The primary battles for Florida’s GOP gubernatorial nomination and the Democratic nod for senator will be settled by voters on Tuesday, and the latest poll shows that the trends continue in favor of the two candidates who were the initial frontrunners before wealthy challengers shook up the races. Four-term Rep. Kendrick Meek leads billionaire Jeff [...]
After several Republican “establishment” candidates bit the dust this year when challenged by “outsiders” in Senate and gubernatorial primaries, the establishment now looks like it might strike back in Florida’s race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. The contest will be decided in a primary on Tuesday. State Attorney General Bill McCollum, a former 10-term congressman [...]
After two wealthy political newcomers shook up Florida’s primary races in both parties, the original favorites — Democratic Senate hopeful Kendrick Meek and GOP gubernatorial contender Bill McCollum — have regained their footing and pulled back ahead of their challengers, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted Aug. 11-16. The new survey confirmed the trends [...]
The volatility of the race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in Florida was underlined by a new poll that shows former health care executive Rick Scott running ahead of state Attorney General Bill McCollum by 10 points — a survey in sharp contrast to another poll this week that had McCollum rebounding. Scott leads McCollum [...]
Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum unveiled a sweeping immigration bill for Florida that he said would be stricter than Arizona’s controversial law that allows police to check the immigration status of residents who are pulled over or detained, The Miami Herald reported. “Arizona is going to want this law,” said McCollum, the Sunshine State’s [...]
Former health care executive Rick Scott has not only overtaken state Attorney General Bill McCollum in the race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in Florida, he is now the stronger candidate of the two against Democrat Alex Sink, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted August 2. Scott leads Sink, the state’s chief financial officer, [...]
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