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Parents > United States > Florida > Senate Class III
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline May 07, 2004 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 02, 2004 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 02, 2004 - 06:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2005 - 11:00am
Term End September 09, 2009 - 11:00am
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedJ.R. September 11, 2009 04:35pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description Mel Martinez resigned and left the Senate in September 2009.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/1998
NameBob Graham Votes2,436,407 (62.47%)
Term01/03/1999 - 01/03/2005 Margin972,652 (+24.94%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won08/27/2009
NameGeorge LeMieux Votes1 (100.00%)
Term09/10/2009 - 01/03/2011 Margin1 (+100.00%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Aug 31, 2004 FL US Senate - R Primary
Mel Martinez
R 1,165,931
Aug 31, 2004 FL US Senate - D Primary
Betty Castor
D 1,152,513
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
01/10/2003 11/02/2004
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Betty Castor 48 12 2 --
Mel Martinez 31 8 3 --
Leaning Call: Betty Castor (58.21%)
Weighted Call: Mel Martinez (53.75%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

03/30/2004 10/31/2004

CANDIDATES
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Name HUD Secretary Mel Martinez Commissioner of Education Betty Castor Dennis F. Bradley (W) Mark Stufft (W) Nancy Travis (W) Rachele Fruit (W) Piotr Blass
PartyRepublican Democratic Veterans' Independent Independent Socialist Workers Independent
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Uncertified Votes 3,672,864 (49.43%) 3,590,201 (48.32%) 166,642 (2.24%) 119 (0.00%) 27 (0.00%) 25 (0.00%) 16 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -82,663 (-1.11%) -3,506,222 (-47.19%) -3,672,745 (-49.43%) -3,672,837 (-49.43%) -3,672,839 (-49.43%) -3,672,848 (-49.43%)
Predict Avg.51.52% 47.85% 0.50% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand 8/11 $2,348,125.00 8/11 $760,214.00 6/30 $258.00 $-- $-- $-- $--
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Entry Date 08/31/2004 08/31/2004 02/23/2004 04/12/2004 04/22/2004 05/06/2004 03/05/2004
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MATCHUP POLLS (27 from 13 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg45.56%-- 45.33%-- 2.10%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Survey USA 
10/29/04-10/31/04
48.00% 1.0 48.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
10/28/04-10/31/04
46.00% 1.0 46.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
10/27/04-10/30/04
45.00% -- 48.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
New York Times Regional Papers / Florida Poll 
10/23/04-10/27/04
43.50% -- 46.60% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
10/26/04-10/27/04
46.70% 1.7 46.40% 1.4 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Quinnipiac University 
10/22/04-10/26/04
49.00% 2.0 46.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 15, 2004 12:00am News Martinez ad steps up attack on Castor  Article None Entered 
Oct 12, 2004 12:00am News Martinez's political fate in Senate race tied to president  Article Qbanito 
Oct 10, 2004 12:00am Endorsement Orlando Sentinel: Martinez for Senate  Article Some say... 
Sep 24, 2004 12:00am News Martinez agrees to debate Castor with Russert  Article CBlock941 
Sep 21, 2004 12:00am News Castor touts homeland security, questions Martinez's priorities in new ads  Article Qbanito 
Sep 21, 2004 12:00am News Martinez rejects Oct. 28 TV debate with Castor  Article Qbanito 

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