%
Edward C. Wenger 315 57.3%

Council, District 3 - Vote for One

Doanld E. Krieger 229 41.2%
J. H. Quarterman 327 58.8%

Referendum - Levy Millage Tax for Fire Station

Yes 290 50.3%
No 287 49.7%

Advisory Referendum - Shall Malabar Remain a Town?

Yes 449 76.5%
No 138 23.5%

City of Melbourne

Mayor - Vote for One

Bob Mitchell 6,614 43.3%
Joe Mullins 8,657 56.7%

Council Member, District 1 - Vote for One

John A. Buckley 6,027 44.4%
Rick Filichia 4,954 36.5%
Adiran Hoff 2,603 19.2%

Council Member, District 3 - Vote for One

Lee Berry 1,783 12.6%
Cleave Frink 898 6.3%
Teresa Strahm Kramer 2,768 19.6%
Pat Poole 4,445 31.4%
Eddie Taylor 4,261 30.1%

Referendum - Increase Terms of Office

Yes 8,130 56.5%
No 6,272 43.5%

Town of Melbourne Beach

Commissioners

Michael J. Block, Jr. 634 11.4%
Allen J. Duff, Jr. 313 5.6%
F. M. Durham, Jr. 675 12.1%
Noreen M. Kirby 598 10.7%
Dallas G. Long 529 9.5%
Jean Marshall 794 14.2%
Robert K. Michaels, Jr. 862 15.5%
Wm. (Bill) Nickolson 507 9.1%
Martha M. Remark 665 11.9%

Charter Amendment 1 - Election of Commissioners

Yes 1,161 79.7%
No 295 20.3%

Charter Amendment 2 - Filling Vacancies on Commission

Yes 1,377 93.0%
No 103 7.0%

Charter Amendment 3 - Attendance at Commission Meeting

Yes 1,357 93.5%
No 94 6.5%

Charter Amendment 4 - Law Enforcement/Police Protection

Yes 1,265 86.6%
No 195 13.4%

Recall - Mayor Becker

Should Be Removed 1,003 67.6%
Should Not Be Removed 480 32.4%

Recall - Commissioner Duff

Should Be Removed 1,051 71.5%
Should Not Be Removed 418 28.5%

Town of Melbourne Village

Commissioners - Vote for Three

Fred A. Carman 173 14.3%
Anthony De Virgilis 219 18.0%
Peter D. Frontiero 156 12.9%
Georgiana Kjerulff 251 20.7%
H. Roger Thomas 199 16.4%
Nick Van Vonno 216 17.8%

City of Palm Bay

Councilmember

Bob Belinchak 3,211 14.6%
R. E. (Bob) Doucette, Sr. 2,785 12.7%
Frank P. Filiberto 4,915 22.3%
John Hall 3,120 14.2%
Willie E. Inman 1,406 6.4%
Samuel Simonian 2,491 11.3%
Norman C. Voltz 4,011 18.2%
Write-in 53 0.2%

Referendum - Increase Service Delivery Levels

Yes 4,871 43.5%
No 6,328 56.5%

City of Rockledge

Council Seat 3 - Vote for One

James Luce 1,390 28.3%
Mike Minot 3,526 71.7%

Council Seat 4 - Vote for One

Bob Anderson 3,014 62.3%
Mike Spencer 1,827 37.7%

City of Satellite Beach

Charter Amendment #1 - Annexation

Yes 3,449 87.2%
No 508 12.8%

Charter Amendment #2 - City Council

Yes 3,560 90.4%
No 378 9.6%

Charter Amendment #3 - City Manager

Yes 3,478 90.4%
No 368 9.6%

Charter Amendment #4 - Administrative Units

Yes 2,929 78.7%
No 795 21.3%

Charter Amendment #5 - Elections

Yes 3,305 89.9%
No 370 10.1%

Charter Amendment #6 - Fiscal Matters Generally

Yes 2,893 78.5%
No 791 21.5%

Charter Amendment #7 - Rev. Deficiencies Financing and Limits

Yes 3,112 82.3%
No 668 17.7%

Charter Amendment #8 - Zoning and Planning

Yes 3,176 84.0%
No 603 16.0%

Charter Amendment #9 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Yes 3,313 89.4%
No 393 10.6%

Charter Amendment #10 - Transitional Provisions

Yes 3,273 89.0%
No 406 11.0%

City of West Melbourne

Council Member, Seat 2 - Vote for One

Marcia L. Aldridge 980 37.4%
Ed Bollinger 1,640 62.6%

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