Florida 2005 Off Year Elections

The Green Papers: Florida 2005 Off Year Elections

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Florida
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	27	(5.02% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	25	(5.75% of 435)
2000 Census:	16,028,890	(5.68% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	11,774,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	8,752,717
Capital:	Tallahassee

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Florida State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Democratic	Senator Bill Nelson • First elected: 2000 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
	Republican	(pending) • Possible candidates: Congressman Katherine Harris (CD 13)

Class 3	Republican	Senator Mel Martinez • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

	Republican	Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
	Democratic	(pending) • Possible candidates: Congressman Jim Davis (CD 11); Democratic Party chairman Scott Maddox; State Senator Rod Smith (Gainesville)
	Republican	(pending) • Possible candidates: Attorney General Charlie Crist; Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher; Lieutenant Governor Toni Jennings (?)

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on ticket with Governor

	Republican	Lieutenant Governor Toni Jennings • Appointed: 3 March 2003 by Governor Jeb Bush • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 18 Republican (17 Undetermined, 1 Open); 7 Democratic (7 Undetermined)

CD 1	Republican	Congressman Jefferson B. "Jeff" Miller • First elected 16 October 2001 - in a Special Election re: the resignation of Congressman Joe Scarborough 6 September 2001. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 2	Democratic	Congressman F. Allen Boyd, Jr. • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 3	Democratic	Congressman Corrine Brown • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 4	Republican	Congressman Ander Crenshaw • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 5	Republican	Congressman Virginia "Ginny" Brown-Waite • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 6	Republican	Congressman Clifford B. "Cliff" Stearns • First elected: 1988 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 7	Republican	Congressman John L. Mica • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 8	Republican	Congressman Richard Anthony "Ric" Keller • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 9	Republican	Congressman Michael Bilirakis • First elected: 1982 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 10	Republican	Congressman C.W. "Bill" Young • First elected: 1970 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 11	Democratic	Congressman Jim Davis • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Possible gubernatorial candidate in 2006.

CD 12	Republican	Congressman Adam H. Putnam • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 13	Republican	Congressman Katherine Harris • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - 7 June 2005: Running for the Senate Class 1 seat in 2006.

CD 14	Republican	Congressman Connie Mack • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 15	Republican	Congressman David "Dave" Weldon • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 16	Republican	Congressman Mark A. Foley • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 17	Democratic	Congressman Kendrick B. Meek • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 18	Republican	Congressman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen • First elected in a Special Election, 29 August 1989, re: death of Congressman Claude Pepper, 30 May 1989 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 19	Democratic	Congressman Robert Wexler • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 20	Democratic	Congressman Debbie Wasserman Schultz • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 21	Republican	Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 22	Republican	Congressman Clay Shaw • First elected: 1980 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 23	Democratic	Congressman Alcee L. Hastings • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 24	Republican	Congressman Tom Feeney • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 25	Republican	Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Attorney General Charlie Crist • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Chief Financial Officer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. The new office of Chief Financial Officer will replace both the Comptroller and Treasurer in Florida.

	Republican	Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher • First elected in 1988 then elected again in 2000 (as State Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal); re-elected: 2002 (as Chief Financial Officer) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	A & CS Commissioner Charles H. "Charlie" Bronson • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

	• Constitution
	• Democratic
	• Green
	• Independence
	• Libertarian
	• Reform
	• Republican
	• Socialist Workers Party
	• Veterans Party of America