The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Special Primary - House District 1: Tuesday, July 24, 2001
Special General - House District 1: Tuesday, October 16, 2001
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:23(5.29% of 435)
2002 Representatives:25(5.75% of 435)
1990 Census: 12,938,071(5.20% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 16,028,890(5.68% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 7,494,005
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 11,383,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 7 PM EST (0000 UTC) and 7 PM CST (0100 UTC) - Relatively small portions of this state are in CST and so the vast majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated EST, when the networks feel they can project.
Candidates seeking office
Democrat:1
Republican:1
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Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Republican  Governor Jeb Bush
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
 CandidateDemocrat  (pending)
Possible candidates: Janet Reno (Attorney General during the Clinton Administration), Bob Kunst.
 CandidateRepublican  (Governor Jeb Bush - pending)
8 June 2001: Florida Jeb Bush announced today that he will seek a second term as Governor.
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1Democrat  Senator Bill Nelson
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.
Class 3Democrat  Senator Bob Graham
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 8 Democrats, 15 Republicans
CD 1Republican  Congressman Jeff Miller
First elected 16 October 2001.
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 Candidate"Write-In"  (pending)
Write-ins candiates: Floyd Miller; Tom Wells. No party affiliation: John G. Ralls, Jr.
 CandidateDemocrat  Steve Briese
 WinnerRepublican  Jeff Miller
 

General Election to fill the vacant seat: 16 October 2001. Republican: Jeff Miller (65.7%) WINNER; Democrat: Steve Briese (28.0%); No Party Affiliation: John G. Ralls, Jr. (6.3%); Write-in: Floyd Miller (0%), Tom Wells (0%).

May 2001: Congressman Joe Scarborough, who was first elected in 1994 and re-elected in 2000 with 78% of the vote, will resign effective 6 September 2001.

24 July 2001 Democratic Primary: Steve Briese (NOMINATED with 76.8% of the vote) [he was a Republican until when he launched his bid for this House Seat]; Chuck Lynch (23.2%). There will be a no run-off election since one candidate received more than 50% of the vote.

24 July 2001 Republican Primary: Bob Condon (8.5%), Michael C. Francisco (15.8%), Randy Knepper (14.6%), State Representative Jeff Miller (NOMINATED with 54.1% of the vote), Robert "Bob" Pappas (6.3%), Ken Revell (0.6%). There will be a no run-off election since one candidate received more than 50% of the vote.

CD 2Democrat  Congressman Allen Boyd
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 3Democrat  Congressman Corrine Brown
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 4Republican  Congressman Ander Crenshaw
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 5Democrat  Congressman Karen L. Thurman
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 6Republican  Congressman Clifford B. Stearns
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 7Republican  Congressman John L. Mica
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 8Republican  Congressman Ric Keller
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 9Republican  Congressman Michael Bilirakis
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 10Republican  Congressman C.W. "Bill" Young
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 11Democrat  Congressman Jim Davis
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 12Republican  Congressman Adam Putnam
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 13Republican  Congressman Dan Miller
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. Representative Miller has decided to retire and will not seek re-election in 2002.
 CandidateRepublican  (pending)
2 August 2001: Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris announces she will run for this seat in 2002.
CD 14Republican  Congressman Porter Goss
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 15Republican  Congressman Dave Weldon
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateRepublican  (pending)
Candidates: (July 2001) David Weldon announced he will seek a fifth term, however, in 1994 he made a pledge to serve not more than 8 consecutive years.
CD 16Republican  Congressman Mark Foley
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 17Democrat  Congressman Carrie P. Meek
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 18Republican  Congressman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 19Democrat  Congressman Robert Wexler
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 20Democrat  Congressman Peter Deutsch
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 21Republican  Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 22Republican  Congressman Clay Shaw
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 23Democrat  Congressman Alcee L. Hastings
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Congressional District

Florida has 67 counties and 23 congressional districts: 42 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 25 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (those wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD # 1: Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton
  • CD # 2: Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Suwanee, Taylor, Wakulla and Washington
  • CD # 4: Nassau
  • CD # 5: Alachua, Citrus, Hernando and Levy
  • CD # 6: Baker, Bradford, Sumter and Union
  • CD # 12: DeSoto and Hardee
  • CD # 13: Manatee and Sarasota
  • CD # 14: Collier and Lee
  • CD # 15: Brevard and Indian River
  • CD # 16: Glades and Hendry
  • CD # 20: Monroe

DIVIDED COUNTIES (those split between more than one Congressional District):

  • Bay: CDs 1 & 2
  • Broward: CDs 19, 20, 22 & 23
  • Charlotte: CDs 13 & 14
  • Clay: CDs 3 & 6
  • Columbia: CDs 2 & 5
  • Dade: CDs 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 & 23
  • Duval: CDs 3, 4 & 6 (coterminous with the City of Jacksonville)
  • Flagler: CDs 3 & 4
  • Highlands: CDs 12 & 16
  • Hillsborough: CDs 9, 11, 12 & 13
  • Lake: CDs 3 & 6
  • Marion: CDs 5 & 6
  • Martin: CD 16 & 23
  • Okeechobee: CDs 16 & 23
  • Orange: CDs 3, 7 & 8
  • Osceola: CDs 8 & 15
  • Palm Beach: CDs 16, 19, 22 & 23
  • Pasco: CDs 5, 9 & 12
  • Pinellas: CDs 9 & 10
  • Polk: CDs 12 & 15
  • Putnam: CDs 3 & 4
  • St. Johns: CDs 3 & 4
  • St. Lucie: CDs 16 & 23
  • Seminole: CDs 3 & 7
  • Volusia: CDs 3, 4 & 7

CDs # 17, # 18 & # 21 are wholly within Dade County
CD # 11 is wholly within Hillsborough County
CD # 10 is wholly within Pinellas County