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2004-06 Florida Legislature
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Seal of the State of Florida
Overview
Legislative body	Florida Legislature
Meeting place	Florida Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida
Election	November 2, 2004
Senate
Members	40 (26 R, 14 D)
President	Tom Lee (R)
President pro tem	Charlie Clary (R)
Majority leader	J. Alex Villalobos (R) (until May 1, 2006) Daniel Webster (R) (from May 1, 2006)
Minority leader	Les Miller (D)
Party control	Republican
House of Representatives
Members	120 (84 R, 36 D)
Speaker	Allan Bense (R)
Speaker pro tem	Leslie Waters (R)
Majority leader	Andy Gardiner (R)
Minority leader	Chris Smith (D)
Party control	Republican
Sessions
1st March 8, 2005 – May 6, 2005 2nd March 7, 2006 – May 5, 2006

The 2004-06 Florida Legislature was the legislature of the U.S. state of Florida following the 2004 general election, occurring during the final two years of Governor Jeb Bush's second term. It was the 19th legislature convened under the 1968 Constitution and the 82th since statehood in 1845.

In the November 2, 2004 elections, the Republican Party gained three seats in the House of Representatives for a 84-36 majority, while maintaining their 26-14 majority in the Senate.

The legislature met in five sessions: a one-day organization session on November 16, 2004; a special session ("A") from December 13 to 17, 2004; the 2005 regular session from March 8 to May 6; a special session ("B") from December 5 to 8, 2005; and the 2006 regular session from March 7 to May 5.

Party summary

Senate

Senate membership did not change during the course of the 2004-06 term.

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total	Vacant	Notes
	Democratic	Republican
End of previous legislature	14	26	40	0
Begin (November 2004)	14	26	40	0
Final voting share	35%	65%
Beginning of next legislature	14	26	40	0

House of Representatives

Membership changed with the death of David Coley and the subsequent election of his wife, Marti Coley, to succeed him. The party balance changed with one switch in party affiliation.

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total	Vacant	Notes
	Democratic	Republican
End of previous legislature	39	81	120	0
Begin (November 2004)	36	84	120	0
March 25, 2005		83	119	1	Republican David Coley (District 7) died.
June 14, 2005		84	120	0	Republican Marti Coley was elected to District 7.
January 10, 2006	35	85			Sheri McInvale (District 36) changed party affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
Final voting share	29.2%	70.8%
Beginning of next legislature	42	78	120	0

Major legislation and events

Senate President Tom Lee and House Speaker Allan Bense called a special session ("A") for December 13–17, 2004 to address several issues, including a state pre-kindergarten program and relief measures in response to the active 2004 hurricane season. Lawmakers set up a universal pre-K program pursuant to a constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2002, which mandated such a program. The legislature also passed measures relating to property tax relief, beach repair, hurricane insurance, citrus canker, and juvenile justice funding, among other items.

The 2005 regular session resulted in several major pieces of legislation:

• Law 1
• Law 2

During the 2006 regular session, the legislature passed several significant new laws:

• Law 1
• Law 2

Senate leadership contest

The 2004-06 legislative term was marked by a notable leadership battle. In 2005, the Senate Republican caucus elected moderate Republican Senator J. Alex Villalobos to be president for the 2008-10 term. In early 2006, however, conservative Senator Jeff Atwater attempted to challenge Villalobos for the leadership, and a group of Republican senators withdrew their pledges from Villalobos. Atwater had previously been seeking the presidency for 2010-12, so his "coup" attempt had consequences for that leadership contest, too.

By February 10, Atwater was claiming that he had the needed votes from his Republican colleagues to be president, but Villalobos did not concede. The struggle between the two camps grew fiercer over the next few months. On May 1, 2006, President Tom Lee removed Villalobos from his position as majority leader after Villalobos cast the deciding vote against a measure to expand school vouchers. Villalobos survived a conservative primary election challenge in September, but Atwater eventually secured enough pledges and was formally elected president-designate in 2007.

The Villalobos-Atwater leadership fight ...

