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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	M83- 8
	Creator:	Askew, Reubin O'D., 1928-
	Title, Dates:	Reubin Askew gubernatorial campaign press files, 1970.
	Amount:	0.50 cubic ft.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Reubin O'Donovan Askew was born on September 11, 1928, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Askew received a bachelor's degree in Public Administration from Florida State University in 1951 and a law degree from the University of Florida in 1956. He began his public service career by serving as Assistant County Solicitor of Escambia County from 1956 to 1958. In 1858 he won election to the State House of Representatives from Escambia County and to the State Senate in 1962. In 1970, Senator Askew ran for the Office of Governor of Florida. Askew and his running mate, Secretary of State Thomas Adams, faced a field of four in the first Democratic primary. Defeating Attorney General Earl Faircloth in a runoff election, he went on to defeat incumbent Governor Claude Kirk. Askew became Florida's thirty-seventh Governor on January 5, 1971. Reelected in 1974, Askew held the office until January 1979.
	Summary:	The collection contains the gubernatorial campaign press files of Reubin O'D. Askew from 1970. The records include biographies of Askew and Adams, a breakdown of Askew's legislative voting and attendance records, summaries of Governor Claude Kirk's record on taxes and vetoes, news releases targeted at various areas and groups, and several policy statements. Topics covered include the citrus fruit industry, corporate income tax, the Cross Florida Barge Canal, drug abuse, consumer protection, and conservation of natural resources.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Adams, Tom, 1917- Kirk, Claude R., 1926- Canals Florida Citrus fruit industry Florida Consumer protection Florida Corporations Florida Drug abuse Florida Electioneering Florida Governors Florida Legislators Florida Natural resources Florida Taxation Florida Press releases. aat Cross Florida Barge Canal (Fla.)
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