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The Florida gubernatorial election of 1966 took place on November 8 1966. During the primary election the results from the Democratic Party was close among three of the four candidates. Thus the top two Democrat candidates – incumbent Governor of Florida William Haydon Burns and Mayor of Miami Robert King High – competed in a runoff election on May 24 1966. In an upset outcome Robert King High was chosen over W. Haydon Burns as the Democratic Gubernatorial nominee.
