Seven tickets ran for the Democratic nomination for governor of Florida.
 Jim Williams, the lieutenant governor, ran for governor with former state Senator Betty Castor of Florida, as his running mate. Hans G. Tanzler, the mayor of Jacksonville, ran with Manuel "Manolo" Arques, a Cuban-American real estate and insurance executive from Miami. State Secretary of State Bruce Smathers (who resigned to run) ran with state Representative Charles W. Boyd.
 Claude R. Kirk, Jr. of Palm Beach, who was the Republican governor of Florida from 1967 to 1971, returned to the party he left 28 years prior, switching his party affiliation to Democratic on July 5, 1978 (the month prior to re-registering as an independent and launching an abortive signature drive to get on the ballot as an independent. He chose as his running mate Mary L. Singleton, the former director of the state Division of Elections and the first black woman to sit on the Jacksonville City Council.
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 Revision of Florida Constitution (basic document)
 Declaration of rights (rev. of Art. I, Sec. 2)
 Legislative [Single-Member Districts and Reapportionment Commission] (rev. Art. III, Sec. 16)
 Executive [Cabinet] (rev. Art. IV, Secs. (g) 3, 4, 5, 6, 8(a); Art. XI, Sec. 2)
 Executive [Public Service Commission and Public Counsel] (rev. Art. IV, Sec. 10; Art. V, Sec. 3(b)(3))
 Judiciary [Selection and retention of circuit and county judges] (rev. Art. V, Secs. 10 and 11 (a) and (b))
 Finance and Taxation (rev. Art. VII; Art. X, Sec. 12(h))
 Education (rev. Art. IX)
 Casino gambling (Art. X, Sec. 15)
 State Attorney (Circuit 20)
 Public Defender (Circuit 20)
 Florida First District Court of Appeal
 Shall Judge Woodrow M. Melvin, Sr. be retained in office?
 Florida Second District Court of Appeal
 Shall Judge Edward F. Boardman be retained in office?
 Shall Judge Paul W. Danahy, Jr. be retained in office?
 Shall Judge Herboth S. Ryder be retained in office?
 Florida Third District Court of Appeal
 Shall Judge Thomas H. Barkdull, Jr. be retained in office?
 Shall Judge Robert M. Haverfield be retained in office?
 Shall Judge James W. Kehoe be retained in office?
 Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal
 Shall Judge Spencer C. Cross be retained in office?
 Shall Judge John H. Moore, II be retained in office?
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 Circuit 11, Group 30
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