N ovem ber 8, 2006

Dem ocrats Gain after 16 Years Republicans M aintain a Legislative M ajority, But Lose Super Status in the House Dem ocrats take the CFO position on the Cabinet with Alex Sink’s big win, and all proposed constitutional am endm ents glide to easy wins, including the requirem ent that future constitutional am endm ents m ust pass by a 60 percent m ajority.

lorida D em ocrats w ill rem ain the m inority F Rep’s D em ’s party in both the and H ouse 3 1 4 of Representatives for at least the next tw o Florida Senate 26 14 40 years; but for the first tim e in 16 years, Florida H ouse 78 42 120 D em ocrats picked up enough seats in the TO TA L 1 6 4 Florida H ouse to break the strangle-hold

Super M ajority held by the Republicans. and to w aive rules of procedure – a pow erful A Super M ajority is created w hen one party leadership w eapon. D em ocrats picked up has enough m em bers to w in both a 3/5 and seven seats yesterday thereby elim inating the 2/3 vote. “Extraordinary votes” – as 2/3 m ajority vote in the Florida H ouse. opposed to sim ple m ajority votes -- are G oing into the G eneral Election, Republicans necessary to pass certain types of legislation held an 85-35 m ajority. A fter the G eneral Election, the m argin is 78-42.

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Marco Rubio, a C uban- O elrich defeated D em ocrat Ed Jennings in A m erican Representative Senate D istrict 14, once held by D em ocratic from M iam i-D ade C ounty, Senator Rod Sm ith. The current Senate rem ains poised to take the President-D esignee is Ken Pruitt (R-Port St. reigns of the H ouse of Lucie), w ho also w ill be sw orn into office Representatives as on N ovem ber 21. M arco Rubio Speaker at the O rganizational Session The big new s on the set for N ovem ber 21. The Speaker’s term is Florida C abinet is tw o years. Future Speaker-D esignees are political new com er and Ray Sansom (R-Fort W alton) and D ean form er N ations Bank C annon (R-O rlando). Thus, if the C EO Alex Sink, w ho Republicans can m aintain control of easily defeated Senate President Tom Lee to the H ouse, leadership has been identified for A lex Sink the next six years. becom e the first D em ocrat on the four-m em ber C abinet since D em ocrats picked up the follow ing seats in 1998, w hen Bill N elson w on the State the Florida H ouse: Treasurer position. Sink is highly regarded • H 36 – O range: Incum bent Sheri M cInvale as an intellectual and conservative on lost to Scott Randolph business issues, w hich m ade her appealing to the state business com m unity, particularly H 51 – Pinellas: Janet Long w ins an open • the banking and insurance sectors. Republican seat Republican A ttorney G eneral H 52 – Pinellas: Bill H eller w ins an open • w on a solid victory in the G overnor's race Republican seat over D em ocratic C ongressm an Jim D avis; • H 69 – Sarasota: Keith Fitzgerald w ins an form er Republican C ongressm an Bill open Republican seat McCollum beat state D em ocratic Senator Skip C am pbell; and incum bent Republican • H 97- Brow ard: Incum bent Susan G oldstein A gricultural C om m issioner Charlie Bronson lost to M artin Kiar easily beat D em ocrat Eric C opeland. • H 107 - M iam i-D ade: Luis G arcia w ins an Perhaps the m ost notable election im pact in open Republican seat relation to the C abinet w ill be at the • H 120 - M onroe/M iam i-D ade: Ron appointm ent level. Sitting as the Financial Saunders w ins an open Republican seat Services C om m ission, the C abinet appoints In the Florida Senate, the C om m issioner of Insurance (now held by Republicans m aintained Kevin McCarty). C urrent law does not give their 26-14 m ajority; any C abinet officer direct authority over the how ever, tw o seats position. Rather, appointm ent or rem oval flipped party control. requires the G overnor and C FO to be voting D em ocrat C harlie Justice on the sam e side. This is also true of the defeated Republican Kim C om m issioner of Financial Regulation (now Ken Pruitt Berfield in Senate held by D on Saxon). D istrict 16, once held by Republican Senator Jim Sebesta; Republican Sheriff Steve

