Kendrick Meek - Electoral History

Electoral History

Florida's 17th congressional district: Results 2002–2008
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) **
*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2002, Michael Italie received 73 votes. In 2006, Eric Simpson received 23 votes.
**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
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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