Florida gubernatorial election, 2006

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Florida gubernatorial election, 2006

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Nominee Charlie Crist Jim Davis
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Jeff Kottkamp Daryl Jones
Popular vote2,519,845 2,178,289
Percentage52.2% 45.1%

Florida Governor Election Results by County, 2006.svg

County results
Governor before election

Jeb Bush
Republican

Elected Governor

Charlie Crist
Republican

The 2006 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Governor Jeb Bush was term-limited, and could not run for re-election. Then Republican Charlie Crist, the state's Attorney General, won the election. The election was notable in that for the first time, the state elected a Republican governor in three consecutive elections.

Florida State of the United States of America

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Jeb Bush American politician, former Governor of Florida

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Charlie Crist politician

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Contents

Turnout for the 2006 election was down 8.5% from 2002 and down 2.7% from 1998. [1] With Republicans holding the seat, the state avoided the wave in which Democrats netted a gain of six governorships across the nation. [2]

Democratic primary

Campaign

Jim Davis won the Democratic primary on September 5. Davis was the Congressman from Florida's 11th congressional district and served in the Florida House of Representatives, where he also served as the Majority Leader. On September 13, Davis selected former State Senator and 2002 gubernatorial candidate Daryl Jones of Miami as his running mate.

Jim Davis (Florida politician) American politician from the U. S. state of Florida

James Oscar Davis III is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. He is a Democrat and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007, representing Florida's 11th congressional district. He was the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida in the 2006 election, but was defeated by Republican Charlie Crist.

Floridas 11th congressional district American political district

Florida's 11th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. It was reassigned in 2012, effective January 3, 2013, from the Tampa area north to four other counties: Sumter County, Citrus County, Hernando and central Marion County, as well as the far northwestern corner of Lake County. The district stretches from Ocala southwest to Spring Hill. The Villages, a large and retirement and golfing community for seniors, is situated in this district, aiding Republican and Democratic candidates in the district and statewide.

Florida House of Representatives Lower house of the Florida Legislature

The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted. The House is composed of 120 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of approximately 157,000 residents. Legislative districts are drawn on the basis of population figures, provided by the federal decennial census. Senators' terms begin immediately, upon their election. As of 2019, Republicans hold the majority in the State House with 71 seats; Democrats are in the minority with 46 seats. Three seats are vacant due to resignations.

The Democratic primary turned heated as it approached primary day. Rod Smith attacked Jim Davis for a 1990 legislative vote denying restitution for two black men wrongfully imprisoned for murder. [3] Davis countered that Smith was a "pawn" of the sugar industry, and that "big business" and special interests were funding many of Smith's attack ads. [3]

Rod Smith (politician) American politician

Rodney Warren Smith is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. A Democrat, Smith was a member of the Florida Senate from Gainesville from 2001 until 2006. Smith ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Florida in the 2006 election but lost to Congressman Jim Davis. In 2010, Smith was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Florida as the running mate of Alex Sink in her campaign for Governor of Florida. From November 2010 through January 2013 Smith served as chairman of the Florida Democratic Party. In 2016, Smith again ran for a seat in the Florida Senate but was ultimately defeated by Keith Perry, a Republican and former state representative.

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Candidates

Declared

  • Jim Davis, U.S. Representative
  • Rod Smith, State Senator
  • Carol Castagnero, retired teacher
  • Glenn Burkett
  • John M. Crotty

Withdrew

Lawton Chiles Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging

Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. was an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. He served as a United States Senator from 1971 to 1989 and as the 41st Governor of Florida from 1991 to 1998.

Scott Maddox American mayor

Scott Charles Maddox is an American politician. He was the mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, from 1995 to 1996 and from 1997 to 2003. Maddox is the former chair of the Florida Democratic Party and a former Tallahassee City Commissioner, serving from 1993 to 1995, 1996 to 1997 and from 2012 to 2018.

The Florida Democratic Party (FDP) is the state branch of the United States Democratic Party in the state of Florida, headquartered in Tallahassee.