Members

Senate

Dist.	Name	Party	Residence	Counties represented	First elected	Term up
1	Tony Hill	Dem	Jacksonville	Parts of Duval, Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, Volusia	2002	2008
2	Durell Peaden	Rep	Crestview	Holmes, Washington, and parts of Bay, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton	2000	2006
3	Nancy Argenziano	Rep	Crystal River	Baker, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Suwannee, Taylor, and parts of Citrus, Columbia, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Madison, Marion	2002	2008
4	Charlie Clary	Rep	Destin	Parts of Bay, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton	1996	2006
5	Stephen Wise	Rep	Jacksonville	Parts of Clay, Duval, Nassau, St. Johns	2001	2008
6	Al Lawson	Dem	Tallahassee	Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty, Wakulla, and parts of Bay, Jefferson, Leon, Madison	2000	2006
7	Evelyn Lynn	Rep	Ormond Beach	Parts of Clay, Marion, Putnam, Volusia	2002	2008
8	Jim King	Rep	Jacksonville	Parts of Duval, Flagler, Nassau, St. Johns, Volusia	1999	2006
9	Daniel Webster	Rep	Winter Garden	Parts of Orange, Osceola, Seminole	1998	2008
10	Tom Lee	Rep	Brandon	Parts of Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk	1996	2006
11	Mike Fasano	Rep	New Port Richey	Parts of Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas	2002	2008
12	Victor Crist	Rep	Tampa	Parts of Hillsborough, Pasco	2000	2006
13	Dennis Jones	Rep	Seminole	Part of Pinellas	2002	2008
14	Rod Smith	Dem	Gainesville	Alachua, Bradford, Gilchrist, Union, and parts of Columbia, Levy, Marion, Putnam	2000	2006
15	Paula Dockery	Rep	Lakeland	Parts of Hernando, Lake, Osceola, Polk, Sumter	2002	2008
16	Jim Sebesta	Rep	St. Petersburg	Parts of Hillsborough, Pinellas	1998	2006
17	JD Alexander	Rep	Winter Haven	Hardee, Highlands, and parts of DeSoto, Glades, Okeechobee, Polk, St. Lucie	2002	2008
18	Lesley Miller Jr.	Dem	Tampa	Parts of Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas	2000	2006
19	Gary Siplin	Dem	Orlando	Parts of Orange, Osceola	2002	2008
20	Carey Baker	Rep	Eustis	Parts of Lake, Marion, Seminole, Sumter, Volusia	2004	2006
21	Mike Bennett	Rep	Bradenton	Parts of Charlotte, DeSoto, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota	2002	2008
22	Lee Constantine	Rep	Altamonte Springs	Parts of Orange, Seminole	2000	2006
23	Lisa Carlton	Rep	Osprey	Parts of Charlotte, Manatee, Sarasota	1998	2008
24	Bill Posey	Rep	Rockledge	Parts of Brevard, Orange, Seminole	2000	2006
25	Jeff Atwater	Rep	Palm Beach Gardens	Parts of Broward, Palm Beach	2002	2008
26	Mike Haridopolos	Rep	Melbourne	Parts of Brevard, Osceola	2003	2006
27	Dave Aronberg	Dem	Greenacres	Parts of Charlotte, Glades, Hendry, Lee, Palm Beach	2002	2008
28	Ken Pruitt	Rep	Port St. Lucie	Martin and parts of Indian River, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, St. Lucie	2000	2006
29	Mandy Dawson	Dem	Ft. Lauderdale	Parts of Broward, Palm Beach	1998	2008
30	Ron Klein	Dem	Delray Beach	Parts of Broward, Palm Beach	1996	2006
31	Steven Geller	Dem	Hallandale Beach	Part of Broward	1998	2008
32	Skip Campbell	Dem	Tamarac	Part of Broward	1996	2006
33	Frederica Wilson	Dem	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2002	2008
34	Nan Rich	Dem	Weston	Parts of Broward, Miami-Dade	2004	2006
35	Gwen Margolis	Dem	Miami Beach	Parts of Broward, Miami-Dade	2002	2008
36	Alex Díaz de la Portilla	Rep	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2000	2006
37	Burt Saunders	Rep	Naples	Parts of Collier, Lee	1998	2008
38	J. Alex Villalobos	Rep	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2000	2006
39	Larcenia Bullard	Dem	Miami	Monroe and parts of Broward, Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach	2002	2008
40	Rudy García	Rep	Hialeah	Part of Miami-Dade	2000	2006

