Florida's 5th congressional district election, 2006
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The Florida 5th congressional district election, 2006 was an election for the United States House of Representatives that took place on November 7, 2006 between two-term incumbent Republican Ginny Brown-Waite and Democrat John Russell. Brown-Waite was re-elected with 59% of the vote.
[edit] Results
| 2006 U.S. House election, 5th district of Florida | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Ginny Brown-Waite (incumbent) | 162,421 | 59.9 | -6 | |
| Democratic | John Russell | 108,959 | 40.1 | +6 | |
| Majority | 53,462 | 19.8 | -12 | ||
| Turnout | 271,380 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
