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The Nation - News from Oct. 1, 1986

Former Florida state Rep. Steve Pajcic and former Tampa Mayor Bob Martinez won their party’s gubernatorial nominations in separate runoffs, setting up a November showdown to succeed Democratic Gov. Bob Graham, who is challenging Republican incumbent Sen. Paula Hawkins. Pajcic defeated Atty. Gen. Jim Smith to win the Democratic nomination, and Martinez, a one-time Democrat, easily defeated former Rep. Lou Frey in the GOP runoff.

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