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2006 ELECTIO N RESU LTS hom estead exem ption for low -incom e CO N STITU TIO N AL AM EN D M EN TS seniors* from $25,000 to $50,000. * Low -incom e seniors: 65 years old or A m endm ent #1: A pproved above w ith a household incom e that does State Planning and Budget Process not exceed $20,000. Effective Date: Task Force m ust be YES for A pproval: 76% appointed no later than January 2007. N O for Rejection: 24% Establishes a long-range budget-planning process and creates a G overnm ent Efficiency A m endm ent #7: A pproved Task Force to seek input from the public, Perm anently D isabled Veterans’ D iscount on executive and judicial branches and create a H om estead Ad Valorem Tax long-range financial plan. Effective Date: Decem ber 7, 2006 YES for A pproval: 59.8% Low ers taxes for disabled veterans by N O for Rejection: 40.2% allow ing them to take a discount on their hom estead property tax equal in proportion A m endm ent #3: A pproved to the am ount of disability as determ ined by Requiring Broader Public Support for the U .S. D epartm ent of Veterans A ffairs. Constitutional Am endm ents or Revisions YES for A pproval: 77.8% Effective Date: January 2, 2007 N O for Rejection: 22.2% Increases the num ber of votes needed to approve ballot initiatives from 50% +1 to A m endm ent #8: A pproved 60% of those voting on the m easure. Em inent D om ain YES for A pproval: 57.7% Effective Date: January 2, 2007 N O for Rejection: 42.3% Requires private property taken by em inent

dom ain m ust be retained for 10 years before A m endm ent #4: A pproved it m ay be transferred to another private Protect People, Especially Youth from entity. Addiction, D isease, and Other H ealth H azards of U sing Tobacco YES for A pproval: 69% N O for Rejection: 31% Effective Date: Im m ediately

Requires 15% ($57 m illion) of the 2005 tobacco settlem ent paym ents to Florida w ill fund a statew ide tobacco education and prevention program . Legislative D ates: O rganization Session: YES for A pproval: 60.9% N ovem ber 21, 2006 N O for Rejection: 39.1% First Day of Regular Session: A m endm ent #6: A pproved M arch 6, 2007 Increased H om estead Exem ption Last Day of Regular Session: Effective Date: January 1, 2007 M ay 4, 2007 A uthorizes the Legislature to allow counties to increase the m axim um additional

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FLO RID A CABIN ET D istrict 24 D istrict 8 G o vern o r (R) Curtis Richardson (D) C harlie C rist (R) D istrict 26 D istrict 9 A g ricu ltu re Co m m . M ike Haridopolos (R) (D) Charlie Bronson (R) D istrict 28 D istrict 1 0 A tto rn ey G en era l Ken Pruitt (R) W ill Kendrick (D) Bill M cC ollum (R) D istrict 3 0 D istrict 1 1 * Ch ief Fin a n cia l O fficer Ted D eutch (D ) D ebbie Boyd (D ) A lex Sink (D ) D istrict 3 2 D istrict 1 2 STATE SEN ATE Jerem y Ring (D ) (R)

D istrict 2 D istrict 3 4 D istrict 1 3 Durell Peaden (R) N an Rich (D) Jennifer Carroll (R)

D istrict 4 D istrict 3 6 D istrict 1 4 D on G aetz (R) Alex Diaz de la Portilla (R) Terry Fields (D)

D istrict 6 D istrict 3 8 D istrict 1 5 Al Law son (D) Alex Villalobos (R) Audrey G ibson (D)

D istrict 8 D istrict 4 0 Jim King (R) D istrict 1 6 Rudy G arcia (R) M ark M ahon (R)

D istrict 1 0 D istrict 1 7 Ronda Storm s (R) HO U SE O F REPRESEN TATIV ES Stan Jordan (R) D istrict 1

D istrict 1 2 G reg Evers (R) D istrict 1 8 Victor Crist (R) Don Davis (R) D istrict 2

D istrict 1 4 Dave M urzin (R) D istrict 1 9 Steve O elrich (R) Dick Kravitz (R) D istrict 3

D istrict 1 6 Holly Benson (R) C harlie Justice (D ) D istrict 20 Bill Proctor (R) D istrict 4

D istrict 1 8 Ray Sansom (R) D istrict 21 A rthenia Joyner (D ) Joe Pickens (R) D istrict 5

D istrict 20 Don Brow n (R) Carey Baker (R) D istrict 22 Larry Cretul (R) D istrict 6

D istrict 22 Jim m y Patronis (R) Lee Constantine (R) D istrict 23 C huck C hestnut (D ) D istrict 7 M arti Coley (R)

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D istrict 24 D istrict 4 0 D istrict 5 6 (R) Andy G ardiner (R) Trey Traviesa (R)

D istrict 25 D istrict 4 1 D istrict 5 7 (R) Steve Precourt (R) Faye Culp (R)

D istrict 26 D istrict 4 2 D istrict 5 8 Pat Patterson (R) Hugh G ibson (R) M ichael Scionti (D )

