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Florida was a strongly Democratic state before the Civil War, electing only one candidate from the Whig Party (the Democrats' chief opposition at the time). [54] It elected three Republican governors following Reconstruction, but after the Democratic Party re-established control, 90 years passed before voters chose another Republican. Since ...
The party held a convention in June 1884 in Live Oak, Florida [3] Frank W. Pope, a former Democrat, was nominated as their gubernatorial candidate in that year's election. [4] Pope faced the threat of lynching in Madison County where allegations of election fraud and murderous violence were documented in 1882. [5]
The following tables indicate party affiliation in the U.S. state of Florida for the individual elected offices of: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; Chief Financial Officer; Commissioner of Agriculture; As well as the following historical offices that were elected from 1889 to 2005: Secretary of State; Comptroller
Conservative Party of Florida CSV Conservatism: 19,903 15,079 Constitution Party: CPF Paleoconservatism: 16,434 9,944 Green Party: GRE Green politics: 7,841 3 Boricua Party BPP 5,974 5,425 Coalition with a Purpose CPP 3,283 2,236 Ecology Party of Florida: ECO Environmentalism: 2,919 134 Party for Socialism and Liberation: PSL Communism: 1,894 ...
The most recent-serving independent governor is Bill Walker of Alaska, who served 2014–2018. The most recent member of a third party (not an independent) elected to a governorship is Jesse Ventura, a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota who was elected Governor of Minnesota in 1998.
Robert Willis, a 68-year-old K-6 school teacher in Cocoa, is running in the Democratic primary because he says people are being mistreated in Florida. Willis is an ordained minister and has 10 ...
The Independence Party of Florida was a minor political party in the state of Florida in the United States. It was established in 1999 by Peter Allen, a businessman from Riverview , Florida. Allen subsequently ran for governor of Florida as his party's nominee in 2010 , by which point the party's membership had grown to include over 65,000 ...
This year’s election is unlike any other in the 76 years since the U.S. began allowing Puerto Ricans to vote for their governor.