| The Green Papers: Florida 2009 General Election |
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Florida
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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NOTE re: elections to the LEGISLATUREFlorida 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 {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 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman F. Allen Boyd, Jr. • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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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. |
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Republican | Congressman Ander M. Crenshaw • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Virginia "Ginny" Brown-Waite • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Clifford Bundy "Cliff" Stearns • First elected: 1988 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman John L. Mica • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Alan Mark Grayson • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Gus Michael Bilirakis • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman C.W. "Bill" Young • First elected: 1970 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Katherine Anne "Kathy" Castor • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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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. |
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Republican | Congressman Vernon "Vern" Buchanan • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Connie Mack • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman William "Bill" Posey • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Thomas Joseph "Tom" Rooney • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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Democratic | Congressman Debbie Wasserman Schultz • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Ron Klein • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Alcee L. Hastings • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Suzanne M. Kosmas • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |