Crist Leads 3-Way Senate Race; Gov's Contest Too Close to Call

Submitted by Anonymous on July 30, 2010 - 6:52am

Gov. Charlie Crist's triangulation strategy appears to be working. The Republican-turned-independent leads a three-way U.S. Senate race, according to a Quinnipiac Poll released Friday.

Crist garnered 37 percent, followed by 32 percent for Republican Marco Rubio and 17 percent for Jeff Greene, the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination, according to the latest survey by the Connecticut-based pollster.

If U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek were the Democratic nominee, Crist's lead would be even larger -- 39 to 33 percent for Rubio and 13 percent for Meek.

The race for governor is a squeaker between Democrat Alex Sink, the state's chief financial officer, and either of the Republican candidates, retired health care executive Rick Scott or Attorney General Bill McCollum, Quinnipiac said.

Scott gets 29 percent to Sink's 27 percent with independent Bud Chiles receiving 14 percent. If McCollum wins the GOP primary, he would get 27 to 26 percent for Sink and 14 percent for Chiles.

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