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Election 2006 Results

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2006 Florida governor election

Charlie Crist (Republican) beat Jim Davis (Democrat) in Florida in 2006, 52.2% to 45.1%, a margin of 7.1 points and 341,556 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2002, when Jeb Bush won.

Republicans led in 59 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 8. The largest, Broward, cast 407,673 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.7 points. The closest was Liberty, where 57 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Charlie Crist won Republican 2,519,845 52.2%
Jim Davis Democratic 2,178,289 45.1%
All other candidates 131,136 2.7%
Total4,829,270

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Broward 256,072 62.8% 143,043 35.1% 8,558 407,673 D+27.7
Miami-Dade 215,930 53.3% 183,457 45.3% 5,558 404,945 D+8.0
Palm Beach 219,199 59.7% 140,531 38.3% 7,240 366,970 D+21.4
Pinellas 131,046 44.9% 148,257 50.8% 12,427 291,730 R+5.9
Hillsborough 128,946 44.5% 153,134 52.8% 7,841 289,921 R+8.3
Duval 87,718 38.9% 132,607 58.9% 4,972 225,297 R+19.9
Orange 96,795 44.3% 116,412 53.3% 5,091 218,298 R+9.0
Brevard 79,854 42.8% 100,148 53.6% 6,763 186,765 R+10.9
Lee 53,426 34.6% 97,221 62.9% 3,920 154,567 R+28.3
Volusia 72,216 47.2% 76,618 50.1% 4,078 152,912 R+2.9
Polk 57,018 40.2% 79,071 55.7% 5,917 142,006 R+15.5
Sarasota 60,214 42.8% 76,198 54.2% 4,145 140,557 R+11.4
Pasco 54,479 42.2% 68,530 53.1% 6,072 129,081 R+10.9
Seminole 40,724 36.5% 68,149 61.1% 2,604 111,477 R+24.6
Marion 39,744 39.5% 57,111 56.8% 3,759 100,614 R+17.3
Manatee 38,547 38.6% 58,035 58.0% 3,395 99,977 R+19.5
Leon 50,540 55.8% 38,296 42.3% 1,697 90,533 D+13.5
Collier 25,303 29.1% 59,821 68.8% 1,822 86,946 R+39.7
Escambia 33,777 39.0% 51,195 59.1% 1,674 86,646 R+20.1
Lake 30,419 35.3% 53,055 61.6% 2,630 86,104 R+26.3
Alachua 38,741 54.9% 30,139 42.7% 1,636 70,516 D+12.2
St. Lucie 33,860 48.2% 34,787 49.5% 1,651 70,298 R+1.3
St. Johns 18,554 30.5% 40,979 67.3% 1,383 60,916 R+36.8
Hernando 24,412 42.8% 29,907 52.4% 2,716 57,035 R+9.6
Okaloosa 12,117 21.7% 42,686 76.4% 1,097 55,900 R+54.7
Charlotte 21,621 39.1% 32,377 58.6% 1,288 55,286 R+19.5
Martin 20,570 38.9% 31,071 58.8% 1,228 52,869 R+19.9
Citrus 19,905 38.6% 29,038 56.2% 2,691 51,634 R+17.7
Clay 12,610 24.5% 37,632 73.0% 1,309 51,551 R+48.5
Bay 14,802 30.8% 31,382 65.3% 1,907 48,091 R+34.5
Osceola 19,864 44.1% 23,945 53.2% 1,201 45,010 R+9.1
Indian River 15,529 35.8% 26,812 61.9% 995 43,336 R+26.0
Santa Rosa 12,361 29.3% 29,041 68.8% 822 42,224 R+39.5
Highlands 11,128 36.7% 17,426 57.5% 1,771 30,325 R+20.8
Sumter 9,668 31.9% 19,771 65.3% 859 30,298 R+33.3
Flagler 13,589 45.8% 15,376 51.8% 714 29,679 R+6.0
Monroe 11,390 47.6% 11,882 49.6% 663 23,935 R+2.1
Nassau 6,378 28.4% 15,454 68.9% 607 22,439 R+40.4
Putnam 8,140 41.2% 10,960 55.5% 644 19,744 R+14.3
Walton 4,835 29.9% 10,971 67.8% 374 16,180 R+37.9
Columbia 5,763 37.0% 9,313 59.7% 514 15,590 R+22.8
Gadsden 9,303 66.3% 4,557 32.5% 182 14,042 D+33.8
Jackson 5,900 45.1% 6,835 52.2% 349 13,084 R+7.1
Levy 4,558 40.3% 6,317 55.8% 441 11,316 R+15.5
Suwannee 3,716 33.8% 6,995 63.7% 271 10,982 R+29.9
Wakulla 4,421 46.2% 4,837 50.6% 308 9,566 R+4.3
Okeechobee 3,853 46.4% 4,227 51.0% 215 8,295 R+4.5
Washington 2,495 34.5% 4,435 61.4% 294 7,224 R+26.9
Bradford 2,438 34.2% 4,458 62.6% 227 7,123 R+28.4
Desoto 2,603 39.5% 3,785 57.4% 205 6,593 R+17.9
Baker 1,738 27.8% 4,335 69.4% 174 6,247 R+41.6
Jefferson 3,275 54.5% 2,602 43.3% 135 6,012 D+11.2
Madison 2,915 49.2% 2,854 48.2% 152 5,921 D+1.0
Taylor 2,327 41.5% 3,172 56.5% 111 5,610 R+15.1
Hendry 2,273 41.6% 3,056 55.9% 134 5,463 R+14.3
Holmes 1,897 34.7% 3,417 62.6% 146 5,460 R+27.8
Gilchrist 1,906 35.9% 3,160 59.6% 237 5,303 R+23.6
Dixie 2,109 41.9% 2,651 52.7% 271 5,031 R+10.8
Gulf 1,985 40.9% 2,702 55.6% 171 4,858 R+14.8
Hardee 1,720 37.9% 2,580 56.9% 236 4,536 R+19.0
Franklin 1,854 46.7% 1,981 49.9% 136 3,971 R+3.2
Hamilton 1,637 46.6% 1,766 50.3% 108 3,511 R+3.7
Calhoun 1,563 45.7% 1,737 50.8% 120 3,420 R+5.1
Glades 1,292 43.7% 1,572 53.1% 94 2,958 R+9.5
Union 1,086 37.5% 1,723 59.5% 86 2,895 R+22.0
Lafayette 771 35.7% 1,346 62.4% 41 2,158 R+26.6
Liberty 850 46.8% 907 49.9% 59 1,816 R+3.1

