Kendrick Meek - Electoral History

Electoral History

Florida's 17th congressional district: Results 2002–2008

Year		Democrat	Votes	Pct		Republican	Votes	Pct		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct
2002		Kendrick B. Meek	113,749	100%		(no candidate)			*
2004		Kendrick B. Meek	178,690	100%		(no candidate)				Omari Musa	Write-in	734	<1%
2006		Kendrick B. Meek	90,663	100%		(no candidate)			*
2008		Kendrick B. Meek	Elected	N/A		(no candidate)			**

*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2002, Michael Italie received 73 votes. In 2006, Eric Simpson received 23 votes.
**Under Florida law, a candidate who has no opposition at all in the general election is automatically elected without his or her name being placed on the ballot. In 2008, Meek was automatically elected because he had no general election opponents on the ballot and no write-in candidates filed candidacies against him.

United States Senate election in Florida, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Marco Rubio	2,645,743	48.89%	-0.54%
	Independent	Charlie Crist	1,607,549	29.71%	+29.71%
	Democratic	Kendrick Meek	1,092,936	20.20%	-28.12%
	Libertarian	Alexander Snitker	24,850	0.46%	N/A
	Independent	Sue Askeland	15,340	0.28%	N/A
	Independent	Rick Tyler	7,394	0.14%	N/A
	Constitution	Bernie DeCastro	4,792	0.09%	N/A
	Independent	Lewis Jerome Armstrong	4,443	0.08%	N/A
	Independent	Bobbie Bean	4,301	0.08%	N/A
	Independent	Bruce Riggs	3,647	0.07%	N/A
	Write-ins		108	0.00%
Majority			1,038,194	19.19%
Total votes			5,411,106	100%
	Republican hold		Swing