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Florida Attorney General Election

Primary Date: August 26, 2014

General Election Date: November 4, 2014

November 4 Election Winner: Pam Bondi

Incumbent prior to election: Pam Bondi

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TheFlorida Attorney General election took place onNovember 4, 2014. Incumbent Florida Attorney GeneralPam Bondi (R) was first elected in 2010 and sought a second term in 2014. Shewon another four-year term by defeatingDemocratic candidateGeorge Sheldon andLibertarian Party candidateBill Wohlsifer in the general election.

Bondi, Sheldon and Wohlsifer participated in a debate on October 6summarized here that focused on their thoughts on medical marijuana and same-sex marriage. The past three elections for the attorney general's office went to Republican candidates, as shown in thepast elections section.

Aprimary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Florida utilizes aclosed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.^[1][2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, seethis article. The primary took place on August 26.

Candidates

General election

Pam Bondi -Incumbent
George Sheldon - Former Florida Department of Children and Families secretary^[3]
Bill Wohlsifer - Attorney^[4][5]

Lost in the Democratic primary

Perry Thurston - State Representative^[6]

Results

General election

Attorney General of Florida, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pam BondiIncumbent	55.1%	3,222,524
	Democratic	George Sheldon	42%	2,457,317
	Libertarian	Bill Wohlsifer	2.9%	169,394
Total Votes				5,849,235
Election results viaFlorida Division of Elections

Primary election

Democratic primary

Florida Attorney General, Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
George Sheldon	60.7%	457,811
Perry Thurston	39.3%	296,907
Total Votes		754,718
Election results viaFlorida Division of Elections.

Republican primary

Uncontested

Debates

Debate media

October 6 debate

Pam Bondi (R),George Sheldon (D) andBill Wohlsifer (L) discussed their positions on medical marijuana and same-sex marriage during a debate hosted by Tampa Bay News 9. A question aboutAmendment 2, a ballot measure that would allow medical marijuana in the state, divided the candidates into different camps. Bondi opposed Amendment 2 due to concerns about the legitimacy of medical marijuana prescriptions given recent action by the state against doctors deemed to be providing unnecessary prescriptions. Sheldon criticized detractors like Bondi and Wohlsifer argued that the measure should provide greater freedom for marijuana use.^[7]

The debate brought up theUnited States Supreme Court decision to overturn the state's ban on same-sex marriage. Bondi did not provide a clear stance on same-sex marriage, stating that her office had only received the court decision hours before the debate. Sheldon argued that Bondi should not defend the state's ban, saying that the government should "get out of the business of telling people who they can love."^[7]

Polls

Past elections

2010

Attorney General of Florida, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pam Bondi	54.8%	2,882,868
	Democratic	Dan Gelber	41.4%	2,181,377
	Nonpartisan	Jim Lewis	3.8%	199,147
Total Votes				5,263,392
Election results viaFlorida Department of State

2006

Attorney General of Florida, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill McCollum	52.7%	2,448,008
	Democratic	Walter "Skip" Campbell	47.3%	2,197,959
Total Votes				4,645,967
Election results viaFlorida Department of State

2002

Attorney General of Florida, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Charlie Crist	53.4%	2,636,616
	Democratic	Buddy Dyer	46.6%	2,299,149
Total Votes				4,935,765
Election results viaFlorida Department of State

Campaign finance

Comprehensive donor information for this election has been collected by Follow the Money. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of$4,936,434 during the election. This information was last updated on May 12, 2015.^[8]

Campaign Contribution Totals
Candidate	Office	Result	Contributions
Pam Bondi	Florida Attorney General		$3,740,816
George Sheldon	Florida Attorney General		$898,817
Perry Thurston	Florida Attorney General		$254,729
Bill Wohlsifer	Florida Attorney General		$42,072
Grand Total Raised			$4,936,434

Key deadlines

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See also

• Florida Attorney General
• Florida state executive official elections, 2014
• State executive official elections, 2014
• State executive debates, 2014

External links

Suggest a link

• Office of the Attorney General of Florida

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