In a primary where the two South Florida candidates can appear very similar to voters, some analysts think the business community could ultimately decide which Democrat will go on to face the Republican challenger in the attorney general race.
Apparently, buyers are getting the word.
Sales of existing homes in Florida rose 15 percent in June, the 22nd consecutive monthly year-to-year increase, the Florida Realtors Association said.
A total of 18,038 single-family homes sold statewide last month compared to 15,732 in June 2009.
But prices continued to slump. The median price of $143,400 was 3 percent lower than a year ago. But, encouragingly, the June price was 2.1 percent higher than the previous month's figure.
Condominium sales followed a more extreme pattern.
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Two polls released Thursday reveal that the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. George LeMieux remains uncertain, with a tight race at the top and a close battle for the Democratic nomination.
Bill McCollum received $1,260,142.17 in campaign matching funds from the state Friday, looking for as much cash as he can to battle billionaire Rick Scott for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. (See the campaign finance documents attached at the bottom of the story.)
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, currently in the middle of a bitter battle with Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate race, praised Congress for extending unemployment benefits on Thursday -- and turned his fire on the Republicans for looking to block the measure.
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Joshua Green over at the Atlantic makes an excellent case for why former Gov. Jeb Bush represents the best candidate for Republicans looking to win the White House in 2012.
Green reviewed the pack and PACs of 2012 Republican hopefuls, noting that former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts hauled in the most money.
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Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, announced two mayors were backing his bid to win the Democratic attorney general nomination on Thursday afternoon.
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While recent polls show that Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running for the U.S. Senate without party affiliation, has built a lead over likely Republican candidate Marco Rubio, a poll released by Rasmussen Reports found the race was a toss-up -- and whether Crist or Rubio is ahead depends on which Democrat is at the bottom of the poll.
The poll had Rubio ahead with 35 percent, Crist in second with 33 percent and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek --currently in a close primary battle with Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination --at 20 percent.
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Locked in a close primary battle with a little over a month until the primary election, the three candidates fighting it out for the Republican nomination for attorney general announced late Wednesday that they will hold a debate Saturday, July 31.
Public Policy Polling keeps revealing its poll of Florida voters from July 16-18 in bits and pieces.
On Thursday,poll numbers from the hotly contested Republican gubernatorial primary battle and the fight for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate were revealed.
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