Republican Marco Rubio picked up 2 points in Sunshine State News' overnight tracking poll to widen his lead in the U.S. Senate race.
The latest survey shows Rubio rising from 45 percent on Oct. 16 to 47 percent on Oct. 19 -- his highest standing since daily tracking in the three-way contest began Oct. 6.
By contrast, independent Charlie Crist slipped 3 points to 27 percent and Democrat Kendrick Meek remains stalled at 23 percent.
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Dr. Ed Moore, a prominent observer of the Florida political scene, called Wednesday night's gubernatorial debate between Alex Sink and Rick Scott "a bare-knuckled exchange, a real contrast in style, personality and experience."
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Lawmakers could look at changes next year to make it more difficult for political candidates to switch parties midcampaign, a proposal directly in response to Gov. Charlie Crists defection from the Republican Party this past year.
With two weeks to go and polls showing a tight race, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott and Democratic nominee Alex Sink attacked each other on the issues and on their records in a sometimes acrimonious TV debate Wednesday night.
Both major parties have drawn a big red circle around Florida Senate District 27 as a race to win, and with good reason.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid finally appeared in a debate Oct. 14 in Las Vegas with his Republican opponent, Sharron Angle. The appearance might come as a surprise to consumers of the national media. While Angle has been pounded relentlessly by national media outlets as being both dangerously radical and ridiculous, Reid has been left alone and untouched.
For the first time in recent memory, two chambers of commerce in Martin County welcomed a United States senator to address their members.
Hours before his debate with Democratic candidate state CFO Alex Sink, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott took aim at his opponent on Wednesday afternoon, attacking her as a liberal in a new television commercial. The commercial also attacks Sink for allowing felons to sell insurance in the state.
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Citing "a possible conspiracy within the Republican Party of Florida," Florida TEA Party Chairman Fred O'Neal on Wednesday accused the GOP of making false or malicious statements against his party and its candidates.
In a lengthy compendium of documents filed with Leon County State Attorney Willie Meggs and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, O'Neal charged that RPOF statements about the TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party violated Florida Statute 104.271 and that RPOF's financing of a series of lawsuits against TEA violated FS 877.01.
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Sunshine State News will release a new poll Thursday on the 22nd Congressional District race between Democratic Rep. Ron Klein and Republican challenger Allen West.
The race, a hotly contested rematch from 2008, is shaping up to be much closer this time around. See the breakdown and the analysis here tomorrow, and find out why a Florida political consultant calls the bitter South Florida showdown "one of the great stories of 2010."
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