Declined

Endorsements

Jim Davis
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
Mayors and other municipal leaders
  • Frank Bruno, Volusia County Council Chairman [11]
  • Steve Feren, Mayor of Sunrise [8]
  • Ilene Lieberman, Broward County Commissioner [8]
  • Scott Maddox, former Mayor of Tallahassee [5]
  • Carl Persis, Volusia County Councilman [11]
  • Diana Wasserman-Rubin, Broward County Commissioner [8]
Other individuals
Newspapers
Organizations
Rod Smith
Statewide officials
State legislators
Mayors and other municipal leaders
  • Sharon Bock, Palm Beach Clerk of Court and Comptroller [16]
  • Howard Finkelstein, Broward County Public Defender [17]
  • Howard Forman, Broward County Clerk of the Court [17]
  • Addie Greene, Palm Beach County Commissioner [16]
  • Ron Greenstein, State Representative [17]
  • Carey Haughwout, Palm Beach County Public Defender [16]
  • Barry Krischer, Palm Beach County State Attorney [16]
  • Ed Oppel, Port of Palm Beach Commissioner [16]
  • Ari Porth, State Representative
  • Tom Rossin, former State Senator and 2002 Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor [16]
  • Tim M. Ryan, State Representative [17]
  • Mike Satz, Broward County State Attorney
  • David Turner, Gilchrist County Sheriff
  • Lois Wexler, Broward County Commissioner [17]
Other individuals
Newspapers
Democratic primary results [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Davis405,87947.32%
Democratic Rod Smith 353,161 41.17%
Democratic Carol Castagnero 45,161 5.267%
Democratic Glenn Burkett 32,984 3.85%
Democratic John M. Crotty 20,629 2.40%
Total votes857,814100.00%

Republican primary

Charlie Crist, the Republican candidate, won the primary on September 5 with 64% of the vote. [19] Crist was Florida's Attorney General at the time. Previously he was elected State Education Commissioner, and has served in the Florida Senate. He faced Bob Graham for his seat in the United States Senate in 1998. On September 13, 2006, Crist announced that State Representative Jeff Kottkamp of Cape Coral would be his running mate. [20]

The GOP primary did not end up being very competitive. Crist touted experience in statewide offices, and a strong fundraising capability. He portrayed himself as relatively moderate on social issues, which created some misgivings among conservative Republicans in the state, but not nearly enough to sway the vote to Tom Gallagher. [3]

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Charlie Crist
U.S. Senators
State legislators
Mayors and other municipal leaders
  • Bill Balkwill, Sarasota County Sheriff [29]
  • Kevin Beary, Orange County Sheriff [11]
  • Susan Benton, Highlands County Sheriff [29]
  • Rick Beseler, Clay County Sheriff [29]
  • Jim Coats, Pinellas County Sheriff [29]
  • Robert Crowder, Martin County Sheriff [28]
  • Chris Daniels, Lake County Sheriff [11]
  • John Davenport, Charlotte County Sheriff [29]
  • Don Eslinger, Seminole County Sheriff [11]
  • Bill Farmer, Sumter County Sheriff [29]
  • Donald Fleming, Flagler County Sheriff [29]
  • Heather Fiorentino, Pasco County Superintendent of Schools [26]
  • David Gee, Hillsborough County Sheriff [29]
  • Wendell Hall, Santa Rosa County Sheriff [29]
  • Ben Johnson, Volusia County Sheriff [11]
  • Grady Judd, Polk County Sheriff [29]
  • Ronnie Lee, Hendry County Sheriff [29]
  • Jack Mariano, Pasco County Commissioner [26]
  • Paul May, Okeechobee County Sheriff [29]
  • Ron McNesby, Escambia County Sheriff [29]
  • Charlie Morris, Okaloosa County Sheriff [29]
  • Rich Nugent, Hernando County Sheriff [29]
  • Steve Oelrich, Alachua County Sheriff [29]
  • Jed Pittman, Pasco County Clerk of the Court [26]
  • Rick Roth, Monroe County Sheriff [29]
  • John Rutherford, Duval County Sheriff [29]
  • Mike Scott, Lee County Sheriff [29]
  • Tommy Seagraves, Nassau County Sheriff [29]
  • David Shoar, St. Johns County Sheriff [29]
  • Steve Simon, Pasco County Commissioner [26]
  • Doug Smith, Martin County Commissioner [28]
  • Charlie Wells, Manatee County Sheriff [29]
  • Mike Wells, Pasco County Property Appraiser [26]
  • Bob White, Pasco County Sheriff [29]
Newspapers
Organizations
Tom Gallagher
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Mayors and other municipal leaders
  • Dottie Berger MacKinnon, former Hillsborough County Commissioner [31]
  • Jack Parker, Brevard County Sheriff [11]
  • Roy Raymond, Indian River County Sheriff [11]
Other individuals
Republican primary results [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Charlie Crist630,81663.98%
Republican Tom Gallagher 330,165 33.49%
Republican Vernon Palmer 13,547 1.37%
Republican Michael W. St. Jean 11,458 1.16%
Total votes985,986100.00%