House of Representatives

Dist.	Name	Party	Residence	Counties represented	First elected
1	Greg Evers	Rep	Baker	Parts of Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	2001
2	Dave Murzin	Rep	Pensacola	Part of Escambia	2002
3	Holly Benson	Rep	Pensacola	Parts of Escambia, Santa Rosa	2000
4	Ray Sansom	Rep	Destin	Parts of Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	2002
5	Don Brown	Rep	DeFuniak Springs	Holmes, Washington, and parts of Jackson, Okaloosa, Walton	2000
6	Allan Bense	Rep	Panama City	Gulf and parts of Bay, Franklin	1998
7	David Coley	Rep	Marianna	Calhoun, Liberty, and parts of Bay, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Okaloosa, Wakulla, Walton	2004
	Marti Coley	Rep	Marianna		2005
8	Curtis Richardson	Dem	Tallahassee	Parts of Gadsden, Leon	2000
9	Loranne Ausley	Dem	Tallahassee	Parts of Jefferson, Leon	2000
10	Will Kendrick	Dem	Carrabelle	Hamilton, Madison, Taylor, and parts of Alachua, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Levy, Wakulla	2000
11	Dwight Stansel	Dem	Wellborn	Gilchrist, Lafayette, Suwannee, and parts of Alachua, Columbia, Dixie	1998
12	Aaron Bean	Rep	Fernandina Beach	Baker, Nassau, Union, and parts of Bradford, Clay, Duval	2000
13	Jennifer Carroll	Rep	Green Cove Springs	Parts of Clay, Duval	2003
14	Terry Fields	Dem	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2000
15	Audrey Gibson	Dem	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2002
16	Mark Mahon	Rep	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2000
17	Stan Jordan	Rep	Jacksonville	Part of Duval	2000
18	Don Davis	Rep	Jacksonville	Parts of Duval, St. Johns	2000
19	Dick Kravitz	Rep	Jacksonville	Parts of Clay, Duval, St. Johns	2000
20	William Proctor	Rep	St. Augustine	Parts of Clay, Flagler, St. Johns	2004
21	Joe Pickens	Rep	Palatka	Putnam and parts of Bradford, Clay, Marion, Volusia	2000
22	Larry Cretul	Rep	Ocala	Parts of Alachua, Levy, Marion	2002
23	Ed Jennings	Dem	Gainesville	Parts of Alachua, Marion	2000
24	Dennis Baxley	Rep	Ocala	Part of Marion	2000
25	Alan Hays	Rep	Umatilla	Parts of Lake, Seminole, Volusia	2004
26	Pat Patterson	Rep	DeLand	Parts of Flagler, Volusia	2002
27	Joyce Cusack	Dem	DeLand	Part of Volusia	2000
28	Dorothy Hukill	Rep	Port Orange	Part of Volusia	2004
29	Ralph Poppell	Rep	Vero Beach	Parts of Brevard, Indian River	2002
30	Thad Altman	Rep	Melbourne	Part of Brevard	2003
31	Mitch Needelman	Rep	Melbourne	Part of Brevard	2000
32	Bob Allen	Rep	Merritt Island	Parts of Brevard, Orange	2000
33	Sandy Adams	Rep	Oviedo	Parts of Orange, Seminole, Volusia	2002
34	David Mealor	Rep	Lake Mary	Parts of Orange, Seminole	2000
35	Dean Cannon	Rep	Winter Park	Part of Orange	2004
36	Sheri McInvale	Dem	Orlando	Part of Orange	2002
		Rep
37	David Simmons	Rep	Longwood	Parts of Orange, Seminole	2000
38	Fred Brummer	Rep	Apopka	Part of Orange	1998
39	Bruce Antone	Dem	Orlando	Part of Orange	2002
40	Andy Gardiner	Rep	Orlando	Part of Orange	2000
41	Randy Johnson	Rep	Celebration	Parts of Lake, Orange, Osceola	1998
42	Hugh H. Gibson III	Rep	Lady Lake	Parts of Lake, Marion, Sumter	2000
43	Charlie Dean	Rep	Inverness	Citrus and parts of Hernando, Levy	2002
44	David D. Russell Jr.	Rep	Brooksville	Parts of Hernando, Pasco, Sumter	1998
45	Tom Anderson	Rep	Dunedin	Parts of Pasco, Pinellas	2002
46	John Legg	Rep	Port Richey	Part of Pasco	2004
47	Kevin Ambler	Rep	Lutz	Part of Hillsborough	2002
48	Gus Bilirakis	Rep	Palm Harbor	Parts of Pasco, Pinellas	1998
49	John Quiñones	Rep	Kissimmee	Parts of Orange, Osceola	2002
50	Kim Berfield	Rep	Clearwater	Part of Pinellas	2000
51	Leslie Waters	Rep	Seminole	Part of Pinellas	1998
52	Frank Farkas	Rep	St. Petersburg	Part of Pinellas	1998
53	Charlie Justice	Dem	St. Petersburg	Part of Pinellas	2000
54	Everett Rice	Rep	Treasure Island	Part of Pinellas	2004
55	Frank Peterman	Dem	St. Petersburg	Parts of Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	2000
56	Anthony Trey Traviesa	Rep	Tampa	Part of Hillsborough	2004
57	Faye Culp	Rep	Tampa	Part of Hillsborough	2002
58	Bob Henriquez	Dem	Tampa	Part of Hillsborough	1998
59	Arthenia Joyner	Dem	Tampa	Part of Hillsborough	2000
60	Ed Homan	Rep	Tampa	Part of Hillsborough	2002
