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Pepper narrowly avoids Florida runoff in primary
Democratic senatorial renomination for Claude Pepper of Tallahassee is deemed won by Judge J Ollie Edmunds who conceded Pepper led by 8 065 votes in early returns. Final unofficial totals from 47 of 67 counties show Pepper 192 744 Edmunds 126 601 with other candidates Millard Conklin 33 943 Finley Moore 14 669 and Alston Cockrell 9 466. The story notes Pepper avoided a runoff by securing a majority.
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Jacksonville
Fla
United States
Claude Pepper
Tallahassee
Roosevelt
J. Ollie Edmunds
Senator Pepper
Edmunds
Pepper
Associated Press
Florida
Congress
Millard Conklin
Daytona Beach
Finley Moore
Lake City
Alston Cockrell