D istrict 27 D istrict 4 3 D istrict 5 9 Joyce Cusack (D) Charlie Dean (R) Betty Reed (D )

D istrict 28 D istrict 4 4 * D istrict 6 0 Dorothy Hukill (R) Robert Schenck (R) Ed Hom an (R)

D istrict 29 D istrict 4 5 D istrict 6 1 Ralph Poppell (R) Tom Anderson (R) W ill W eatherford (R)

D istrict 3 0 D istrict 4 6 D istrict 6 2 Thad Altm an (R) John Legg (R) Rich G lorioso (R)

D istrict 3 1 D istrict 4 7 D istrict 6 3 M itch N eedelm an (R) Kevin Am bler (R) Seth M cKeel (R)

D istrict 3 2 D istrict 4 8 D istrict 6 4 Bob Allen (R) Peter N ehr (R) D ennis Ross (R)

D istrict 3 3 D istrict 4 9 D istrict 6 5 Sandy Adam s (R) John “Q ” Q uinones (R) M arty Bow en (R)

D istrict 3 4 D istrict 5 0 D istrict 6 6 David M ealor (R) Ed H ooper (R) Baxter Troutm an (R)

D istrict 3 5 D istrict 5 1 * D istrict 6 7 Dean Cannon (R) Janet Long (D ) Ron Reagan (R)

D istrict 3 6 D istrict 5 2 D istrict 6 8 Scott Randolph (D ) Bill H eller (D ) Bill G alvano (R)

D istrict 3 7 D istrict 5 3 D istrict 6 9 David Sim m ons (R) Rick Krisem an (D ) Keith Fitzgerald (D )

D istrict 3 8 D istrict 5 4 D istrict 7 0 * Bryan N elson (R) Jim Frishe (R) D oug H older (R)

D istrict 3 9 D istrict 5 5 D istrict 7 1 G eraldine Thom pson (D ) Frank Peterm an (D) M ichael G rant (R)

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D istrict 7 2 D istrict 8 9 D istrict 1 0 6 Paige Kreegel (R) M ary Brandenburg (D) Dan G elber (D)

D istrict 7 3 D istrict 9 0 D istrict 1 0 7 N ick Thom pson (R) Kelly Skidm ore (D ) Luis G arcia (D )

D istrict 7 4 D istrict 9 1 D istrict 1 0 8 G ary A ubuchon (R) Ellyn Bogdanoff (R) Ronald Brisé (D )

D istrict 7 5 D istrict 9 2 D istrict 1 0 9 Trudi W illiam s (R) Jack Seiler (D) D. Bendross-M indingall (D)

D istrict 7 6 D istrict 9 3 D istrict 1 1 0 G arrett Richter (R) Perry Thurston (D ) Rene G arcia (R)

D istrict 7 7 D istrict 9 4 D istrict 1 1 1 Denise G rim sley (R) M atthew M eadow s (D) M arco Rubio (R)

D istrict 7 8 D istrict 9 5 D istrict 1 1 2 Richard M achek (D) Jim W aldm an (D ) David Rivera (R)

D istrict 7 9 D istrict 9 6 D istrict 1 1 3 Frank Attkisson (R) Ari Porth (D) Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R)

D istrict 8 0 D istrict 9 7 D istrict 1 1 4 Stan M ayfield (R) M artin Kiar (D ) Anitere Flores (R)

D istrict 8 1 D istrict 9 8 D istrict 1 1 5 G ayle Harrell (R) Franklin Sands (D) J.C. Planas (R)

D istrict 8 2 D istrict 9 9 D istrict 1 1 6 W illiam Snyder (R) Elaine Schw artz (D ) M arcelo Llorente (R)

D istrict 8 3 * D istrict 1 0 0 D istrict 1 1 7 Carl Dom ino (R) (D ) Julio Robaina (R)

D istrict 8 4 D istrict 1 0 1 D istrict 1 1 8 Priscilla Taylor (D) M ike Davis (R) Ed Bullard (D)

D istrict 8 5 D istrict 1 0 2 D istrict 1 1 9 Shelley Vana (D) Eddy G onzalez (R) Juan Zapata (R)

D istrict 8 6 D istrict 1 0 3 D istrict 1 20 M aria Sachs (D ) Tee Hollow ay (D) Ron Saunders (D )

D istrict 8 7 D istrict 1 0 4 *Potential M andatory Recount Adam Hasner (R) Yolly Roberson (D)

D istrict 8 8 D istrict 1 0 5 Susan Bucher (D) Joe G ibbons (D )

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