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2006Final results

2006 election for Florida Governor

Governor · Florida

Charlie Crist (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating James Davis (D) by 7.3 points.

Charlie CristRepublican · winner
53.6%2,519,845
James DavisDemocrat
46.4%2,178,289
4,698,134 votes

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2006

Races before and after

EvenD+1.51994R+10.51998R+13.02002R+7.32006R+1.22010R+1.12014

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET