The Green Papers: General Election 2000

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Primary (subject to runoff): Tuesday, September 5, 2000
Runoff: Tuesday, October 3, 2000
2000 Electoral Votes:25(4.65% of 538)
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:23(5.29% of 435)
1990 Census: 12,938,071(5.20% of 248,765,170)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 7,494,005
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 11,383,000 
Tuesday, November 7, 2000 Polls Close: 7 PM EST (0000 UTC) and 7 PM CST (0100 UTC) - Relatively small portions of this state are in CST and so the vast majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated EST, when the networks feel they can project.
Candidates seeking office
Constitution:1
Democrat:18
Green:1
Libertarian:2
Natural Law:4
Reform:7
Republican:22
Socialist Workers:1
Socialist:1
"Write-In":2
Workers World:1
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President  Electoral votes: 25, Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime; Electors: How Appointed, Meeting Place, How they voted; Total Popular Vote: 5,963,110; List of States: Short, Long
 CandidateLibertarian 16,415 0.28% Harry Browne
 CandidateReform 17,484 0.29% Pat Buchanan
 WinnerRepublican 2,912,790 48.85% Governor George W. Bush
(25 Electoral Votes)
 Candidate"Write-In" 34 0.00% May Chote
May Chote's running mate is Miriam E. Lancaster.
 CandidateDemocrat 2,912,253 48.84% Vice President Albert A. "Al" Gore, Jr.
 CandidateNatural Law 2,281 0.04% John Hagelin
 CandidateSocialist Workers562 0.01% James E. Harris, Jr.
 Candidate"Write-In" 6 0.00% Ken C. McCarthy
Ken C. McCarthy's running mate is Frank Beifus.
 CandidateSocialist622 0.01% David McReynolds
Running under the banner of "Socialist Party of Florida". Running mate Hollis Mary Cal.
 CandidateWorkers World 1,804 0.03% Monica Moorehead
Running mate is Gloria La Riva.
 CandidateGreen 97,488 1.63% Ralph Nader
 CandidateConstitution 1,371 0.02% Howard Phillips
Running under the banner of "Constitution Party of Florida"
Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Republican  Jeb Bush
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1Republican  Connie Mack
First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994. Previously served in the House of Representatives.
Open Seat. Not a candidate.
 CandidateReform  Joel Deckard
 CandidateRepublican  Congressman Bill McCollum
 WinnerDemocrat  Bill Nelson
 CandidateNatural Law  Joe Simonetta
Class 3Democrat  Bob Graham
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
8 Democrats
15 Republicans
CD 1Republican  Joe Scarborough
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 CandidateReform  Fred Hoole
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Joe Scarborough
CD 2Democrat  Allen Boyd
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Allen Boyd
 CandidateRepublican  Doug Dodd
CD 3Democrat  Corrine Brown
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Corrine Brown
 CandidateRepublican  Jennifer Carroll
CD 4Republican  Tillie K. Fowler
Open Seat. Not a candidate.
 WinnerRepublican  Ander Crenshaw
 CandidateDemocrat  Tom Sullivan
CD 5Democrat  Karen L. Thurman
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Peter Enwall
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Karen L. Thurman
CD 6Republican  Clifford B. Stearns
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Clifford B. Stearns
No other candidate from any other Party listed... Congressman Stearns will apparently run unopposed.
CD 7Republican  John L. Mica
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman John L. Mica
 CandidateDemocrat  Daniel Vaughen
CD 8Republican  Bill McCollum
Open Seat. Successfully sought Republican nomination for U.S. Senate seat.
 CandidateDemocrat  Linda Chapin
 WinnerRepublican  Ric Keller
defeated Bill Sublette in 3 October 2000 Runoff
 CandidateReform  Charles Klein
CD 9Republican  Michael Bilirakis
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Michael Bilirakis
 CandidateReform  Jon Duffey
CD 10Republican  C.W. "Bill" Young
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Josette Green
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman C.W. "Bill" Young
CD 11Democrat  Jim Davis
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Jim Davis
 CandidateLibertarian  Charlie Westlake
CD 12Republican  Charles T. Canady
Open Seat. Not a candidate.
 WinnerRepublican  Adam Putnam
 CandidateDemocrat  Mike Stedem
CD 13Republican  Dan Miller
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Daniel Dunn
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Dan Miller
CD 14Republican  Porter Goss
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 CandidateNatural Law  Sam Farling
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Porter Goss
CD 15Republican  Dave Weldon
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Patsy Kurth
 CandidateReform  Gerry Newby
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Dave Weldon
CD 16Republican  Mark Foley
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Jean Elliott Brown
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Mark Foley
 CandidateReform  John McGuire
CD 17Democrat  Carrie P. Meek
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Carrie P. Meek
No candidate from any other Party listed... Congressman Meek will apparently run unopposed.
CD 18Republican  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Renominated - 5 September 2000
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
No candidate from any other Party listed... Congressman Ros-Lehtinen will apparently run unopposed.
CD 19Democrat  Robert Wexler
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 CandidateRepublican  Morris Thompson
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Robert Wexler
CD 20Democrat  Peter Deutsch
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Peter Deutsch
No candidate from any other Party listed... Congressman Deutsch will apparently run unopposed.
CD 21Republican  Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart
No candidate from any other Party listed... Congressman Diaz-Balart will apparently run unopposed.
CD 22Republican  Clay Shaw
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Elaine Bloom
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman Clay Shaw
 Friday 17 November - Democrat Elaine Bloom conceded to Republican Congressman Clay Shaw. Shaw leads by 596 votes
CD 23Democrat  Alcee L. Hastings
Renominated - 5 September 2000 Primary
 WinnerDemocrat  Congressman Alcee L. Hastings
 CandidateRepublican  Bill Lambert
Congressional District

