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Outsider Scott has lots of insider help
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Kathleen Haughney The News Service of Florida PANAMA CITY — Rick Scott, candidate for governor, is running as the consummate outsider in a year of outsiders. He’s never held office, and he hits the theme often – people are tired o... -
Negative campaigning often works, but sometimes backfires
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsAnyone who turns on a television, especially during a local news show, gets a dose of negative campaigning. With high stakes, the Jeff Greene-Kendrick Meek contest for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate and the Bill McCollum-Rick Scott contest for....Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, Elections, Florida, Palm Beach County
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Rubio, McCollum and Jacobs win Hispanic Chamber’s straw poll
Hispanosphere - Orlando SentinelThe results are in from the straw poll conducted Monday night at the Political Hobnob 2010 of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando. The event, which takes place before every political season, brings together candidates, chamber members and... -
LeMieux to Crist: Return GOP contributions
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Florida U.S. Sen. George LeMieux implied on Tuesday that his old friend and confidant Charlie Crist should return campaign contributions to Republican donors who gave to him before he became an... -
Mel Martinez's Senate swan song: Pride, regrets
Tribune NewspapersWASHINGTON — In a sedate farewell address, Mel Martinez ended his truncated Senate career Wednesday with a pitch for immigration reform and a tribute to Cuban-Americans across the country. Martinez in effect handed over his seat to fellow...Tags: Crimes, Pompano Beach, Migration, Washington (U.S. state), Elections
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Florida's next senator
The announcement Friday by Mel Martinez that he won't finish his Senate term has turned Florida politics on its head. But it can easily right itself — and, in the process, do right by the residents of Florida. Gov. Charlie Crist holds the cards...Tags: Local Elections, Washington (U.S. state), Alaska, Elections, Toni Jennings
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Diaz-Balart brothers endorse Crist for Senate
WPLG-Ch. 10Gov. Charlie Crist has received two key Republican endorsements from Miami in his run for the U.S. Senate. U.S. Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart both announced Monday they are supporting Crist in next year's race to replace Sen. Mel...Tags: Lincoln Diaz-Balart, U.S. Senate, Elections, West Miami, Executive Branch
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Regulators question FPL's use of jets
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe use of corporate Florida Power & Light Co. jets to fly elected leaders, public officials and family members came under heavy scrutiny Wednesday as part of a state hearing on the utility's request for a rate hike. About 1,500 pages of flight logs were...Tags: Elections, Republican Party, Lobbying, Government, Florida Power & Light
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Crist visits Palm Beach, misses Rubio
South Florida Sun SentinelGov. Charlie Crist blamed a busy schedule for missing an early U.S. Senate campaign showdown during his swing through Palm Beach County on Friday to appear at a journalism convention. Crist strolled into The Breakers in Palm Beach a few hours ahead of...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Journalism, Tampa, Government, Palm Beach County
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Gov. Crist opposes Sotomayor nomination
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe nation's business in Washington is already on the mind of Gov. Charlie Crist. The first-term Florida governor who is leaving that office to seek a vacant U.S. Senate seat said Tuesday he opposes the nomination of Sonya Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme...Tags: Local Elections, Personal Weapon Control, Washington (U.S. state), Elections, New York
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Sen. Mel Martinez's exit kicks ball to Crist
Sentinel Staff WritersU.S. Sen. Mel Martinez ended months of speculation that he wouldn't finish his term and abruptly announced his resignation Friday — opening the door for Gov. Charlie Crist to name a replacement to the seat he is seeking in 2010. "My priorities have...Tags: Local Elections, Crimes, Tampa, Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist
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Crist adds ex-chief of staff to list for Senate
Tallahassee BureauBroward County's George Lemieux, former chief of staff to Gov. Charlie Crist (below), emerged Wednesday as a leading contender for the appointment to fill Mel Martinez's seat in the U.S. Senate. "George Lemieux is the kind of man, the kind of Floridian,...Tags: Local Elections, Elections, Labor Day, Lawyers, Government
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Aug 7, 2009
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