General election

Candidates

Opinion polling

Source Date Crist (R) Davis (D)
Survey USA November 6, 200649% 47%
Strategic Vision November 6, 200651% 44%
Orlando Sentinel November 3, 200650% 43%
Mason-Dixon November 3, 200650% 43%
Strategic Vision November 2, 200650% 44%
Zogby/WSJ October 31, 200649.9% 45.1%
St. Petersburg Times October 28, 200648% 42%
Rasmussen October 26, 200652% 41%
Strategic Vision October 25, 200651% 42%
Quinnipiac October 23, 200646% 44%
Zogby/WSJ October 19, 200650.2% 41%
Rasmussen October 18, 200646% 41%
Rasmussen October 2, 2006 54% 38%
Strategic Vision September 28, 200650% 40%
Zogby/WSJ September 25, 2006 50.1% 36.6%
Rasmussen September 19, 2006 45% 40%
Zogby/WSJ September 11, 2006 50.6% 36.4%
Rasmussen September 5, 2006 45% 41%
Strategic Vision August 30, 200649% 41%
Zogby/WSJ August 28, 2006 52.4% 38.5%
Rasmussen August 1, 2006 47% 42%
Quinnipiac July 26, 2006 44% 38%
Strategic Vision July 26, 200649% 39%
Mason-Dixon July 24, 2006 48% 32%
Zogby/WSJ July 24, 2006 42.8% 39.0%
Quinnipiac June 29, 2006 41% 39%
Rasmussen June 29, 2006 49% 35%
Strategic Vision June 28, 200649% 41%
Zogby/WSJ June 21, 2006 42.5% 39.8%
Strategic Vision May 25, 2006 48% 40%
Quinnipiac May 24, 2006 37%40%
Rasmussen May 22, 2006 44% 39%
Rasmussen April 21, 2006 44% 33%
Quinnipiac April 19, 2006 37%39%
Quinnipiac February 22, 200640% 36%
Rasmussen January 6, 200636% 35%
Rasmussen November 16, 2005 38%41%
Quinnipiac November 15, 2005 39%40%

General election results

Charlie Crist won by over 7 points, winning all Republican-leaning areas of Florida, as well as the notable "swing" region along the I-4 corridor (Daytona Beach, Orlando, Tampa/St. Petersburg). Davis performed well in the Democrat-leaning south Florida, Gainesville, and Tallahassee areas. Crist under-performed compared to his predecessor Jeb Bush, but still outpaced Davis, despite the low turnout. Reform Party candidate Max Linn received nearly 2% of the vote, but his sizeable haul of over 92,500 votes was still not enough to sway the election.

Also on the ballot the same day was a constitutional amendment to raise the requirement for all future ballot initiatives to a supermajority (60%). Previously, constitutional amendments put on the ballot required only a simple majority (50% +1) to be approved, and led to some controversial amendments being put on the ballot. Support and opposition for the amendment fell loosely along party lines with Democrats generally opposing its passage. Both Crist and Davis publicly opposed the measure, [36] but it was passed anyway by the voters with a 55% margin - a higher margin than either candidate received.

Florida gubernatorial election, 2006 [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Charlie Crist/Jeff Kottkamp 2,519,845 52.20% -3.81%
Democratic Jim Davis/Daryl Jones 2,178,289 45.10% +1.94%
Reform Max Linn 92,595 1.90% +1.90%
Independent John Wayne Smith 15,987 0.30%
Independent Richard Paul Dembinsky 11,921 0.20%
Independent Karl C.C. Behm 10,487 0.20%
Write-ins 147 0.00% 0
Majority 341,556 7.10% -5.75%
Turnout 4,829,271
Republican hold Swing

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