Articles in Category: '2010 election'

By: Lane Wright | Posted: November 4, 2010 2:14 PM
 
In exactly two months, Rick Scott will be sworn in as the 45th governor of Florida. On Thursday, he announced the people who will help him make that transition and a plan for filling the other seats in state government.
 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: November 3, 2010 5:14 AM
 

After hours of anticipation, and a shrinking lead, Rick Scott announced that, however narrow the margin, he will be the winner of the gubernatorial contest.

 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: November 2, 2010 4:05 AM
 
Rick Scott pulled his big bus into a small-business parking lot in West Palm Beach on the eve of Election Day. He's in a tight race with Alex Sink, hoping he can get his supporters -- or at least those against Alex Sink and Democrats -- to the polls.
 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: September 17, 2010 4:05 AM
 

 

Individual members of the South Florida Agriculture Association say they are departing from the association's traditional Republican stance to back a lieutenant governor candidate they know, Democrat Rod Smith.

 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: September 15, 2010 4:05 AM
 

While still down in the polls, Kendrick Meek is trying to bolster his U.S. Senate campaign with the help of the state's veterans.

 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: September 10, 2010 4:05 AM
 

It may not have all the glamor and hype of the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races, but the commissioner of agriculture is not a race -- or a job -- to be ignored.

 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: August 31, 2010 4:05 AM
 

There’s no doubt Florida’s business community holds a lot of sway when it comes to electing the state’s next governor. Associated Industries of Florida boasts the most powerful business lobby in the state and the Florida Chamber of Commerce claims the largest membership with 139,000 businesses in its group.

 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: August 23, 2010 1:52 PM
 

With eight years experience in the house and several years after that working as a lobbyist, many consider Sharon Merchant the "insider candidate" in the Senate District 27 Republican Primary. But Lizbeth Benacquisto is benefiting from ties to the inside too.

 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: August 19, 2010 3:35 PM
 

 

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink says she picked Rod Smith for his integrity, but Smith might also be able to draw big money into the campaign because of his past relationship with U.S. Sugar.
 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: August 18, 2010 4:05 AM
 


Jeff Greene and Kendrick Meek make for a dynamic contrast in the Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate.

 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: August 11, 2010 2:29 AM
 


Rick Scott may be far ahead of Bill McCollum in most areas, but when it comes to the South Florida Hispanic vote, he's trailing.

 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: August 9, 2010 4:57 PM
 

Kendrick Meek took time off his statewide bus tour to vote on the first day of early voting. Immediately after, he attended an early voting rally at the South Florida local of the AFL-CIO.
 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: August 6, 2010 3:55 AM
 

Republican Representative Carl Domino is rich.

At the end of 2009, he reported his earnings at nearly $29 million. And that money has become a point of contention between him and his Republican primary rival, Representative Ellyn Bogdanoff.
 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: August 4, 2010 7:23 PM
 

Just four years ago, Associated Industries of Florida played a major role in getting Bill McCollum elected attorney general. But this year, they've made the unusual move of backing both McCollum and Rick Scott for governor.

 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: August 4, 2010 3:55 AM
 

With so many candidates and so many high-profile races, business leaders attending the annual Associated Industries of Florida conference in Orlando say they're having a hard time trying to decide who to spend their money on.

 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: August 2, 2010 4:05 AM
 

Who's a better leader? The person who's a team player and uses her vote to advance the party's agenda, or the one who stands his ground and votes independently, but is sometimes on the outside of party leadership decisions.

 
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By: Lane Wright | Posted: July 24, 2010 4:05 AM
 
Who's more likely to be the champion of the common man? A multimillionaire businessman or a politician who began more than two decades of public service in 1981?
 
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By: Kevin Derby | Posted: March 4, 2010 (All day)
 

As politicians position themselves for the 2010 elections, sure as the sun comes up in the morning, the ones who hold office will try to use this legislative session to attract attention and lure as much support as they can.
 
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Posted: March 14, 2010 1:14 PM
 

It's a question increasingly asked, a sort of Internet Age social networking parlour game question: Who has the most friends or followers?

Could it be one of the candidates for U.S. Senate: Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio or Kendrick Meek?  Or, perhaps a gubernatorial candidate: Alex Sink, Bill McCollum or Paula Dockery?  One might even venture to guess it's former Gov. Jeb Bush.

A little bird told us the answer...

 
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By: Kenric Ward | Posted: March 11, 2010 6:36 PM
 

Florida Democrats may be gearing up to face Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate race this November, but polls suggest that Gov. Charlie Crist would be a tougher opponent.

Numbers from Public Policy Polling (PPP) released Wednesday follow on the North Carolina-based pollster's report a day earlier that showed Rubio swamping Crist in the Republican primary 60-28.

 
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