2006 Florida gubernatorial election
The 2006 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Jeb Bush was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a third consecutive term. The election was won by then-Republican Charlie Crist, the state's Attorney General. The election was notable in that for the first time, the state elected a Republican governor in three consecutive elections.
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| Turnout | 46.8%8.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Crist: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Davis: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout for the 2006 election was down 8.5% from 2002 and down 2.7% from 1998. With Republicans holding the seat, the state's governorship avoided being part of the wave in which Democrats netted a gain of six governorships across the nation. This remains the last time that Charlie Crist won a statewide election in Florida as well as the last election Crist competed in as a Republican. This was the last time until 2022 that anyone was elected Governor with a majority of the vote. As of 2023, this is the last time Florida simultaneously elected a United States Senate candidate and a gubernatorial candidate of different political parties.