Electoral History
Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Kendrick B. Meek | 113,749 | 100% | (no candidate) | * | |||||||||
2004 | Kendrick B. Meek | 178,690 | 100% | (no candidate) | Omari Musa | Write-in | 734 | <1% | ||||||
2006 | Kendrick B. Meek | 90,663 | 100% | (no candidate) | * | |||||||||
2008 | Kendrick B. Meek | Elected | N/A | (no candidate) | ** |
**Under Florida law, a candidate who has no opposition at all in the general election is automatically elected without his or her name being placed on the ballot. In 2008, Meek was automatically elected because he had no general election opponents on the ballot and no write-in candidates filed candidacies against him.
United States Senate election in Florida, 2010 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Republican | Marco Rubio | 2,645,743 | 48.89% | -0.54% | |
Independent | Charlie Crist | 1,607,549 | 29.71% | +29.71% | |
Democratic | Kendrick Meek | 1,092,936 | 20.20% | -28.12% | |
Libertarian | Alexander Snitker | 24,850 | 0.46% | N/A | |
Independent | Sue Askeland | 15,340 | 0.28% | N/A | |
Independent | Rick Tyler | 7,394 | 0.14% | N/A | |
Constitution | Bernie DeCastro | 4,792 | 0.09% | N/A | |
Independent | Lewis Jerome Armstrong | 4,443 | 0.08% | N/A | |
Independent | Bobbie Bean | 4,301 | 0.08% | N/A | |
Independent | Bruce Riggs | 3,647 | 0.07% | N/A | |
Write-ins | 108 | 0.00% | |||
Majority | 1,038,194 | 19.19% | |||
Total votes | 5,411,106 | 100% | |||
Republican hold | Swing |
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