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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]
Party [4] Ideology Membership (2024) [2] Change from 2023 [3] 2024 PBA; Independent Party of Florida: IND Centrism: 242,330 28,944 Libertarian Party: LPF Libertarianism: 35,357 3,399 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 ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
In the 369 gubernatorial elections since 1990, third party or independent candidates have won at least 5.0% of the vote 53 times (14%), while six candidates have won election (2%). The most recent third party or independent governor to win was Alaska's Bill Walker, a Republican turned independent, in 2014.
U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, who served asFlorida governor for a single term before running other offices, is seeking the state’s highest office once again — this time as a Democrat.