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This profile of Florida's Class I U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Bill Nelson, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2012 2 Last election: 2006 3 Articles and resources

Next election: 2012

Race status [edit race status]

Incumbent	Bill Nelson
Incumbent running?	Yes
Primary challenge?	No primary challenge for incumbent.
Cook Political Report Partisan Voting Index	Non-competitive seat
Cook Political Report Race Classification	Lean Democratic

Candidates [edit candidate list]
Links to names in blue have existing profiles, red links need someone to start one.

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Bill Nelson	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	December 12, 2011
Bill Fisher, Jr.	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Alexander George	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Adam Hasner	Republican	Considering candidate	Source	March 14, 2011
George LeMieux	Republican	Considering candidate	Source	April 6, 2011
Mike McCalister	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Craig Miller	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Ron Rushing	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	June 13, 2011
Marielena Stuart	Republican	Confirmed candidate	[www.marielenastuartforussenate2012 Source]	August 30, 2011
Vern Buchanan	Republican	Considering candidate	Source	September 23, 2011
Mike Haridopolos	Republican	Out of race	Source	September 23, 2011

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Results [edit election results]

2012 primary winners	2012 general election winner
TBD	TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Bill Nelson

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Bill Nelson	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Katherine Harris	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

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Results

Primary winners:	Bill Nelson, Katherine Harris
General election winner:	Bill Nelson

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Florida congressional districts and candidates.
• The full Senate 2012 elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External articles

Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "FL-Sen" (link)

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