Florida Attorney General election, 2006

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Florida Attorney General election, 2006

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  2002 November 7, 2006 2010  

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Nominee Bill McCollum Skip Campbell
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,448,0082,197,959
Percentage52.69%47.31%

Attorney General before election

Charlie Crist
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Bill McCollum
Republican

The 2006 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 7, 2006, to elect the Attorney General of Florida. The election was won by Bill McCollum who took office on January 3, 2007.[ citation needed ]

Bill McCollum Florida Attorney General, former Republican

Ira William "Bill" McCollum Jr. is an American lawyer, politician, and member of the Republican Party. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was later redistricted to the 8th congressional district in 1993. As a member of the House, McCollum rose to become Vice Chairman of the House Republican Conference, the fifth-highest ranking position in the House Republican leadership. He voted to impeach President Bill Clinton and subsequently took a leadership role in managing Clinton's trial in the Senate, which ended in acquittal.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

McCollum was unopposed in the Republican Party primary.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Skip Campbell American politician

Walter G. "Skip" Campbell Jr. was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida Senate from 1996 to 2006. Later, he served as the Mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, from 2014 until his death.

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Skip Campbell507,45265.00
Democratic Merrilee Ehrlich273,19335.00
Total votes780,645100.00

General election

Results

Florida Attorney General election, 2006 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Bill McCollum 2,448,008 52.69% -0.73%
Democratic Skip Campbell 2,197,95947.31%+0.73%
Majority250,0495.38%-1.46%
Turnout 4,645,967
Republican hold Swing

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