Septem ber 6, 2006

Novem ber 7 is Election Day Most Notable Prim ary Election O utcom es are in the Senate Incum bent Senator Alex Villalobos wins his prim ary regardless of a m assive effort to unseat him – his return m eans a continuation of the fight for the Senate Presidency.

This Capitol Report contains a list of all state Returning Senator A lex Villalobos (R-M iam i) candidates advancing to the N ovem ber – having w on yesterday’s Prim ary -- is now 2006 G eneral Election as a result of hoping to corral all of the Senate Dem ocrats yesterday’s Prim ary Elections. C andidates and som e Republicans to take back his lost w ith a “(W )” or “(N )” affiliation attached to bid for the 2009-10 Senate Presidency from their nam e represent, for the m ost part, m inor Senator Jeff A tw ater (R-W est Palm Beach). opposition at the G eneral Election. In these The ongoing riff has caused a severe split races it is safe to assum e that the m ajor party w ithin the Senate Republican C aucus and candidate w ins. C andidates show ing no now threatens the w ork of the Senate in the opposition are elected. near future. The current Senate President- Designee is Ken Pruitt (R-Port St. Lucie). Battleground state legislative races to w atch in the w ill be districts 14 W e do not expect the pow er-base to shift in (G ainesville and surrounding area) and 16 the H ouse of Representatives, but w atch (Tam pa Bay area). The outcom e of these districts 11 (G ainesville), 22 (O cala), and races could very w ell change the pow er 51 (St. Petersburg). The current Speaker- base in the Florida Senate. Designee is M arco Rubio (R-M iam i).

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G ENERA L ELECTIO N FLO RID A CA BINET D istrict 1 6 (Seb esta ) Kim Berfield (R) G o vern o r C harlie Justice (D) C harlie C rist (R) Jim Davis (D) D istrict 1 8 (M iller) A rthenia Joyner (D) A g ricu ltu re C o m m issio n er Eric Suntich (W ) Charlie Bronson (R) Eric C opeland (D) D istrict 2 0 Carey Baker (R) A tto rn ey G en era l Skip C am pbell (D) D istrict 2 2 Bill M cC ollum (R) Lee Constantine (R) Jerem iah Jaspon (D) C h ief Fin a n cia l O fficer Tom Lee (R) D istrict 2 4 A lex Sink (D) Bill Posey (R)

D istrict 2 6

M ike Haridopolos (R)

G ENERA L ELECTIO N STA TE SENA TE D istrict 2 8 Ken Pruitt (R) D istrict 2 Stan Sm ilan (D) Durell Peaden (R) D istrict 3 0 (K lein ) D istrict 4 Ted Deutch (D) Don G aetz (R) Karl Dickey (L) G eorge H arageones (W ) D istrict 6 Al Law son (D) D istrict 3 2 (C a m p b ell) Kenneth Lunkins (W ) D istrict 8 Jerem y Ring (D) Joseph Ellyson (W ) Jim King (R) D istrict 3 4 M arsha M orrison (W ) N an Rich (D)

D istrict 1 0 (Lee) D istrict 3 6 Victoria Brake (W ) Alex Diaz de la Portilla (R) Stephen G orham (D) A ngie Rodriquez (W ) Ronda Storm s (R) D istrict 3 8 D istrict 1 2 Leighton Lang (N ) Victor Crist (R) A lejandro Rizo (W ) C . Burt Linthicum (C ) Alex Villalobos (R)

D istrict 1 4 (Sm ith ) D istrict 4 0 Ed Jennings (D) Rudy G arcia (R) Steve O elrich (R)

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G ENERA L ELECTIO N D istrict 1 4 STA TE HO U SE O F REPRESENTA TIV ES Terry Fields (D) Donald Foy (R) D istrict 1 G reg Evers (R) D istrict 1 5 Audrey G ibson (D) D istrict 2 C heryl W aters (W ) Dave M urzin (R) D istrict 1 6 D istrict 3 M ark M ahon (R) Holly Benson (R) Elizabeth C am pbell (D) D istrict 1 7 Stan Jordan (R) D istrict 4 Ray Sansom (R) D istrict 1 8 Don Davis (R) D istrict 5 Don Brow n (R) D istrict 1 9 Toreatha H ayes-M itchell (W ) Dick Kravitz (R)

