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===1968 U.S. Senate primary race===

===1968 U.S. Senate primary race===

In 1968, Goldner made a quixotic run for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate for the seat being vacated by the Democrat [[George Smathers]], who was initially elected in 1950. His intraparty opponent, [[Edward. Gurney]], also a transplanted northerner, had far greater financial resources for the race, $7 million as opposed to Goldner's $300,000,<ref name=ameacham/> as well as six years experience as a member of the United States House. As a Republican, Goldner had supported [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] for president over [[Barry Goldwater]] in 1964.<ref>"Cramer v. Kirk: The Florida Republican Schism of 1970", p. 410.</ref> He also endorsed [[Hubert Humphrey]] in the forthcoming campaign against [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[George Wallace]], a move which hurt Goldner with Republican voters in a closed [[primary]]. Goldner called for an immediate withdrawal by air, sea, or land of all American forces stationed in the since disbanded [[South Vietnam]]. On the campaign trail, Goldner told supporters that local government officials he had encountered had "no desire to face inevitable changes in American society."<ref name=ameacham/>

In 1968, Goldner made a quixotic run for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate for the seat being vacated by the Democrat [[George Smathers]], who was initially elected in 1950. His intraparty opponent, [[Edward Gurney]], also a transplanted northerner, had far greater financial resources for the race, $7 million as opposed to Goldner's $300,000,<ref name=ameacham/> as well as six years experience as a member of the United States House. As a Republican, Goldner had supported [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] for president over [[Barry Goldwater]] in 1964.<ref>"Cramer v. Kirk: The Florida Republican Schism of 1970", p. 410.</ref> He also endorsed [[Hubert Humphrey]] in the forthcoming campaign against [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[George Wallace]], a move which hurt Goldner with Republican voters in a closed [[primary]]. Goldner called for an immediate withdrawal by air, sea, or land of all American forces stationed in the since disbanded [[South Vietnam]]. On the campaign trail, Goldner told supporters that local government officials he had encountered had "no desire to face inevitable changes in American society."<ref name=ameacham/>

Gurney in the [[general election]] defeated by a comfortable margin former Governor [[Leroy Collins]], the Democratic nominee to succeed Smathers, but Gurney was senator only for a single term. In 1970, Nixon was a key supporter of William Cramer's own Senate bid against [[Lawton Chiles]] for the seat vacated by another veteran Democrat [[Spessard Holland]]. Cramer, who turned aside a fratricidal primary against former federal [[Judge]] George Harrold Carswell (1919-1992), President Nixon's unsuccessful 1970 nominee for the [[United States Supreme Court]].

Gurney in the [[general election]] defeated by a comfortable margin former Governor [[Leroy Collins]], the Democratic nominee to succeed Smathers, but Gurney was senator only for a single term. In 1970, Nixon was a key supporter of William Cramer's own Senate bid against [[Lawton Chiles]] for the seat vacated by another veteran Democrat [[Spessard Holland]]. Cramer, who turned aside a fratricidal primary against former federal [[Judge]] George Harrold Carswell (1919-1992), President Nixon's unsuccessful 1970 nominee for the [[United States Supreme Court]].