- Source: 2006 United States Senate election in Florida
The 2006 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Nelson won re-election to a second term.
Background
During the Terri Schiavo case in March 2005, a talking points memo on the controversy was written by Brian Darling, the legal counsel to Republican Senator Mel Martínez of Florida. The memo suggested the Schiavo case offered "a great political issue" that would appeal to the party's base (core supporters) and could be used against Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat from Florida who was up for reelection in 2006, because he had refused to co-sponsor the bill which came to be known as the Palm Sunday Compromise. Bill Nelson was nevertheless reelected as Senator on November 7, 2006, with 60% of the vote.
Republican primary
= Candidates
=LeRoy Collins Jr., retired naval officer and son of former Governor LeRoy Collins
Katherine Harris, U.S. Representative and former Florida Secretary of State
Will McBride, attorney
Peter Monroe, businessman and former COO of the Federal Housing Administration
= Endorsements
=The Bradenton Herald: McBride
Florida (Jacksonville) Times-Union: Collins or Monroe
Gainesville Sun: Collins
Lakeland Ledger: Collins
Miami Herald: Collins
Naples Daily News: Collins
Orlando Sentinel: McBride
Palm Beach Post: Monroe
Sarasota Herald-Tribune: no endorsement
South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun Sentinel: Monroe
St. Petersburg Times: Collins
Tampa Tribune: Collins
= Polling
== Results
=General election
= Candidates
=Floyd Ray Frazier (Independent)
Katherine Harris, former Florida Secretary of State and former U.S. Representative (Republican)
Brian Moore, retired health care executive and former congressional candidate (Independent)
Bill Nelson, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic)
Belinda Noah (Independent)
Roy Tanner (Independent)
= Campaign
=The organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which monitors political corruption, complained to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) in October 2006 that the Bacardi beverage company had illegally used corporate resources in support of a fundraising event for Nelson in 2005. CREW had previously filed a similar complaint concerning a Bacardi fundraising event for Republican Senator Mel Martinez, an event that raised as much as $60,000 for Martinez's campaign. The amended complaint alleged that, on both occasions, Bacardi violated the Federal Election Campaign Act and FEC regulations by soliciting contributions from a list of the corporation's vendors.
= Endorsements
=In a rare move, all twenty-two of Florida's daily newspapers supported Nelson, while none supported Harris in the general election.
Bradenton Herald: Bill Nelson
Charlotte Sun-Herald: Bill Nelson
Daytona Beach News-Journal: Bill Nelson
Florida Times-Union: Bill Nelson
Fort Myers News-Press: Bill Nelson
Gainesville Sun: Bill Nelson
Lakeland Ledger: Bill Nelson
Miami Herald: Bill Nelson
Naples Daily News: Bill Nelson
Orlando Sentinel: Bill Nelson
Palm Beach Post: Bill Nelson
Pensacola News Journal: Bill Nelson
Saint Petersburg Times: Bill Nelson
Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Bill Nelson
Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers: Bill Nelson
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Bill Nelson
Tallahassee Democrat: Bill Nelson
Tampa Tribune: Bill Nelson
= Debates
=Complete video of debate, October 23, 2006
Complete video of debate, November 1, 2006
= Predictions
== Polling
=Graphical summary
= Results
=As expected, Nelson was easily reelected. He won with 60.3% of the vote winning by 1,064,421 votes or 22.2%, and carried 57 of Florida's 67 counties. Nelson was projected the winner right when the polls closed at 7 P.M. EST.
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Gilchrist (Largest city: Trenton)
Sumter (Largest city: The Villages)
Bradford (Largest city: Starke)
Charlotte (Largest city: Charlotte)
Columbia (Largest city: Lake City)
DeSoto (Largest city: Arcadia)
Escambia (Largest city: Pensacola)
Hardee (Largest city: Wachula)
Highlands (Largest city: Sebring)
Indian River (Largest city: Sebastian)
Lake (Largest city: Clermont)
Lee (Largest city: Cape Coral)
Suwannee (Largest city: Live Oak)
Duval (largest municipality: Jacksonville)
Seminole (largest municipality: Sanford)
Hendry (Largest city: Clewiston)
Marion (Largest city: Ocala)
See also
2006 United States Senate elections
2006 Florida gubernatorial election
2006 Florida state elections
2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
References
External links
Debates
Debate, October 23, 2006
Campaign Websites (Archived)
Bill Nelson for Senate
Katherine Harris for Senate
Leroy Collins for Senate
Peter Monroe for Senate
Ray Frazier for Senate
Brian Moore for Senate
Belinda Noah for Senate
Roy Tanner for Senate
Lawrence Scott for Senate
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