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2002 Florida Attorney General election
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2002 Florida Attorney General election Florida presidential Yes 1998 Florida Attorney General election 1998 2006 Florida Attorney General election 2006 November 5, 2002 File:Charlie Crist official portrait crop.jpg Charlie Crist Republican Party (United States) 2,636,616 53.4% Image:Buddy Dyer (1).jpg 150x150px Buddy Dyer Democratic Party (United States) 2,299,149 46.6% 2002 Florida attorney general election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsCrist: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Dyer: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%
#584cde 70–80% Attorney General Richard E. Doran Republican Party (United States) Charlie Crist Republican Party (United States) 53.06% (Registered voters)Our Campaigns - FL Attorney General Race - Nov 05, 2002 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1559 2021-04-25 www.ourcampaigns.com
The 2002 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 5, 2002, to elect the Florida Attorney General. The election was won by Charlie Crist who took office in January 2003.Our Campaigns - FL Attorney General Race - Nov 05, 2002 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1559 2021-04-25 www.ourcampaigns.com
Republican primary
Candidates
Locke Burt, State Senator
Charlie Crist, Education Commissioner of Florida
Tom Warner, State Representative
Results
Republican primary results
Charlie Crist Republican Party (United States) 484,466 50.11
Tom Warner Republican Party (United States) 257,049 26.59
Locke Burt Republican Party (United States) 225,360 23.31
966,875 100.00
Democratic primary
Candidates
Walt Dartland
Buddy Dyer, State Senator
Scott Maddox, Mayor of Tallahassee
George H. Sheldon, former State Representative and nominee for Education Commissioner of Florida in 2000
Results
Democratic primary resultshttps://doe.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=9/10/2002&DATAMODE= Florida Department of State - Election Results
Buddy Dyer Democratic Party (United States) 457,704 37.16
Scott Maddox Democratic Party (United States) 429,651 34.88
George H. Sheldon Democratic Party (United States) 272,517 22.12
Walt Dartland Democratic Party (United States) 71,952 5.84
1,231,824 100.00
General election
Results
Florida Attorney General election, 2002https://doe.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/5/2002&DATAMODE= Florida Department of State - Election Results doe.dos.state.fl.us https://web.archive.org/web/20130720032959/https://doe.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11%2F5%2F2002&DATAMODE= 2013-07-20
Republican Party (US)
Charlie Crist
2,636,616
53.42%
+12.98%
Democratic Party (US)
Buddy Dyer
2,299,149
46.58%
-12.98%
337,467
6.84%
-12.29%
4,935,765
Republican Party (US)
Democratic Party (US)
Results by county
CountyFlorida Department of State - Election Results https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/5/2002&DATAMODE= 2025-05-21 results.elections.myflorida.comCristDyerTotalAlachua27,22140,80268,023Baker4,1352,1656,300Bay32,31315,77948,092Bradford4,6123,0677,679Brevard110,75177,586188,337Broward166,191262,430428,621Calhoun1,8432,2894,132Charlotte36,04822,39158,439Citrus28,94822,66851,616Clay38,24611,97750,223Collier55,08225,82180,903Columbia8,8916,96515,856Desoto4,0352,9646,999Dixie1,9381,9753,913Duval143,94692,712236,658Escambia60,01230,68790,699Flagler13,26511,96225,227Franklin1,5092,1853,694Gadsden3,72411,40215,126Gilchrist2,6482,2364,884Glades1,5251,3472,872Gulf2,6712,6185,289Hamilton1,2931,8663,159Hardee2,9302,2405,170Hendry3,4472,7486,195Hernando31,13625,18556,321Highlands18,50811,09329,601Hillsborough161,939144,063306,002Holmes3,1972,1975,394Indian River27,79414,99742,791Jackson6,7937,70214,495Jefferson1,9943,6385,632Lafayette1,2481,2232,471Lake45,72832,92478,652Lee104,63153,272157,903Leon30,07662,47092,546Levy5,2875,31810,605Liberty8661,4312,297Madison2,3223,3945,716Manatee56,92542,77599,700Marion53,37839,96093,338Martin30,75021,22251,972Miami-Dade236,013223,481459,494Monroe12,77211,92124,693Nassau14,7795,96120,740Okaloosa43,51511,98655,501Okeechobee4,0364,2228,258Orange111,948122,593234,541Osceola24,31022,44946,759Palm Beach145,086218,564363,650Pasco70,53755,652126,189Pinellas182,607145,380327,987Polk78,02062,219140,239Putnam11,9299,93421,863Santa Rosa33,0939,85242,945Sarasota71,87453,197125,071Seminole64,59452,267116,861St. Johns38,63716,11154,748St. Lucie33,51232,15865,670Sumter13,6238,26721,890Suwannee6,0974,74310,840Taylor2,7153,0995,814Union1,8911,4443,335Volusia78,07776,993155,070Wakulla3,2705,0328,302Walton10,0335,05015,083Washington3,8522,8286,680Total2,636,6162,299,1494,935,765
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