When Gov.-elect Rick Scott unveiled his economic plan on the campaign trail this summer, there was a portion that caught many law enforcement professionals by surprise: a proposed $1 billion cut to the state’s corrections’ budget.

Spurred by a neck-and-neck race that has them smelling the governor’s office, Democrats had their best two-month fund-raising period ever, making the electoral money race with the Florida Republican Party mirror the contest between Rick Scott and Alex Sink: pretty much tied.

Pam Bondi is one of Florida’s best-known prosecutors. She has analyzed big-time crime on Fox and CNN and personally tried some of the state’s highest-profile capital murder cases during her 18 years in Tampa-area courtrooms.