This morning, Republican Senator Mel Martinez announced he would not seek re-election, using the age-old political excuse of wanting to spend more time with his family.
Unlike the Sink announcement, this is something I expected.
This blows the race wide open. Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum has already stated his interest in running for the Senate again: [...]
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Politico is reporting that Florida CFO Alex Sink will not run for either the governorship or the U.S. Senate, and instead will opt to seek a second term as CFO.
Sink has for some time been the most widely discussed Democratic candidate for either race, and if she chose to run for either, would almost certainly [...]
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Continuing our series of articles looking forward to races in 2010, we take a look at the race for Attorney General of Florida, an office currently held by Republican Bill McCollum.
The Republicans
Bill McCollum
McCollum, the Republican incumbent, is relatively popular; while there has been some chatter about McCollum making another run at the Senate in 2010, [...]
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Continuing our series of articles looking forward to races in 2010, we take a look at the race for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Mel Martinez.
The Republicans
Mel Martinez
Republican incumbent Mel Martinez is not incredibly popular, with only a 42% approval rating among Floridians, according to a recent Quinnipac poll. In fact, Martinez [...]
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In the first of a series of articles looking forward to races in 2010, we take a look at how the race for Governor of Florida is shaping up.
The Republicans
Current governor Charlie Crist is popular, and barring some major scandal or unforeseen event, will be running for reelection. A Quinnipac poll released last week puts [...]
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