As Election Day 2006 nears, Florida voters are focusing on who should replace Jeb Bush as the next governor, Attorney General Charlie Crist or Congressman Jim Davis. The insurance industry should be taking a broader view and be more concerned with what the entire Florida Cabinet will look like after its first change in four years.

The cabinet is made up of the Governor, the Chief Financial Officer, the Attorney General, and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. All the seats are up for grabs, with varying degrees of uncertainty as to the winner.

Each cabinet member serves a four-year term with a two-term limit and is responsible for the administration of at least one state department. The 2006 election is the first since the cabinet was consolidated from six members to four.

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