Florida Statute 105.011 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 105
NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS

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105.011 Definitions.—

(1) As used in this chapter, the term “judicial office” includes the office of:

(a) Justice of the Supreme Court.

(b) Judge of a district court of appeal.

(d) County court judge.

(2) A judicial office is a nonpartisan office, and a candidate for election or retention thereto is prohibited from campaigning or qualifying for such an office based on party affiliation.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-49; s. 1, ch. 72-310; s. 36, ch. 77-175.

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Nipper v. Smith, 39 F.3d 1494 (11th Cir. 1994).

Cited 25 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1994 WL 642754

...rily retained the old system of partisan judicial elections. In 1971, the Florida legislature adopted its first nonpartisan electoral system for the state judiciary. The statute, the contemporary counterpart of which is now codified as Fla.Stat.Ann. § 105.011(2) (West 1992), provided essentially that “[a] judicial office is a nonpartisan office, and a candidate for election or retention thereto is prohibited from campaigning or qualifying for such an office based on party affiliation.” 9 At...

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Davis v. Chiles, 139 F.3d 1414 (11th Cir. 1998).

Cited 25 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 8339, 1998 WL 210571

...territorial jurisdiction of their respective courts." Fla. Const. art. V § 10. Under Florida law, there is a difference between an "election," which allows for competing candidates, and a "retention" vote for judicial office, which does not. See Fla. Stat. § 105.011(2) (distinguishing between an "election" and a "retention" in defining a "judicial office")....

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Davis v. Chiles, 139 F.3d 1414 (11th Cir. 1998).

Cited 16 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...territorial jurisdiction of their respective courts.” Fla. Const. art. V § 10. Under Florida law, there is a difference between an “election,” which allows for competing candidates, and a “retention” vote for judicial office, which does not. See Fla. Stat. § 105.011(2) (distinguishing between an “election” and a “retention” in defining a “judicial office”)....

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Orange Cnty., Florida v. Rick Singh, etc., 268 So. 3d 668 (Fla. 2019).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...Elections," provides that judicial officers and school board members are nonpartisan offices. Candidates for judicial offices (or those seeking retention) are "prohibited from campaigning or qualifying for such [offices] based on party affiliation." § 105.011(2), Fla....

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Orange Cnty., Florida v. Rick Singh, etc. (Fla. 2019).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...Elections,” provides that judicial officers and school board members are nonpartisan offices. Candidates for judicial offices (or those seeking retention) are “prohibited from campaigning or qualifying for such [offices] based on party affiliation.” § 105.011(2), Fla....

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