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Florida governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Ron DeSantis (R) R+19.3
2018 Ron Desantis (R) R+0.4
2014 Rick Scott (R) R+1.1
2010 Rick Scott (R) R+1.1
2006 Charlie Crist (R) R+7.1
2002 Jeb Bush (R) R+12.8
1998 Jeb Bush (R) R+10.5
1994 Lawton Chiles (D) D+1.5
1990 Lawton Chiles (D) D+13.0
1986 Bob Martinez (R) R+9.1
1982 Bob Graham (D) D+29.4
1978 Bob Graham (D) D+11.2
1974 Reubin Askew (D) D+22.4
1970 Reubin Askew (D) D+13.8
1966 Claude Roy Kirk (R) R+10.3
1964 Haydon Burns (D) D+14.9
1960 Farris Bryant (D) D+19.7
1956 LeRoy Collins (D) D+47.4
1954 LeRoy Collins (D) D+60.9
1952 Daniel T. McCarty (D) D+49.7
1948 Fuller Warren (D) D+66.7
1944 Millard F. Caldwell (D) D+57.9
1940 Spessard Holland (D) D+100.0
1936 Fred P. Cone (D) D+61.8
1932 David Sholtz (D) D+33.2
1928 Doyle E. Carlton (D) D+21.9
1924 John W. Martin (D) D+65.6
1920 Cary A. Hardee (D) D+60.0
1916 Sidney J. Catts (other)
1912 Park Trammell (D) D+75.0
1908 Albert W. Gilchrist (D) D+63.4
1904 Napoleon B. Broward (D) D+61.8
1900 William Sherman Jennings (D) D+63.7
1896 William D. Bloxham (D) D+46.2
1892 Henry L. Mitchell (D) D+78.7
1888 Francis P. Fleming (D) D+20.7
1884 Edward A. Perry (D) D+7.1
1880 William D. Bloxham (D) D+9.8
1876 George F. Drew (D) D+1.0
1872 Ossian B. Hart (R) R+52.4
1868 Harrison Reed (R) R+27.4
1865 David S. Walker (D) D+100.0