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With no candidate obtaining a majority of the vote, Kirk and Eckerd met in a runoff contest, which Kirk won. The challenges strained Kirk and used up campaign funds. Despite Kirk's tactics, Eckerd said "time heals all wounds, and now I chuckle about it." He added that his defeat in 1970 probably prolonged his life.<ref>Jack M. Eckerd and Charles P. Conn, ''Eckerd'' (Old Tappan, [[New Jersey]], 1987), pp. 113-119.</ref>
With no candidate obtaining a majority of the vote, Kirk and Eckerd met in a runoff contest, which Kirk won. The challenges strained Kirk and used up campaign funds. Despite Kirk's tactics, Eckerd said "time heals all wounds, and now I chuckle about it." He added that his defeat in 1970 probably prolonged his life.<ref>Jack M. Eckerd and Charles P. Conn, ''Eckerd'' (Old Tappan, [[New Jersey]], 1987), pp. 113-119.</ref>
In the general election, Kirk lost 57% to 43 percent to the Democrat sttate Senator [[Reubin Askew|Reubin O'Donovan Askew]], of Pensacola. In that same 1970 general election, William Cramer, Kirk's intraparty nemesis, lost to Democrat [[Lawton Chiles]] himself a future Florida governor) from Lakeland and the successor to Senator Spessard Holland. Cramer had defeated Kirk's preferred Senate choice, Fifth Circuit Court Judge George Harrold Carswell (1919-1992) of [[Tallahassee]].
In the general election, Kirk lost 57% to 43 percent to the Democrat sttate Senator [[Reubin Askew|Reubin O'Donovan Askew]], of Pensacola. In that same 1970 general election, William Cramer, Kirk's intraparty nemesis, lost to Democrat [[Lawton Chiles]] himself a future Florida governor) from Lakeland and the successor to Senator Spessard Holland. Cramer had defeated Kirk's preferred Senate choice, Fifth Circuit Court Judge George Harrold Carswell (1919-1992) of [[Tallahassee]], an unsuccessful nominee by President Nixon to the [[United States Supreme Court]].
When Kirk's term of office ended on January 5, 1971, he returned to his business pursuits, but he later campaigned several times for governor, senator, and Florida commissioner of education under both party labels.
When Kirk's term of office ended on January 5, 1971, he returned to his business pursuits, but he later campaigned several times for governor, senator, and Florida commissioner of education under both party labels.