Florida has 67 counties and 23 congressional districts: 42 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 25 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (those wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD # 1: Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton
  • CD # 2: Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Suwanee, Taylor, Wakulla and Washington
  • CD # 4: Nassau
  • CD # 5: Alachua, Citrus, Hernando and Levy
  • CD # 6: Baker, Bradford, Sumter and Union
  • CD # 12: DeSoto and Hardee
  • CD # 13: Manatee and Sarasota
  • CD # 14: Collier and Lee
  • CD # 15: Brevard and Indian River
  • CD # 16: Glades and Hendry
  • CD # 20: Monroe

DIVIDED COUNTIES (those split between more than one Congressional District):

  • Bay: CDs 1 & 2
  • Broward: CDs 19, 20, 22 & 23
  • Charlotte: CDs 13 & 14
  • Clay: CDs 3 & 6
  • Columbia: CDs 2 & 5
  • Dade: CDs 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 & 23
  • Duval: CDs 3, 4 & 6 (coterminous with the City of Jacksonville)
  • Flagler: CDs 3 & 4
  • Highlands: CDs 12 & 16
  • Hillsborough: CDs 9, 11, 12 & 13
  • Lake: CDs 3 & 6
  • Marion: CDs 5 & 6
  • Martin: CD 16 & 23
  • Okeechobee: CDs 16 & 23
  • Orange: CDs 3, 7 & 8
  • Osceola: CDs 8 & 15
  • Palm Beach: CDs 16, 19, 22 & 23
  • Pasco: CDs 5, 9 & 12
  • Pinellas: CDs 9 & 10
  • Polk: CDs 12 & 15
  • Putnam: CDs 3 & 4
  • St. Johns: CDs 3 & 4
  • St. Lucie: CDs 16 & 23
  • Seminole: CDs 3 & 7
  • Volusia: CDs 3, 4 & 7

CDs # 17, # 18 & # 21 are wholly within Dade County
CD # 11 is wholly within Hillsborough County
CD # 10 is wholly within Pinellas County