| Year | Age | State | Party | Office | District | Stage | Pos | Votes | % |
|---|
| 1972 |
|
FL |
D |
State House |
District 050 |
Primary |
2 |
14,251 |
46.2% |
|
| 1976 |
|
FL |
D |
State House |
District 049 |
Primary |
1 |
9,120 |
23.5% |
| 1976 |
|
FL |
D |
State House |
District 049 |
Primary Runoff |
1 |
19,455 |
59.1% |
| 1976 |
|
FL |
D |
State House |
District 049 |
General |
1 |
48,982 |
64.0% |
|
| 1978 |
|
FL |
D |
State House |
District 049 |
Primary |
1 |
18,859 |
67.4% |
| 1978 |
|
FL |
D |
State House |
District 049 |
General |
1 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
| 1980 |
|
FL |
D |
State House |
District 049 |
General |
1 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
| 1982 |
|
FL |
D |
State Senate |
District 013 |
General |
1 |
37,549 |
61.7% |
|
| 1984 |
|
FL |
D |
State Senate |
District 013 |
General |
1 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
| 1988 |
|
FL |
D |
State Senate |
District 013 |
General |
1 |
0 |
0.0% |
|
| 1990 |
|
FL |
D |
Commissioner of Agriculture |
|
General |
1 |
1,867,568 |
55.4% |
|
| 1994 |
|
FL |
D |
Commissioner of Agriculture |
|
General |
1 |
2,044,995 |
51.0% |
|
| 1998 |
|
FL |
D |
Commissioner of Agriculture |
|
General |
1 |
2,350,269 |
61.8% |