Florida Chief Financial Officer election, 2014

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Chief Financial Officer of Florida General Election, 2014
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Nominee Jeff Atwater Will Rankin
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote3,353,8972,337,727
Percentage58.9%41.1%
CFO before election

Jeff Atwater
Republican

Elected CFO

Jeff Atwater
Republican

The 2014 Florida Chief Financial Officer election took place on November 4, 2014, which resulted in the re-election of the Florida Chief Financial Officer. Incumbent Republican Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater ran for re-election to a second term in office. [1]

Republican Party (United States) Major political party in the United States

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Jeff Atwater American politician

Jeffrey Hardee Atwater is an American financier who served as the 3rd Chief Financial Officer of Florida from 2011 to 2017, and currently serves as Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Chief Financial Officer at Florida Atlantic University. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Will Rankin, businessman, 11-year U.S. Army Veteran, and former Ohio director of asset management [4]

Withdrew

  • Allie Braswell, President of the Central Florida Urban League [5]

Declined

General election

Candidates

Endorsements

Jeff Atwater
Organizations
Newspapers
<i>The Bradenton Herald</i>

The Bradenton Herald is a newspaper based in Bradenton, Florida, in the United States.

The Bradenton Times is an online newspaper founded and continuously published on the Internet from Bradenton, Florida. It is a web news and community resource site for Bradenton and Manatee County designed to supply broad coverage of information about the community as well as current local, regional, state, and national news.

<i>The Florida Times-Union</i> daily newspaper in Jacksonville, Florida

The Florida Times-Union is a major daily newspaper in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Widely known as the oldest newspaper in the state, it began publication as the Florida Union in 1864. Its current incarnation started in 1883, when the Florida Union merged with another Jacksonville paper, the Florida Daily Times. A Southeast Georgia edition, called The Georgia Times-Union, serves the Brunswick area. In 1983, Morris Communications of Augusta, Georgia, purchased Florida Publishing Company. The Times-Union became the largest newspaper of this chain, which owns a number of newspapers around the country. In 2018, its editor is Mary Kelli Palka and the editorial page editor is Michael P. Clark.

Will Rankin
Organizations
  • Florida Alliance for Retired Americans [17]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jeff
Atwater (R)		Will
Rankin (D)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling November 1–2, 20141,198± 2.8%51%37%12%
Saint Leo University October 16–19, 2014500± 4.9%50%35%15%
Public Policy Polling September 4–7, 2014818± 3.8%46%34%20%

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References

  1. ↑ Adam C. Smith (July 8, 2011). "Jeff Atwater already raising money for 2014". Tampa Bay Times . Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ Adam C. Smith (October 22, 2013). "Meet William Rankin, the Dem challenging CFO Atwater". Tampa Bay Times . Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/jeff_atwater/
  4. ↑ Kevin Derby (October 11, 2013). "Jeff Atwater Builds Bank as Challenger Emerges". Sunshine State News. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  5. ↑ Gary Fineout (August 19, 2013). "Democrat drops CFO bid after bankruptcies revealed". Miami Herald . Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  6. ↑ Mary Ellen Klas (January 7, 2014). "List of potential Atwater successors continues to grow". Miami Herald. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  7. ↑ Schorsch, Peter (June 30, 2014). "FMA PAC endorses Rick Scott, Florida Cabinet for re-election". SaintPetersBlog. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  8. ↑ William March (June 23, 2014). "PBA backs Crist, Atwater, Bondi, Putnam". Tampa Tribune. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Bradenton Herald recommends Adam Putnam, George Sheldon, Jeff Atwater for Florida Cabinet". The Bradenton Herald. October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  10. ↑ "For CFO, We Recommend Jeff Atwater". The Bradenton Times. October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Atwater built impressive record for re-election". The Florida Times-Union. October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Sheldon, Putnam, Atwater for Florida Cabinet". The Miami Herald. October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Editorial: Atwater's transparency push merits another term as CFO". The Palm Beach Post. October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  14. ↑ "For CFO, re-elect Jeff Atwater". Sun-Sentinel. October 10, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Times Recommends: Jeff Atwater for CFO". Tampa Bay Times. October 8, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Tribune endorsements: Bondi for attorney general; Putnam for agriculture commissioner; Atwater for CFO". Tampa Tribune. October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  17. ↑ Elmore, Charles (October 4, 2014). "CFO foe rips 'no voice' for the people, he calls it 'loud and clear'". McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
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