The Green Papers: Florida 2009 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.
 
Flag images courtesy of The World Flag Database. Copyright http://www.flags.net/ 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


NOTE re: elections to the LEGISLATURE

Florida elects half its 40-member State Senate every two years, State Senators so elected to four-year terms (except in the election held two years after a Federal Decennial Census, when the entire State Senate is up for election, so as to better facilitate redistricting: half the Senators elected in such a calendar year of a Federal Decennial Census are elected for but two years and the same State Senators are up for election for another two years in the next General Election, that is: the one taking place two years after said Federal Census).

In 2008, State Senators representing odd-numbered districts will be up for election for four-year terms; State Senators representing even-numbered districts were elected to their current four-year terms in 2006 and will next be up for election (for two-year terms) in 2010.

The entire 120-member House of Representatives will be up for election to two-year terms in 2008.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Bill Nelson
First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 3 Republican Senator George S. LeMieux
Entered office 10 September 2009 following the resignation of Republican Senator Mel Martinez.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - Does not plan to seek election
 Senator Mel Martinez (Republican), who was first elected in 2004, resigned on 9 September 2009. George LeMieux (Republican), who was selected as the replacement Senator on 28 August 2009 by Governor Charlie Crist, was sworn in on 10 September 2009. Mr. LeMieux will serve out the remainder of the term and does not plan to seek election.

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Charlie Crist
First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Open Chair - 12 May 2009: Announced he is running for the U.S. Senate Class 3 Seat in 2010.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on ticket with Governor

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Jeffrey D. "Jeff" Kottkamp
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 14 May 2009: Running for Attorney General in 2010.

111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
15 Republican (14 Undetermined, 1 Open);
10 Democratic (8 Undetermined, 2 Open)

CD 1
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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 2 November 2010

CD 2
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Democratic Congressman F. Allen Boyd, Jr.
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3
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Democratic Congressman Corrine Brown
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
31 May 2009: Candidate for Senate in 2010. 16 October 2009: Announced she would run for re-election in the U.S. House.

CD 4
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Republican Congressman Ander M. Crenshaw
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5
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Republican Congressman Virginia "Ginny" Brown-Waite
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 6
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Republican Congressman Clifford Bundy "Cliff" Stearns
First elected: 1988
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 7
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Republican Congressman John L. Mica
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 8
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Democratic Congressman Alan Mark Grayson
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 9
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Republican Congressman Gus Michael Bilirakis
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 10
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Republican Congressman C.W. "Bill" Young
First elected: 1970
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 11
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Democratic Congressman Katherine Anne "Kathy" Castor
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 12
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Republican Congressman Adam H. Putnam
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 1 February 2009: Announced he will run for state Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services in 2010.

CD 13
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Republican Congressman Vernon "Vern" Buchanan
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 14
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Republican Congressman Connie Mack
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 15
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Republican Congressman William "Bill" Posey
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 16
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Republican Congressman Thomas Joseph "Tom" Rooney
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 17
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Democratic Congressman Kendrick B. Meek
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 13 January 2009: Candidate for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010

CD 18
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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 2 November 2010

CD 19
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Democratic Congressman Robert Wexler
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 14 October 2009: "Today, I am announcing that I will be accepting the position of president of the Center for Middle East Peace and will leave Congress effective in January of 2010."
26 October 2009: "...effective on January 3, 2010 at 11:59 pm I will resign as a Member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 19th Congressional District..."
4 November 2009: Governor Charlie Crist called a 2 February 2010 primary and 6 April 2010 general election to fill this seat.
25 November 2009: Governor Charlie Crist moved the date of a special election to 13 April 2010 so it doesn't fall during Passover.

CD 20
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Democratic Congressman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 21
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Republican Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 22
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Democratic Congressman Ron Klein
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 23
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Democratic Congressman Alcee L. Hastings
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 24
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Democratic Congressman Suzanne M. Kosmas
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 25
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Republican Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2010.

Chief Financial Officer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. The new office of Chief Financial Officer will replace both the Comptroller and Treasurer in Florida.

  Democratic Chief Financial Officer Adelaide Alexander "Alex" Sink
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 13 May 2009: Announced candidacy for Governor in 2010

Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Charles H. "Charlie" Bronson
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - At term limit. 20 May 2009: Announced he would NOT be a candidate for Governor in 2010.

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.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 12 incumbents
  Republican: 20 incumbents
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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