Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 2010 United States Senate election in Florida took place on November 2, 2010 along with other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as all elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Republican Marco Rubio, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, defeated independent Charlie Crist and Democrat Kendrick Meek in a three-way race.One term Senator Mel Martinez was elected in a very close race against Democrat Betty Castor in 2004 with 49% of the vote. Martinez announced on December 2, 2008 that he would not seek re-election to the Senate, and would resign prior to the end of his term. In August 2009, Governor Charlie Crist announced that he would appoint his former Chief of Staff, George LeMieux, a Republican, to the Senate seat being vacated by Martinez.Governor Crist publicly announced he was running for the seat in mid-2009. At the time he received many Republican endorsements, such as the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Martinez, and the 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain. His support of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 hurt his popularity among conservatives, and candidate Marco Rubio surged. In April 2010 Crist announced he would drop out of the Republican primary and run as an independent. The National Republican Senatorial Committee withdrew its endorsement of Crist and demanded a refund of its campaign funds that it provided for the Crist campaign. Congressman Kendrick Meek was the first Democrat to declare his intention to run. Alexander Snitker was the first member of the Libertarian Party on the ballot for senator in Florida's history.. }
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- United_States_Senate_election_in_Florida,_2010 abstract "The 2010 United States Senate election in Florida took place on November 2, 2010 along with other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as all elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Republican Marco Rubio, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, defeated independent Charlie Crist and Democrat Kendrick Meek in a three-way race.One term Senator Mel Martinez was elected in a very close race against Democrat Betty Castor in 2004 with 49% of the vote. Martinez announced on December 2, 2008 that he would not seek re-election to the Senate, and would resign prior to the end of his term. In August 2009, Governor Charlie Crist announced that he would appoint his former Chief of Staff, George LeMieux, a Republican, to the Senate seat being vacated by Martinez.Governor Crist publicly announced he was running for the seat in mid-2009. At the time he received many Republican endorsements, such as the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Martinez, and the 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain. His support of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 hurt his popularity among conservatives, and candidate Marco Rubio surged. In April 2010 Crist announced he would drop out of the Republican primary and run as an independent. The National Republican Senatorial Committee withdrew its endorsement of Crist and demanded a refund of its campaign funds that it provided for the Crist campaign. Congressman Kendrick Meek was the first Democrat to declare his intention to run. Alexander Snitker was the first member of the Libertarian Party on the ballot for senator in Florida's history.".