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Florida Democratic gubernatorial primary, 2006

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Florida Democratic Gubernatorial Primary, 2006

September 5, 2006
  state senate=Florida
Candidate Jim Davis Rod Smith
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 405,879 353,161
Percentage 47% 41%

Democrats

Jim Davis won the Democratic primary on September 5 with 48% of the vote.[1] Davis was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Florida's 11th congressional district, and was once the majority leader of the Florida House of Representatives. On September 13, Davis selected former State Senator & 2002 Gubernatorial candidate Daryl Jones of Miami as his running mate.

Defeated candidates

  • Rod Smith – Member of the Florida Senate lost the September 5 Democratic Primary with 41% of the vote and 99% of the precincts reporting [2].
  • Glenn Aldine Burkett lost the September 5 Democratic Primary with 4% of the vote and 99% of the precincts reporting [3].
  • Carol Castagnero – Retired teacher, member County Citizens’ a watch dog group over DCF (HRS), lost the September 5 Democratic Primary with 5% of the vote and 99% of the precincts reporting [4].
  • John M. Crotty lost the September 5 Democratic Primary with 2% of the vote and 99% of the precincts reporting [5].
  • Roger Alan Hoover
  • Phillip J. Kennedy – Perennial candidate
  • Monroe Lee – Architect, 2004 candidate for Alachua County Board of Commissioners

Election Results

2006 Democratic Primary:

Jim Davis Rod Smith
Percentage 47 41

Davis was elected to the House as the representative of the 11th district in the 1996 election and was reelected in the 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004 elections.

Jim Davis endorsements

Rod Smith endorsements

By county

County Jim Davis# Rod Smith#
Alachua 7,169 15,996
Baker 823 1,473
Bay 4,777 4,578
Bradford 809 1,618
Brevard 12,543' 8,185
Broward 36,061 31,944
Calhoun 913 1,178
Charlotte 2,081 1,477
Citrus 3,969 3,896
Clay 2,148 2,028
Collier 2,562 2,468
Columbia 1,312 3,152
DeSoto 932 647
Dixie 709 1,721
Duval 17,094 19,386
Escambia 5,737 9,738
Flagler 2,190 2,119
Franklin 657 722
Gadsden 2,363 4,395
Gilchrist 713 1,718
Glades 263 477
Gulf 815 1,043
Hamilton 917 1,210
Hardee 934 545
Hendry 364 993
Hernando 5,190 3,537
Highlands 2,506 1,324
Hillsborough 41,326 10,569
Holmes 754 1,260
Indian River 2,902 1,415
Jackson 2,316 3,628
Jefferson 1,024 1,919
Lafayette 522 1,085
Lake 6,126 2,891
Lee 6,197 4,730
Leon 17,074 13,938
Levy 1,172 2,693
Liberty 583 951
Madison 968 1,874
Manatee 8,581 4,279
Marion 7,295 6,999
Martin 2,826 1,906
Miami-Dade 29,557 34,271
Monroe 2,747 1,284
Nassau 1,577 1,494
Okaloosa 2,498 2,240
Okeechobee 1,526 1,111
Orange 19,212 9,809
Osceola 2,994 1,789
Palm Beach 29,879 33,101
Pasco 10,704 6,602
Pinellas 27,302 17,980
Polk 13,151 11,055
Putnam 1,872 4,078
Saint Johns 2,707 2,770
Saint Lucie 5,353 3,792
Santa Rosa 1,914 2,873
Sarasota 9,998 7,178
Seminole 7,477 2,883
Sumter 1,772 1,518
Suwanee 1,126 2,390
Taylor 1,218 1,808
Union 360 1,029
Volusia 10,658 9,933
Wakulla 1,961 1,834
Walton 964 1,203
Washington 1,135 1,431

Result sources