Florida Democratic gubernatorial primary, 2006

Florida Democratic Gubernatorial Primary, 2006

September 5, 2006



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. 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 .
Glenn Aldine Burkett lost the September 5 Democratic Primary with 4% of the vote and 99% of the precincts reporting .
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 .
John M. Crotty lost the September 5 Democratic Primary with 2% of the vote and 99% of the precincts reporting .
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

Corrine Brown, U.S. Congresswoman
Alcee Hastings, U.S. Congressman
Robert Wexler, U.S. Congressman
Debbie Wasserman Schultz U.S. Congresswoman
Scott Maddox Former Mayor of Tallahassee and Democratic Party Chairman
Former President Bill Clinton
Florida U.S. Senator Bill Nelson
Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama
Former First Lady Rhea Chiles
Former Governor and Former U.S. Senator Bob Graham
Former Governor Buddy MacKay
Miami-Dade Democratic Party chairman Jimmy L. Morales

Rod Smith endorsements

Kendrick Meek, U.S. Congressman
Allen Boyd, U.S. Congressman
Bob Butterworth Former Attorney General
Former Governor Wayne Mixson

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

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