Tami Donnally
Tami Donnally (Republican Party) ran for election to the Florida State Senate to represent District 31. Donnally lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Donnally was a 2018 Republican special election candidate for District 31 of the Florida State Senate.
Donnally was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Florida. She was one of 99 delegates from Florida pledged to support Donald Trump for three ballots.[1][2] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Elections
2020
See also: Florida State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Florida State Senate District 31
Incumbent Lori Berman defeated Tami Donnally in the general election for Florida State Senate District 31 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lori Berman (D) | 62.2 | 156,495 |
 | Tami Donnally (R) | 37.8 | 95,019 | |
| Total votes: 251,514 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lori Berman advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida State Senate District 31.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Irving Slosberg (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Tami Donnally advanced from the Republican primary for Florida State Senate District 31.
2018
A special election for the position of Florida State Senate District 31 was called for April 10, 2018. A special primary election was called for January 30, 2018. The candidate filing deadline was December 6, 2017.[3]
On November 20, 2017, the Florida Democratic Party filed a lawsuit requesting that the dates for special elections in House District 114 and Senate District 31 be moved up so that legislators for those districts could be in place for the 2018 legislative session.[4] The House District 114 election was called for May 1, 2018.
The seat became vacant following Jeff Clemens' (D) resignation. His resignation came after he publicly admitted to having an affair with a lobbyist.
Lori Berman defeated Arthur Morrison in the Democratic primary on January 30, 2018. Tami L. Donnally was unopposed in the Republican primary.[5][6] Berman defeated Donnally in the special election.
General election
Special general election for Florida State Senate District 31
Lori Berman defeated Tami Donnally in the special general election for Florida State Senate District 31 on April 10, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lori Berman (D) | 74.8 | 22,872 |
| Tami Donnally (R) | 25.2 | 7,704 | |
| Total votes: 30,576 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Lori Berman defeated Arthur Morrison in the special Democratic primary for Florida State Senate District 31.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Tami Donnally advanced from the special Republican primary for Florida State Senate District 31.
2012
Donnally ran in the 2012 election for Florida House of Representatives District 86. Donnally ran unopposed in the Republican primary on August 14, 2012, and was defeated by incumbent Mark Pafford (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Mark Pafford Incumbent |
60.4% | 38,909 | |
| Republican | Tami L. Donnally | 39.6% | 25,527 | |
| Total Votes | 64,436 | |||
2010
Donnally defeated D.J. DeRenzo in the August 24 primary.[8]
| Florida House of Representatives, District 85 - Republican Primary (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Tami Donnally
|
4,899 | 67.41% | ||
| D.J. DeRenzo | 2,368 | 32.59% | ||
Donnally lost to incumbent Joseph Abruzzo (D) in the November 2 general election.[9]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Donnally was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Florida. She was bound to Donald Trump.
Delegate rules
In Florida, delegates to the national convention were selected at congressional district conventions and the state executive meeting. All 99 delegates were bound for three ballots at the Republican National Convention to the winner of the statewide primary.
Florida primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Florida, 2016
| Florida Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.8% | 43,511 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.9% | 21,207 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 2,493 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 17.1% | 404,891 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,899 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0% | 319 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 693 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.1% | 2,624 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.8% | 159,976 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 4,450 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 27% | 638,661 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 1,211 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump |
45.7% | 1,079,870 | 99 | |
| Totals | 2,361,805 | 99 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Florida Department of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Florida had 99 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 81 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 27 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide vote received all of Florida's district delegates.[10][11]
Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the candidate who won the state's primary.[10][11]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Florida State Senate
- Tami Donnally campaign website
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican Party of Florida, "Florida GOP announces 99 delegates," May 14, 2016
- ↑ Republican Party of Florida, "Party Rules of Procedure," January 15, 2011
- ↑ Florida Department of State, "Special Elections," accessed November 9, 2017
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Florida Democrats want injunction to move forward special election dates," November 22, 2017
- ↑ Florida Department of State, "Candidate Listing for 2018 Special Election - Senate 31," accessed December 7, 2017
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Democrat Lori Berman easily takes SD 31 special election primary," January 30, 2018
- ↑ Florida Secretary of State Elections Division, "Candidate List," accessed June 14, 2012
- ↑ Florida Election Watch, "August 24, 2010, State Representative primary results," August 24, 2010
- ↑ Florida Election Watch, "2010 Election results," accessed December 18, 2014
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
