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Jennings, a self-made banking millionaire, was Democratic nominee for United States Congress in Florida's 13th congressional district in 2006, for the seat that was opened when the incumbent, Katherine Harris made a bid for the U.S. Senate. In the 2006 election, 237,861 votes were cast but 18,382 of the electronic ballots in Sarasota County, for unknown reasons, recorded no vote for a congressional candidate. By the tally of the remaining votes, Jennings received 373 fewer votes than her car dealer opponent, Republican Vern Buchanan. Of the counted votes in Sarasota County, Jennings won 52.8%. Sarasota County was the only county in the district where the democrat won more votes than her opponent, Buchanan. For the sake of arguement, if the remarkably large body of undercounted votes were added into the totals at the same percentage of votes for each of the candidates as the counted votes in Sarasota County, Jennings would gain another 1,017 votes on her opponent, far more than she is behind in the official count so far. (Jennings is currently pursuing a recount, a result of touch-screen voting machines malfunctioning in Sarasota County, her home county. In Sarasota County precincts that did not show the missing votes problem, Jennings ran ahead 52.8% to her opponents 47.2%. [1] Seal of the U.S. Congress. ...
Floridas 13th congressional district encompasses all of Sarasota, DeSoto, and Hardee County, and most of Manatee County, except for a small northern costal portion in District 11. ...
Katherine Harris (born April 5, 1957, Key West, Florida) was a second-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Floridas 13th congressional district (map). ...
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Vern Buchanan (born May 8, 1951) is a businessman, and is currently the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in Floridas 13th congressional district. ...
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Jennings, a former Republican[2], never graduated from college and started her career as a bank teller at 17. In 1992, she founded Sarasota Bank, which Colonial Bank bought in 2003 for $40.5 million. [3]
In her career as a banker, Jennings rose to become President, CEO, Chairman of the Board and Director of Sarasota Bank. She also served as President of the Sarasota Downtown Association and President of the Sarasota Film Festival.
Congressional elections
2004 In 2004, Jennings lost the 2004 primary for the seat to the eventual nominee, Jan Schneider, by 47 percent to 38 percent in a four-candidate race, despite outspending Schneider by a ratio of nearly 4 to 1. "Her supporters attribute this outcome, though, to Jennings’ late start, and they say her business background gives her both better cross-party appeal and stronger fundraising potential." [4] Dr Jan Schneider (born June 3, 1947) is a Democratic politician. ...
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Jennings won a 61.8% of the vote in the September 5, 2006 Democratic primary, having heavily outraised Schneider during the campaign. CQPolitics.com wrote that while Schneider had run game challenges to Harris as the Democratic nominee in 2002 and 2004, [her] strongest appeal was to more liberal elements of the 13th District constituency, and many Democratic officials thought Jennings’ business background would make her a more viable general election contender." [5] The 2006 Florida U.S. House elections will take place on November 7, 2006. ...
Poll numbers showed Jennings with a lead, which varies from 2 percent to 12 percent based on 5 polls. [6]
In November, Jennings faced Republican Vern Buchanan, a wealthy automobile dealer who won a bitterly-fought Republican primary with 32.3% of the vote. Buchanan's fund-raising receipts have more than tripled those of Jennings'. Vern Buchanan (born May 8, 1951) is a businessman, and is currently the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in Floridas 13th congressional district. ...
Jennings was endorsed by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, the major newspaper in District 13. [7] The Sarasota Herald-Tribune is a daily newspaper located in Sarasota, Florida. ...
External links - Christine Jennings' official campaign website
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