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Florida Republicans Divided Over Senate Race, New Poll Shows

July 27, 2015 - 9:15am
David Jolly and Bill McCollum
David Jolly and Bill McCollum

A new poll shows a wide open Republican primary to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016. Rubio is running for the Republican presidential nomination and has said he will not seek a second term in the Senate. 

Mason-Dixon released a survey on Monday showing almost half of Florida Republicans -- 45 percent -- remain undecided on who they will back in the Senate primary. 

Among the potential candidates, former Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, who is still pondering getting in the race, is ahead with 22 percent, twice the amount of support of U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., his nearest rival at 11 percent. U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., takes third with 8 percent followed by Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, R-Fla., with 7 percent. U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., who will make a decision in August on entering the fray, garners 6 percent while businessman Todd Wilcox pulls 1 percent. 

Brad Coker from Mason-Dixon noted McCollum was well-known from his failed gubernatorial bid in 2010 and efforts to get elected to the Senate in 2000 and 2004.

“On the Republican side, McCollum would, in fact, start at the head of the pack," Coker insisted. “However, he would get the immediate support of only 22 percent  of GOP voters. Given his history of losing early leads in several previous statewide races, that number would not be daunting enough to scare away any rivals.”

When McCollum is taken out of the mix, a clear majority of those surveyed -- 55 percent -- are undecided. Jolly moves up to first with 16 percent followed by Lopez-Cantera at 10 percent, DeSantis with 9 percent and Miller with 8 percent. Wilcox trails with 2 percent. 

The poll of 500 Florida Republicans was taken from July 20-24 and had a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percent. 

 

Reach Kevin Derby at kderby@sunshinestatenews.com or follow him on Twitter: @KevinDerbySSN

Comments

Who cares what THE DONALD's wife and daughter look like. He is not that good looking...he is liable to give people nightmares.

THE DONALD has a great looking wife and daughter. Good enough reason to vote for him. Barbara Bush was the FATTEST and UGLIEST First Lady EVER!!!!

Hey butt head have you looked at your namesake lately, and Michelle:)))

"Hillary", your sobriquet, along with your comments, leads one to believe that you too fill the requisite overweight, obnoxious, lying. 55+, man-hating, probably divorced, condecending, pant-suit wearing, "Save The Children" (or at least hand them over to "the Village"), control freak female in the same category as ONLY "book review meeting" similar friends... I'll wager that you're a "fun" person...so quick to criticize other women who you could never manage to even be in the same room with in your pathetic life ... yes, a "fun" person.

The GOOD news, Rubio is NOT running again for Congress. The EVEN BETTER NEWS is; Rubio and Bill "Charlie Crist" McCollum have absolutely no shot at being elected to the posts they're running for! McCollum thinks that with time, some people forget, and all the new voters will have no knowledge of just how terrible an elected official he was! BUT, we're here to remind them all!

"A bird in hand"....Senator Rubio; revisit your decision...If we can't get you in the Oval Office, at least we will still be able to count upon you in the Senate. Florida needs your experience ! (Another useless incompetent next to Nelson would be unconsionable and too big a chance to take...Florida would suffer)

Bill McCollum is the Charlie Crist of the Republican Party. He is our perennial Loser and will only serve to suck up money that should go to David Jolly. He runs the worst campaigns in Florida.

David Jolly voted to FUND Obama's "ILLEGAL AMNESTY" (That alone shows he is just one more "puppet"nwith singular employment experience as a former Congressional Aide, and then a Lobbyest ).. (Listen to him speak folks, he is "in over his head" !) AND as for McCollum: we always referred to him as "Howdy Doody" during the time he unsuccessfully ran for so many government positions. The "government mammary" is ALWAYS so attractive to re-run candidates...once "yanked off" the "milk line" is to always yearn for an unoccupied teat......A sad "political dilemma" inherent in all politicians' minds...

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