Florida gubernatorial election, 2006
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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, the state's Attorney General, won the election for Governor of Florida.
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[edit] Democrats
Jim Davis won the Democratic primary on September 5 with 48% of the vote.[1] Davis was 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 was Florida's Attorney General at the time. 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] Socialist Party candidate
- Atlee Yarrow - SPFL, Political activist, 1992 Mayoral candidate for the City of Auburn, GA. Former member G.C.I.U. Local 8M, Atlanta, GA. Dropped out of race and supported write-in candidate Omari Musa.
[edit] No party affiliation
- Karl C. Behm - 2008 Presidential Candidate
- 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
- Bob Wirengard
[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 | |
| Libertarian | 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
