The 2006 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 7,2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Jeb Bush was term-limited,and could not run for reelection to a third consecutive term. The election was won by then-Republican Charlie Crist,the state's Attorney General. The election was notable in that for the first time,the state elected a Republican governor in three consecutive elections.
Theodore Eliot Deutch is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative from Florida's 22nd congressional district from 2010 to 2022. His district,numbered as the 19th district from 2010 to 2013 and as the 21st from 2013 to 2017,included much of northern Broward County and southern Palm Beach County in South Florida. A member of the Democratic Party,he first entered Congress in 2010 after a special election following the resignation of Robert Wexler.
Dorothy L. Hukill was an American politician who was a Republican member in the Florida Senate who represented parts of the Volusia County area from 2012 until her death in 2018. She represented the 14th district,encompassing southern Volusia and northern Brevard Counties,since 2016,after being redistricted from the 8th district,which included parts of Volusia,Lake,and Marion Counties. She also served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 28th district in southern Volusia from 2004 to 2012.
Kelly Skidmore is a politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 90th District,from 2006 to 2008. A Democrat,she ran unsuccessfully for the Florida Senate in 2010 and again for the Florida House in 2016.
Joseph Abruzzo is a Democratic politician from Florida. He is Clerk of the Circuit Court &Comptroller for Palm Beach County,an independently elected office established by Florida’s Constitution.
Maria Lorts Sachs is a Democratic politician from Florida. She was a member of the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2016,representing parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Previously,she served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing part of southern Palm Beach County from 2006 until her election to the Senate. After her seat was redistricted in 2016,she opted not to seek reelection,and was hired as the executive director of Innovation Florida,a nonprofit advocacy organization.
Aaron Paul Bean is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 4th congressional district since 2023. A Republican,Bean represented the 4th district in the Florida Senate,which included all of Nassau County,Clay County and parts of Duval County,from 2012 to 2022. From 2000 to 2008,he represented the 12th district in the Florida House of Representatives.
Lois Jane Frankel is an American politician and lawyer who has been the United States representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district since 2023 and from 2013 to 2017 and Florida’s 21st congressional district from 2017 to 2023. As a member of the Democratic Party,Frankel was a 7-term member of the Florida House of Representatives and a two-term mayor of West Palm Beach.
Susan Lynn Brooks is an American prosecutor and politician. She is a Republican and the former U.S. Representative for Indiana's 5th congressional district. She was elected in 2012. The district includes the northern fifth of Indianapolis,as well as many of the city's affluent northern and eastern suburbs. Brooks served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana from 2001 to 2007.
Miguel Díaz de la Portilla is a Cuban-American attorney and politician from Florida. A Republican,he served in the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2016,representing parts of Miami,Coral Gables,and the surrounding area. Prior to that,he was a member of the Miami-Dade County Commission from 1993 to 2000.
Frank Artiles is a Cuban-American Republican politician from Florida. He served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing parts of Miami-Dade County from 2010 to 2016,before being elected to the Florida Senate in 2016. He resigned from the Senate on April 21,2017,after using racial slurs and other profanities against fellow senators.
Jeff Clemens is a Democratic politician from Florida. He represented parts of Palm Beach County in the Florida Senate from 2012 until his resignation in 2017,after acknowledging an affair with a lobbyist. He previously served one term in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 89th district from 2010 to 2012.
Sarah Davis is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives;she was first elected in the Tea Party wave of 2010. Her district,the 134th,is located in Houston and includes The Galleria,Rice University,and the Texas Medical Center. Prior to her loss to Ann Johnson in 2020,Davis was the only pro-choice Republican in the Texas House.
Mary Littleton is an American politician. A Republican,she has represented District 78 in the Tennessee House of Representatives since January 8,2013.
Gwendolyn Graham is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 2nd congressional district from 2015 to 2017. She is the daughter of Bob Graham,the former United States senator and governor of Florida. A Democrat,she was a candidate in the 2018 Democratic primary for Florida governor. Graham is currently assistant secretary of education for legislation and congressional affairs in the Biden administration.
Jennifer Mae Sullivan is a Republican politician from Florida. She served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives from 2014 to 2020,representing the 31st District,which includes Apopka,Eustis,Mount Dora,Tavares,and Umatilla in northern Lake County and northern Orange County.
Rene "Coach P" Plasencia is an American Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 50th District from 2016 to 2022. He previously was elected in the 49th District in 2014,in Orange County.
Rochelle "Shelley" Vana is a Democratic politician who currently serves as a Palm Beach County Commissioner,representing the 3rd District from 2008 to the present. Prior to being elected to the Broward County Commission,Vana served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008,representing the 85th District.
Judith "Judy" Ward is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate,representing the 30th Senatorial district in Blair County,Pennsylvania in the United States. A Republican,she previously served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Christopher Wayne Toney is an American politician who has served as a Delegate from the 31st District to the West Virginia House of Delegates since 2018. He is a Republican.
