The Green Papers: Florida 2007 Off Year Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2007. Find 2008 elections here.
 
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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. 110th 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 Mel Martinez
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
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.
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
110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
16 Republican (16 Undetermined);
9 Democratic (9 Undetermined)
CD 1
{map}		 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 4 November 2008
CD 2
{map}		 Democratic Congressman F. Allen Boyd, Jr.
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 3
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Corrine Brown
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 4
{map}		 Republican Congressman Ander M. Crenshaw
• First elected: 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 5
{map}		 Republican Congressman Virginia "Ginny" Brown-Waite
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 6
{map}		 Republican Congressman Clifford Bundy "Cliff" Stearns
• First elected: 1988
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 7
{map}		 Republican Congressman John L. Mica
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 8
{map}		 Republican Congressman Richard Anthony "Ric" Keller
• First elected: 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 9
{map}		 Republican Congressman Gus Michael Bilirakis
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 10
{map}		 Republican Congressman C.W. "Bill" Young
• First elected: 1970
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 11
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Katherine Anne "Kathy" Castor
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 12
{map}		 Republican Congressman Adam H. Putnam
• First elected: 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 13
{map}		 Republican Congressman Vernon "Vern" Buchanan
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  

Contested U.S. House 110th Congress Election.

  • On 20 November 2006 election officials certified Republican Vernon "Vern" Buchanan (119,309 votes, 50.08%) as the winner by 369 votes. Democratic Christine L. Jennings received (118,940 votes, 49.92%). Democratic Christine L. Jennings filed a lawsuit in Leon County requesting a new election arguing that a malfunction in the voting machines caused a 12.9% undervote (18,412 blank ballots).
  • An audit of the machines began the week of 27 November using a 12 hour scripted "mock election". The first tests, performed 28 November on voting machines not brought into service on election day, showed a CD 13 discrepancy of 5 votes (in favor of Jennings). However, video tapes revealed that the differences were due to participants making mistakes while choosing their selections. The second tests, performed 1 December on voting machines that had an undervote on election day, showed no discrepancies in the CD 13 contest. The final audit report found no evidence of machine malfunction.
  • On 20 December 2006 Circuit Judge William Gary ruled that Jennings arguments about the possibility of lost votes did not warrant disclosing the trade secrets of the voting machine company Election Systems & Software. Jennings stated she will appeal.
  • On 20 December 2006 Jennings filed a Notice of Contest with the U.S. House.
  • Vernon "Vern" Buchanan was seated in Congress on 4 January 2007. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the legal proceedings would be handled later.
  • Christine Jennings decided to withdraw the lawsuit in Florida courts on 28 November 2007.
CD 14
{map}		 Republican Congressman Connie Mack
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 15
{map}		 Republican Congressman David Joseph "Dave" Weldon, Jr.
• First elected: 1994
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 16
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Timothy Edward "Tim" Mahoney
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 17
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Kendrick B. Meek
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 18
{map}		 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 4 November 2008
CD 19
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Robert Wexler
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 20
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 21
{map}		 Republican Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 22
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Ron Klein
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 23
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Alcee L. Hastings
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 24
{map}		 Republican Congressman Tom Feeney
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
CD 25
{map}		 Republican Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
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
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
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
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): 11 incumbents
 • Republican: 21 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 an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
 

  2007 Off Year Election Home  
 
  U.S. Senate Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party  
  Gubernatorial Popular Vote by Party  
  U.S. House Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party  
  Close Contests Summary - Decision by 2% or less  
  Contests Where No Candidate Received a Majority  
 
2007 Election Dates:   Chronologically   --   Alphabetically  
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  Gubernatorial Primaries at a Glance  
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  Open Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats (the incumbent is not running for re-election)  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with no incumbent running for them  
  Uncontested Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats (one candidate running for office)  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with only one major party candidate running for office  
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  2007 Partisan Composition by State  
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  Political Parties  
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  Senate Electoral Classes  
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  Statewide Political Party Strength