2010 Florida Chief Financial Officer election

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2010 Chief Financial Officer of Florida General Election
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  2006 November 2, 2010 2014  
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Nominee Jeff Atwater Loranne Ausley
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,967,0522,015,579
Percentage57.3%38.9%

Florida CFO Election Results by County, 2010.svg
County results

Atwater:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%

Ausley:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

CFO before election

Alex Sink
Democratic

Elected CFO

Jeff Atwater
Republican

The 2010 Chief Financial Officer General election took place on November 2, 2010, to elect the Chief Financial Officer of Florida. The election was won by Jeff Atwater who took office on January 4, 2011.

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Republican

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Atwater986,566100.0

Democratic

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Loranne Ausley802,408100.0
Chief Financial Officer of Florida General Election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Atwater2,967,05257.33
Democratic Loranne Ausley2,015,57938.94
Independent Tom Stearns109,1922.11
Independent Ken Mazzie83,9591.62
Total votes5,175,782 100.0

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References

  1. "Florida Department of State - Election Results". doe.dos.state.fl.us. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03.