Florida gubernatorial election, 2006

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Elections in Florida

gubernatorial elections: 2006

special elections: n/a

other elections: 2004 presidential election in FL 2006 United States Senate election Jacksonville mayoral election, 2007

The 2006 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Governor Jeb Bush was term-limited, and could not run for re-election. Republican Charlie Crist won the election for Governor of Florida.

Contents 1 Democrats 1.1 Former Democratic candidates 2 Republicans 2.1 Former Republican candidates 3 Other parties 3.1 Former Socialist candidate 4 No party affiliation 5 Write-in candidates 6 Election results 7 Opinion polling 7.1 Gubernatorial Race 8 See also 9 External links 9.1 Reform 9.2 Democrats 9.3 Republicans 9.4 Independents

[edit] Democrats

Jim Davis won the Democratic primary on September 5 with 48% of the vote.[1] Davis is currently a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Florida's 11th congressional district, and was once the majority leader of the Florida House of Representatives. On September 13th, Davis selected former State Senator & 2002 Gubernatorial candidate Daryl Jones of Miami as his running mate.

[edit] Former Democratic candidates

• Rod Smith - Member of the Florida Senate lost the September 5 Democratic Primary with 41% of the vote and 99% of the precincts reporting [2].
• Glenn Aldine Burkett lost the September 5 Democratic Primary with 4% of the vote and 99% of the precincts reporting [3].
• Carol Castagnero - Retired teacher, member County Citizens’ a watch dog group over DCF (HRS), lost the September 5 Democratic Primary with 5% of the vote and 99% of the precincts reporting [4].
• John M. Crotty lost the September 5 Democratic Primary with 2% of the vote and 99% of the precincts reporting [5].
• Roger Alan Hoover
• Phillip J. Kennedy - Perennial candidate
• Monroe Lee - Architect, 2004 candidate for Alachua County Board of Commissioners

[edit] Republicans

Charlie Crist, the Republican candidate, won the primary on September 5 with 64% of the vote.[6] Crist is currently Florida's Attorney General. Previously he was elected State Education Commissioner, and has served in the Florida Senate. He faced Bob Graham for his seat in the United States Senate in 1998. On September 13th, 2006, Crist announced that State Representative Jeff Kottkamp of Cape Coral would be his running mate.[7]

[edit] Former Republican candidates

• Tom Gallagher - State Chief Financial Officer, former State Treasurer-Insurance Commissioner, former Education Commissioner, 1986 and 1994 gubernatorial candidate lost the September 5 Republican Primary with 33% of the vote and 99% of the precincts reporting [8].
• Michael W. St. Jean - Ordained minister; hailing from Jacksonville, Florida lost the September 5 Republican Primary with 1% of the vote and 99% of the precincts reporting [9].
• Vernon Palmer has lost the September 5 Republican Primary with 1% of the vote and 99% of the precincts reporting [10].
• Austin Brooks
• Bernie DeCastro - Ordained minister; involved in numerous prison ministry projects and faith-based initiatives. Believed Jesus "nominated him from Heaven" to become Governor of Florida, ran on a largely death penalty-based platform.

[edit] Other parties

• Max Linn - Reform Party USA
• John Wayne Smith - Libertarian Party USA

[edit] Former Socialist candidate

• Atlee David Yarrow - SPF, Political activist, 1992 Mayoral candidate for the City of Auburn, GA. Former member G.C.I.U. Local 8M, Atlanta, GA. SPF Secretary since 2004. Dropped out of race, currently supporting write-in candidate Omari Musa.

[edit] No party affiliation

• Karl Behm
• Richard Paul Dembinsky - Wastewater engineer; 2004 candidate for Florida House

[edit] Write-in candidates

• Piotr Blass
• Omari Musa - Socialist Workers Party member
• C.C. Reed
• Robert Wirengard a.k.a. "Bob"

[edit] Election results

2006 gubernatorial election, Florida
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charlie Crist	2,519,845	52.2	-3.8
	Democratic	Jim Davis	2,178,289	45.1	+1.9
	Reform	Max Linn	92,595	1.9	n/a
	Independent	John Wayne Smith	15,987	0.3	n/a
	Independent	Richard Paul Dembinsky	11,921	0.2	n/a
	Independent	Karl Behm	10,487	0.2	n/a
	Write-ins		147	0.0	0
Majority			341,556	7.1	-5.7
Turnout			4,829,271
	Republican hold		Swing

1st SET OF UNOFFICIAL RETURNS (pursuant to s. 102.141, F.S.) (may not include absentee or provisional ballots) Page Generated: 11/15/2006 4:40 AM Cite: Florida Division of Elections

Voter turnout for a midterm election statewide at an all time high of 46.6% currently. Several Counties have not counted all their absentee votes as of yet, Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Pinellas. The most noticed missing votes are provisional which are outstanding from the majority of counties statewide.

[edit] Opinion polling

[edit] Gubernatorial Race

Source	Date	Crist (R)	Davis (D)
Survey USA	November 6, 2006	49%	47%
Strategic Vision	November 6, 2006	51%	44%
Orlando Sentinel	November 3, 2006	50%	43%
Mason-Dixon	November 3, 2006	50%	43%
Strategic Vision	November 2, 2006	50%	44%
Zogby/WSJ	October 31, 2006	49.9%	45.1%
St. Petersburg Times	October 28, 2006	48%	42%
Rasmussen	October 26, 2006	52%	41%
Strategic Vision	October 25, 2006	51%	42%
Quinnipiac	October 23, 2006	46%	44%
Zogby/WSJ	October 19, 2006	50.2%	41%
Rasmussen	October 18, 2006	46%	41%
Rasmussen	October 2, 2006	54%	38%
Strategic Vision	September 28, 2006	50%	40%
Zogby/WSJ	September 25, 2006	50.1%	36.6%
Rasmussen	September 19, 2006	45%	40%
Zogby/WSJ	September 11, 2006	50.6%	36.4%
Rasmussen	September 5, 2006	45%	41%
Strategic Vision	August 30, 2006	49%	41%
Zogby/WSJ	August 28, 2006	52.4%	38.5%
Rasmussen	August 1, 2006	47%	42%
Quinnipiac	July 26, 2006	44%	38%
Strategic Vision	July 26, 2006	49%	39%
Mason-Dixon	July 24, 2006	48%	32%
Zogby/WSJ	July 24, 2006	42.8%	39.0%
Quinnipiac	June 29, 2006	41%	39%
Rasmussen	June 29, 2006	49%	35%
Strategic Vision	June 28, 2006	49%	41%
Zogby/WSJ	June 21, 2006	42.5%	39.8%
Strategic Vision	May 25, 2006	48%	40%
Quinnipiac	May 24, 2006	37%	40%
Rasmussen	May 22, 2006	44%	39%
Rasmussen	April 21, 2006	44%	33%
Quinnipiac	April 19, 2006	37%	39%
Quinnipiac	February 22, 2006	40%	36%
Rasmussen	January 6, 2006	36%	35%
Rasmussen	November 16, 2005	38%	41%
Quinnipiac	November 15, 2005	39%	40%

[edit] See also

• U.S. gubernatorial elections, 2006
• Governor of Florida
• List of Governors of Florida
• Florida United States Senate election, 2006

[edit] External links

[edit] Reform

• Linn for Governor

[edit] Democrats

• Davis for Governor

[edit] Republicans

• Crist for Governor

[edit] Independents

• Blass for Governor
• C.C. Reed for Governor
• John Wayne Smith for Governor
• Richard Paul Dembinsky for Governor
• Karl C. C. Behm for Governor