Today, Friday, December 5, 1985,
The Lakeland Ledger published an article,
"Poll shows Hawkins narrowing gap" by Bill Rufty on pages 1A and 16A, which mentions a Florida Opinon Poll conducted by The New York Times in the 1986 Democratic primary race for Florida Education Commissioner showing that Richard Grayson was running fifth with 0.4% of the vote among five candidates.