Even with a dismal 20.9 percent voter turnout, Republicans Rick Scott and Pam Bondi amassed enough votes to oust better-known, established party candidates Bill McCollum and Jeff Kottkamp.
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RNC Secretary Sharon Day, who John Thrasher defeated earlier in the year to become chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, offered warm congratulations to Rick Scott for defeating Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday.
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Former Senate President Ken Pruitt, who retired his seat in 2009 to return home and be closer to his family, won his primary race Tuesday and now is the Republican nominee for property appraiser in St. Lucie County. Pruitt, who took 55.88 percent of the vote, defeated real estate property manager Judy Culpepper (44.12 percent). He will have Democratic and third party opposition in the general election.
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Bud Chiles, running in the gubernatorial race without party affiliation, welcomed Democratic nominee state CFO Alex Sink and Republican nominee Rick Scott into the general election contest late Tuesday.
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It wasn't easy for Attorney General Bill McCollum to accept that newcomer Rick Scott had upset Florida's Republican establishment -- and with that upset, his dream of being Florida's next governor.
Give the Florida TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party credit. It knows how to stir up controversy ... and maybe even a victory.
In a bit of strategic timing, TEA Chairman Frederic O'Neal endorsed Rick Scott the day before the primary election. The endorsement was immediately challenged by other tea groups, which have a pending lawsuit against O'Neal, alleging that he illegally appropriated the name.
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Senate President Jeff Atwater, the Republican candidate for state CFO, offered warm words for GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott and attorney general nominee Pam Bondi late Tuesday.
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While the close battle for the Republican gubernatorial nomination and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meeks demolishing of Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate election won the headlines, there were a number of dramatic contests in congressional primaries across Florida on Tuesday.
State Rep. Sandy Adams was clinging to a 0.8 percentage-point lead over Winter Park City Commissioner Karen Diebel in the 24th Congressional District Republican primary early this morning.
With the Republican nomination secured, Rick Scott issued an invitation to all Floridians from all parties to join his campaign. And he'll take all the help he can get.
"What I say to every Floridian, come join us. If you can imagine Florida with full employment, come join us. If you can imagine schools that put our children first, come join us. If you can imagine a government that is small and smart and focused on serving you, come join us."
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