61	Ken Littlefield	Rep	Wesley Chapel	Parts of Hillsborough, Pasco	1999
62	Rich Glorioso	Rep	Plant City	Part of Hillsborough, Pasco	2004
63	Dennis Ross	Rep	Lakeland	Parts of Hillsborough, Polk	2000
64	John Stargel	Rep	Lakeland	Part of Polk	2002
65	Marty Bowen	Rep	Haines City	Part of Polk	2000
66	Baxter Troutman	Rep	Winter Haven	Hardee and parts of Highlands, Polk	2002
67	Ron Reagan	Rep	Bradenton	Parts of Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota	2002
68	Bill Galvano	Rep	Bradenton	Parts of Hillsborough, Manatee	2002
69	Donna Clarke	Rep	Sarasota	Parts of Manatee, Sarasota	2000
70	Nancy Detert	Rep	Venice	Part of Sarasota	1998
71	Michael Grant	Rep	Port Charlotte	Parts of Charlotte, Lee, Sarasota	2004
72	Paige Kreegel	Rep	Punta Gorda	DeSoto and parts of Charlotte, Lee	2004
73	Bruce Kyle	Rep	Fort Myers	Part of Lee	1998
74	Jeff Kottkamp	Rep	Cape Coral	Parts of Charlotte, Lee	2000
75	Trudi Williams	Rep	Fort Myers	Parts of Collier, Lee	2004
76	J. Dudley Goodlette	Rep	Naples	Part of Collier	1998
77	Denise Grimsley	Rep	Lake Placid	Glades, Hendry, and parts of Collier, Highlands	2004
78	Richard Machek	Dem	Delray Beach	Parts of Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, St. Lucie	2000
79	Frank Attkisson	Rep	Kissimmee	Parts of Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola	2000
80	Stan Mayfield	Rep	Vero Beach	Parts of Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie	2000
81	Gayle Harrell	Rep	Stuart	Parts of Martin, St. Lucie	2000
82	Joe Negron	Rep	Stuart	Parts of Martin, Palm Beach, St. Lucie	2000
83	Carl Domino	Rep	Jupiter	Part of Palm Beach	2002
84	Priscilla Taylor	Dem	West Palm Beach	Part of Palm Beach	2004
85	Shelley Vana	Dem	Lantana	Part of Palm Beach	2002
86	Annie Gannon	Dem	Delray Beach	Part of Palm Beach	2000
87	Adam Hasner	Rep	Delray Beach	Parts of Broward, Palm Beach	2002
88	Susan Bucher	Dem	West Palm Beach	Part of Palm Beach	2000
89	Mary Brandenburg	Dem	West Palm Beach	Part of Palm Beach	2002
90	Irv Slosberg	Dem	Boca Raton	Parts of Broward, Palm Beach	2000
91	Ellyn Bogdanoff	Rep	Fort Lauderdale	Parts of Broward, Palm Beach	2004
92	Jack Seiler	Dem	Wilton Manors	Part of Broward	2000
93	Chris Smith	Dem	Fort Lauderdale	Part of Broward	1998
94	Matt Meadows	Dem	Lauderhill	Part of Broward	2000
95	Ron Greenstein	Dem	Coconut Creek	Part of Broward	1998
96	Ari Porth	Dem	Coral Springs	Part of Broward	2004
97	Susan Goldstein	Rep	Weston	Part of Broward	2004
98	Franklin Sands	Dem	Weston	Part of Broward	2004
99	Eleanor Sobel	Dem	Hollywood	Part of Broward	1998
100	Tim Ryan	Dem	Dania Beach	Part of Broward	1998
101	Mike Davis	Rep	Naples	Parts of Broward, Collier	2002
102	Rafael Arza	Rep	Hialeah	Parts of Broward, Miami-Dade	2000
103	Wilbert "Tee" Holloway	Dem	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2000
104	Yolly Roberson	Dem	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2002
105	Ken Gottlieb	Dem	Hollywood	Parts of Broward, Collier	1998
106	Dan Gelber	Dem	Miami Beach	Part of Miami-Dade	2000
107	Gustavo Barreiro	Rep	Miami Beach	Part of Miami-Dade	1998
108	Phillip Brutus	Dem	North Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2000
109	Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall	Dem	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2000
110	René García	Rep	Hialeah	Part of Miami-Dade	2000
111	Marco Rubio	Rep	Coral Gables	Part of Miami-Dade	2000
112	David Rivera	Rep	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2002
113	Carlos López-Cantera	Rep	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2004
114	Anitere Flores	Rep	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2004
115	Juan-Carlos Planas	Rep	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2002
116	Marcelo Llorente	Rep	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2002
117	Julio Robaina	Rep	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2002
118	Ed Bullard	Dem	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2000
119	Juan Zapata	Rep	Miami	Part of Miami-Dade	2002
120	Ken Sorensen	Rep	Key Largo	Monroe and part of Miami-Dade	1998

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