D istrict 6 (B en se) D istrict 2 0 G eorge M ac Brogdon (W ) Bill Proctor (R) Janice Lucas (D) Jim m y Patronis (R) D istrict 2 1 Joe Pickens (R) D istrict 7 M arti Coley (R) D istrict 2 2 Larry Cretul (R) D istrict 8 M acky Thurm an (D) Curtis Richardson (D) D istrict 2 3 (Jen n in g s) D istrict 9 C huck C hestnut (D) Loranne Ausley (D) C ain Davis (R)

D istrict 1 0 D istrict 2 4 W ill Kendrick (D) Dennis Baxley (R) Jam es W alker (D) D istrict 1 1 (Sta n sel) Debbie Boyd (D) D istrict 2 5 David Pope (R) Alan Hays (R)

D istrict 1 2 D istrict 2 6 (R) Ronald C ahen (D) Pat Patterson (R) D istrict 1 3 Jennifer Carroll (R) D istrict 2 7 Joyce Cusack (D) Dave H ood (R)

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D istrict 2 8 D istrict 4 1 (Jo h n so n ) Dorothy Hukill (R) Rod Drury (W ) W illiam Sm alley (D) Bill M cM anus (D) Steve Precourt (R) D istrict 2 9 Ralph Poppell (R) D istrict 4 2 Hugh G ibson (R) D istrict 3 0 Robert Thom pson (D) Thad Altm an (R) D istrict 4 3 D istrict 3 1 Charlie Dean (R) Johnny M yers (W ) M itch N eedelm an (R) D istrict 4 4 (R u ssell) Tim Shipe (D) G lenn C laytor (D) Robert Schenck (R) D istrict 3 2 Bob Allen (R) D istrict 4 5 Edw ard Brow n (W ) Tom Anderson (R) C hris H rabovsky (D) D istrict 3 3 Sandy Adam s (R) D istrict 4 6 Ernie Langdon (D) John Legg (R) Franklin Perez (N ) D istrict 4 7 D istrict 3 4 Kevin Am bler (R) David M ealor (R) Daniel Suarez (D) D istrict 3 5 Dean Cannon (R) D istrict 4 8 (B ilira k is) David O dom (W ) Peter N ehr (R) C arl “Z” Zim m erm ann (D) D istrict 3 6 Sheri M cInvale (R) D istrict 4 9 Scott Randolph (D) John “Q ” Q uinones (R) Ruth A nn Raia (D) D istrict 3 7 David Sim m ons (R) D istrict 5 0 (B erfield ) Ed H ooper (R) D istrict 3 8 (B ru m m er) C andice Jovan (D) Bryan N elson (R) D istrict 5 1 (W a ters) D istrict 3 9 (A n to n e) Janet Long (D) Earl O lden (W ) Dottie Reeder (R) G eraldine Thom pson (D) D istrict 5 2 (Fa rk a s) D istrict 4 0 A ngelo C appelli (R) Andy G ardiner (R) Bill H eller (D) Darren Soto (D)

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D istrict 5 3 (Ju stice) D istrict 6 6 Rick Krisem an (D) Baxter Troutm an (R) Thom as Piccolo (R) D istrict 6 7 D istrict 5 4 (R ice) Ron Reagan (R) Jim Frishe (R) Betsy Valentine (D) D istrict 6 8 Bill G alvano (R) D istrict 5 5 Frank Peterm an (D) D istrict 6 9 (C la rk e) Laura Benson (R) D istrict 5 6 Keith Fitzgerald (D) Lee N elson (D) Trey Traviesa (R) D istrict 7 0 (D etert) Doug H older (R) D istrict 5 7 David Shapiro (D) Brian Becker (G ) D istrict 7 1 Deborah C ope (D) M ichael G rant (R) Faye Culp (R) Robert Peter Rice (W )

D istrict 5 8 (H en riq u ez) D istrict 7 2 A lfred Ruiz (R) Paige Kreegel (R) M ichael Scionti (D) D istrict 7 3 (K y le) D istrict 5 9 (Jo y n er) Pete Burkert (D) W illis “K.C .” Bow ick (R) N ick Thom pson (R) Betty Reed (D) D istrict 7 4 D istrict 6 0 Jeff Kottkam p (R) Ed Hom an (R) Karen Perez (D) D istrict 7 5 Trudi W illiam s (R) D istrict 6 1 Donovan Brow n (D) D istrict 7 6 (G o o d lette) Ken Littlefield (R) Ken M acPherson (C ) G arrett Richter (R) D istrict 6 2 Rich G lorioso (R) D istrict 7 7 Jerem y Zelanes (D) Denise G rim sley (R) Zane Thom as (D) D istrict 6 3 (R o ss) Jim Davis (D) D istrict 7 8 Seth M cKeel (R) Richard M achek (D)

