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CONTRIBUTIONS by AIF COMPANIES AS of September 14, 2006 CONTRIBUTIONS BY AIF COMPANIES AS OF September 14, 2006 You can view a list of candidates for the Florida House & Senate that have been endorsed by one of the AIF Companies. These candidates could have received endorsements by one, some or all of the companies. The AIF Companies include the following: Associated Industries of Florida Service Corporation, AIFPAC, Associated Industries Insurance Services and Associated Industries Insurance Company. NOTE: This list does not encompass all the endorsements that will be given by AIF Companies this election cycle. This list reflects only those that have been provided endorsements thus far Florida Senate Senate 2 Durell Peaden (R) - Elected Senate 4 Don Gaetz (R) - Elected Senate 8 Jim King (R) - Won Primary Senate 10 Sandra Murman (R) - Won Primary Senate 12 Victor Crist (R) -Won Primary Senate 14 Ed Jennings (D) -Won Primary Steve Oelrich (R) -Won Primary Senate 16 Kim Berfield (R) - Won Primary Frank Farkas (R) - Eliminated Senate 20 Carey Baker (R) - Elected Senate 22 Lee Constantine (R) - Unopposed in Primary Senate 24 Bill Posey (R) - Elected Senate 28 Ken Pruitt (R) - Unopposed in Primary Senate 30 Ted Deutch (D) - Won Primary Senate 32 Ben Graber (D) - Won Primary Senate 38 Frank Bolanos (R) - Eliminated Alex Villalobos (R) - Won Primary Florida House House 1 Greg Evers (R) - Elected House 2 Dave Murzin (R) - Elected House 3 Holly Benson (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 5 Don Brown (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 6 Jimmy Patronis (R) - Won Primary Lee Sullivan (R) - Eliminated House 7 Marti Coley (R) - Elected House 11 Debbie Boyd (D) - Unopposed in Primary David Pope (R) - Won Primary House 14 Terry Fields (D) - Won Primary House 17 Stan Jordan (R) - Elected House 18 Don Davis (R) - Elected House 21 Joe Pickens (R) - Elected House 22 Larry Cretul (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 23 Charles Chestnut (D) - Won Primary House 24 Dennis Baxley (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 25 Alan Hays (R) - Elected House 26 Pat Patterson (R) - Unopposed in Primary Joyce Cusack (D) - Unopposed in Primary House 28 Dorothy Hukill (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 29 Ralph Poppell (R) - Elected House 30 Thad Altman (R) - Elected House 31 Mitch Needelman (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 32 Bob Allen (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 33 Sandra Adams (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 34 David Mealor (R) - Won Primary House 35 Dean Cannon (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 36 Sheri McInvale (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 37 David Simmons (R) - Elected House 40 Andy Gardiner (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 41 Dennis Horton (R) - Eliminated Steve Precourt (R) - Won Primary House 42 Hugh Gibson (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 43 Charles Dean (R) - Elected House 44 Robert Schenck (R) - Won Primary House 45 Tom Anderson (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 47 Kevin Ambler - Unopposed in Primary House 48 Brian Flaherty (R) - Eliminated Peter Nehr (R) - Won Primary House 49 John Quinones (R) - Won Primary House 50 Ed Hooper (R) - Won Primary Nancy Riley (R) - Eliminated House 51 Bruce Cotton (D) - Eliminated Janet Long (D) - Won Primary House 52 Angelo Cappelli (R) - Won Primary Liz McCallum (D) - Eliminated House 53 Rick Kriseman (D) House 54 Jim Frishe (R) - Won Primary Rod Jones (R) - Eliminated House 56 Trey Traviesa (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 57 Faye Culp (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 58 Michael Scionti (D) - Unopposed in Primary House 59 Betty Reed (D) - Won Primary House 60 Ed Homan (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 61 Ken Littlefield (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 62 Rich Glorioso (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 63 Seth McKeel (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 65 Marty Bowen (R) - Elected House 66 Baxter Troutman (R) - Elected House 67 Ron Reagan (R) - Elected House 68 Bill Galvano (R) - Elected House 69 Laura Benson (R) - Won Primary David Mills (R) - Eliminated House 70 Rory Dubin (R) - Eliminated Doug Holder (R) - Won Primary House 71 Michael Grant (R) - Won Primary House 72 Paige Kreegel (R) - Elected House 73 John Albion (R) - Eliminated Nick Thompson (R) - Won Primary House 76 Garrett Richter (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 77 Denise Grimsley (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 78 Richard Machek (D) - Elected House 79 Frank Attkisson (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 81 Gayle Harrell (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 82 William Snyder (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 83 Carl Domino (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 85 Rob Siedlecki (R) - Unopposed in Primary Shelly Vana (D) - Unopposed in Primary House 86 Maria Sachs (D) - Won Primary House 87 Adam Hasner (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 90 Kelly Skidmore (D) - Won Primary House 91 Ellyn Bogdanoff (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 93 Perry Thurston (D) - Won Primary House 94 Matthew Meadows (D) - Elected House 95 James Waldman (D) - Elected House 97 Susan Goldstein (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 98 Franklin Sands (D) - Elected House 99 Arthur Palamara (D)- Eliminated Elaine Schwartz (D) - Won Primary House 101 Mike Davis (R) - Elected House 102 Rafael Arza (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 104 Yolly Roberson (D) - Won Primary House 105 Joseph Gibbons (D) - Elected House 107 Xavier Suarez (R) -Eliminated Eric Padron (R) -Eliminated Robert Fernandez (R) - Eliminated House 108 Ronald Brise (D) - Unopposed in Primary House 110 Rene Garcia (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 111 Marco Rubio (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 112 David Rivera (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 113 Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 114 Anitere Flores (R) - Elected House 115 Juan-Carlos Planas (R) - Elected House 116 Marcelo Llorente (R) - Elected House 117 Julio Robaina (R) - Elected House 118 Edward Bullard (D) - Elected House 119 Juan Zapata (R) - Unopposed in Primary House 120 David Rice (R) - Won Primary Statewide Candidates Attorney General Bill McCollum (R) Chief Financial Officer Tom Lee (R) Alex Sink (D) .
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