Charley E. Johns (acting) Democratic LeRoy Collins Democratic The 1954 Florida gubernatorial special election was held on November 2, 1954 to elect a successor to Daniel T. McCarty, who died in office on September 28, 1953.

State Senator LeRoy Collins won the Democratic nomination in a three-way race against acting Governor Charley E. Johns and J. Brailey Odham.

In the general election, Collins faced J. Thomas Watson, the former Attorney General who had switched his party affiliation to run as a Republican in the special election.

However, Watson died two weeks before the election, and Collins won a landslide with 80.43% of the vote.

McCarty's death elevated Florida Senate President Charley E. Johns to acting governor and a special election for November 1954 was called to fill the position for the final two years of McCarty's term.