D istrict 6 4 (Sta rg el) D istrict 7 9 Dennis Ross (R) Frank Attkisson (R) D istrict 6 5 Beulah Farquharson (D) M arty Bow en (R)

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D istrict 8 0 D istrict 9 3 (Sm ith ) Stan M ayfield (R) H enry Bonner (W ) N ick “Jam es Dad” Sakhnovsky (N ) D istrict 8 1 Perry Thurston (D) G ayle Harrell (R) Bill Ram os (D) D istrict 9 4 M atthew M eadow s (D) D istrict 8 2 (N eg ro n ) C atherine H ilton (D) D istrict 9 5 (G reen stein ) W illiam Snyder (R) Jim W aldm an (D)

D istrict 8 3 D istrict 9 6 Carl Dom ino (R) Ari Porth (D) Rick Ford (D) D istrict 9 7 D istrict 8 4 Susan G oldstein (R) Priscilla Taylor (D) M artin Kiar (D)

D istrict 8 5 D istrict 9 8 Robert Siedlecki (R) Franklin Sands (D) Shelley Vana (D) D istrict 9 9 (So b el) D istrict 8 6 (G a n n o n ) A ndrew H ousm an (W ) Kathleen Faherty-Ruby (W ) Elaine Schw artz (D) M aria Sachs (D) Juan Selaya (R)

D istrict 8 7 D istrict 1 0 0 (R y a n ) Adam Hasner (R) (D) Ed Kopf (D) D istrict 1 0 1 D istrict 8 8 M ike Davis (R) Susan Bucher (D) D istrict 1 0 2 D istrict 8 9 Ralph Arza (R) M ary Brandenburg (D) M anuel Riera (W )

D istrict 9 0 (Slo sb erg ) D istrict 1 0 3 M anuel Press (W ) Tee Hollow ay (D) Kelly Skidm ore (D) D istrict 1 0 4 D istrict 9 1 Yolly Roberson (D) Ellyn Bogdanoff (R) Jie W ells (W ) C hristian C hiari (D) D istrict 1 0 5 (G o ttlieb ) D istrict 9 2 Joe G ibbons (D) Jack Seiler (D) D istrict 1 0 6 Dan G elber (D)

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D istrict 1 0 7 (B a rreiro ) D istrict 1 2 0 (So ren sen ) Frank C arollo (R) Bob (W ) Luis G arcia (D) David Rice (R) Ron Saunders (D) D istrict 1 0 8 (B ru tu s) Ronald Brisé (D) Prospero H errera (R)

D istrict 1 0 9 Dorothy Bendross-M indingall (D) “In the state Senate, Villalobos also had Sarah Ruth Robinett (W ) few close friends. And those he thought were his allies, such as Lake W ales' Sen. D istrict 1 1 0 J.D. Alexander and North Palm Beach's Jeff A lex Dueso (W ) Atwater, helped oust him as Senate Rene G arcia (R) president for the two-year term beginning in 2008. Taking Villalobos' post was D istrict 1 1 1 Atwater, who once wore a gold cross Brenda H ernandez (W ) M arco Rubio (R) Villalobos brought to the pope for a blessing.” D istrict 1 1 2 David Rivera (R) “Villalobos insists that he can still be C hristina Sanchez (W ) Senate president. If so, he'll need the support of all 14 Dem ocrats -- a likely D istrict 1 1 3 possibility -- plus six Republican senators N icole A brante (W ) in the 40-m em ber cham ber. One of those Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R) senators, Nancy Argenziano of Crystal River, suggested Bush was a ''dictator'' for D istrict 1 1 4 his involvem ent in the race. Anitere Flores (R)

D istrict 1 1 5 M iam i Herald, Septem ber 6, 2006 J.C. Planas (R) -- “State Sen. Villalobos barely squeaks by” BY MARC CAPU TO A ileen Valdes (W )

D istrict 1 1 6 M eliza Duranona (W ) M arcelo Llorente (R)

D istrict 1 1 7 Julio Robaina (R)

D istrict 1 1 8 Ed Bullard (D)

D istrict 1 1 9 Roy Bustillo (W ) Juan Zapata (R)

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