Bruce Nathan
Bruce Nathan (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Florida. He lost in the Republican primary on August 28, 2018.
He previously ran as an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016.[1]
Biography
At the time of his 2018 gubernatorial campaign, Nathan had worked as a physical therapist for 20 years. He is also a veteran of the United States Army.[2]
Elections
2018
- See also: Florida gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 and Florida gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 28 Republican primary)
General election
General election for Governor of Florida
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Florida on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ron DeSantis (R) | 49.6 | 4,076,186 | |
| Andrew Gillum (D) | 49.2 | 4,043,723 | ||
| Darcy Richardson (Reform Party) | 0.6 | 47,140 | ||
| Kyle Gibson (No Party Affiliation) | 0.3 | 24,310 | ||
 | Ryan Foley (No Party Affiliation) | 0.2 | 14,630 | |
| Bruce Stanley (No Party Affiliation) | 0.2 | 14,505 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 66 | ||
| Total votes: 8,220,560 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Raphael Herman (No Party Affiliation)
- Randy Wiseman (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Florida
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Florida on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Andrew Gillum | 34.4 | 522,164 | |
| Gwen Graham | 31.3 | 474,875 | ||
| Philip Levine | 20.3 | 308,801 | ||
| Jeff Greene | 10.1 | 152,955 | ||
| Christopher King | 2.5 | 37,616 | ||
| John Wetherbee | 0.9 | 14,426 | |
| Alex Lundmark | 0.6 | 8,655 | ||
| Total votes: 1,519,492 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Florida
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Florida on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ron DeSantis | 56.5 | 916,298 | |
| Adam Putnam | 36.5 | 592,518 | ||
| Bob White | 2.0 | 32,710 | ||
| Timothy Devine | 1.3 | 21,380 | |
| Bob Langford | 1.2 | 19,842 | |
| Bruce Nathan | 0.9 | 14,556 | ||
| Don Baldauf | 0.8 | 13,173 | |
| John Joseph Mercadante | 0.7 | 11,647 | ||
| Total votes: 1,622,124 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Angel Rivera (R)
2016
The race for Florida's U.S. Senate seat was one of nine competitive battleground races in 2016 that that helped Republicans maintain control of the Senate. Incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio (R) defeated U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy (D), Iraq war veteran Paul Stanton (L), and nine independent and write-in candidates in the general election, which took place on November 8, 2016. According to Politico, Rubio was “the first Republican senator from the Sunshine State ever to win reelection in a presidential election year.”[3][4]
Rubio called Murphy "hyper-partisan," "a rubber stamp for, God forbid, a Clinton presidency," and accused him of fabricating his qualifications.[5][6][7][8] Murphy criticized Rubio, saying, "Sen. Rubio has the worst vote attendance record of any Florida senator in nearly 50 years." Murphy's spokeswoman Galia Slayen said, "Marco Rubio is willing to abandon his responsibility to Floridians and hand over our country's national security to Donald Trump, as long as it advances his own political career."[9]
In his victory speech, Rubio said, “[I] hope that I and my colleagues as we return to work in Washington D.C. can set a better example how political discourse should exist in this country. And I know people feel betrayed and you have a right to. Every major institution in our society has failed us — the media, the government, big business, Wall Street, academia — they have all failed us. So people are so frustrated and angry. But we must channel that anger and frustration into something positive. Let it move us forward as energy to confront and solve our challenges and our problems.”[10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Marco Rubio Incumbent |
52% | 4,835,191 | |
| Democratic | Patrick Murphy | 44.3% | 4,122,088 | |
| Libertarian | Paul Stanton | 2.1% | 196,956 | |
| Independent | Bruce Nathan | 0.6% | 52,451 | |
| Independent | Tony Khoury | 0.5% | 45,820 | |
| Independent | Steven Machat | 0.3% | 26,918 | |
| Independent | Basil Dalack | 0.2% | 22,236 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0% | 160 | |
| Total Votes | 9,301,820 | |||
| Source: Florida Division of Elections | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Marco Rubio Incumbent |
72% | 1,029,830 | ||
| Carlos Beruff | 18.5% | 264,427 | ||
| Dwight Young | 6.4% | 91,082 | ||
| Ernie Rivera | 3.2% | 45,153 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,430,492 | |||
| Source: Florida Division of Elections |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Patrick Murphy |
58.9% | 665,985 | ||
| Alan Grayson | 17.7% | 199,929 | ||
| Pam Keith | 15.4% | 173,919 | ||
| Roque De La Fuente | 5.4% | 60,810 | ||
| Reginald Luster | 2.6% | 29,138 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,129,781 | |||
| Source: Florida Division of Elections |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Paul Stanton |
73.5% | 2,946 | ||
| Augustus Invictus Sol | 26.5% | 1,063 | ||
| Total Votes | 4,009 | |||
| Source: Florida Division of Elections |
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Campaign themes
2018
In email correspondence with Ballotpedia in June 2018, Nathan highlighted the following campaign themes:[11]
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In email correspondence with Ballotpedia in November 2017, Nathan highlighted the following campaign themes:[13]
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His list of top 10 priorities for his first 100 days in office was the following:[2][13]
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See also
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- Governor of Florida
- Florida gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018
- Florida gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 28 Republican primary)
- United States Senate
- United States Senate election in Florida, 2016
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Office of the Governor of Florida
- Bruce Nathan 2018
- Bruce Nathan 2018 - Facebook
- Bruce Nathan 2018 - Twitter
- Bruce Nathan 2018 - Youtube
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlist16 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Email correspondence with Michael Gross, Nathan's Chief of Staff, on April 2, 2017.
- ↑ The New York Times, "Marco Rubio and John McCain Win Primaries in Florida and Arizona," accessed September 2, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "How Rubio outdid Trump in Florida and revived his career," accessed November 15, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Rubio: GOP has tough fight ahead to maintain Senate control," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Ahead of Florida primary, Rubio offers Trump a tepid embrace," accessed September 2, 2016
- ↑ CBS Miami, "The Making of Patrick Murphy," June 22, 2016
- ↑ Patrick Murphy for Senate, "Press Releases / Setting the Record Straight On Yesterday’s Misleading CBS Miami Report," June 23, 2016
- ↑ PolitiFact, "Mostly True: Marco Rubio has worst voting record of any Florida senator in nearly 50 years," accessed September 3, 2016
- ↑ Breitbart, "Rubio Wins Reelection Bid — Gives Victory Speech in English and Spanish," accessed November 15, 2016
- ↑ Email correspondence with Bruce Nathan dated June 13, 2018
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Email correspondence with Bruce Nathan dated November 20, 2017
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