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2010 Elections: Reality Show Politics?
By Robert Schmuhl - Politics DailyWhile the chattering classes and commentariat keep defining 2010 as an anti-incumbent, pro-woman political year, another dimension to this midterm election season might ultimately prove to be more significant. Outsiders, with varying backgrounds and in growing numbers, are stepping up to run for electoral offices across the country. Tuesday's California primary put two successful business executives, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, at the top of the Golden State's Republican ballot for November, with Whitman seeking the governorship and Fiorina vying for the U.S. Senate. Ophthalmologist Rand ...
Newcomer Rick Scott Shakes Up Florida Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyMultimillionaire Rick Scott, who co-founded the Columbia/HCA health care system, has shaken up the Florida governor race since jumping into it in mid-April and eating into Attorney General Bill McCollum's big lead in the race for the GOP nomination. A new poll shows that while McCollum fares better in a general election match-up, Scott would be a competitive candidate. McCollum is leading Democrat Alex Sink, the state's chief financial officer, by 43 percent to 35 percent with 11 percent preferring another candidate and 11 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports survey conducted ...
McCollum Facing Big Challenge to Bid for GOP Governor Nod in Florida
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyUntil recently, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum looked like he had a lock on the GOP gubernatorial nomination, but the sudden entrance of multi-millionaire health care executive Rick Scott in mid-April has caused McCollum's 64 percent support in the primary contest drop to 38 percent, according to a Mason-Dixon poll reported by Florida newspapers Saturday. McCollum leads Scott, who has spent $4.7 million on TV and radio ads since entering the race, by 38 percent to 24 percent. The newspapers did not give a figure for another contender, state Sen. Paula Dockery, who had not been seen ...
Florida Governor's Race Tightens a Bit
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe Florida governor's race has tightened just a bit with Republican Bill McCollum leading Democrat Alex Sink 45 percent to 38 percent with 7 percent preferring another choice and 10 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted April 15. The margin of error is 4.5 points. In Rasmussen's previous survey in March, McCollum had led by 47 percent to 36 percent. McCollum, the state's attorney general, does better among fellow Republicans than Sink, Florida's chief financial officer, is currently doing among Democrats, by a 74 percent to 64 percent margin. They are ...
GOP's McCollum Widens Lead Over Sink in Florida Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFlorida's Republican attorney general, Bill McCollum, is leading Democrat Alex Sink, the state's chief financial officer, by 49 percent to 34 percent in the race for governor, according to a Mason-Dixon Research poll conducted March 23-25 for Florida newspapers. McCollum has been in the forefront of a movement by some of his counterparts in other states to block health care reform by filing lawsuits asserting its unconstitutionality on a variety of grounds. That appears to have boosted his stock in a state where Mason-Dixon says voters opposed the health overhaul measure by 54 percent to 34 ...
GOP's McCollum Has Big Lead Over Democratic Sink in Fla. Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Bill McCollum, Florida's attorney general, is leading Democrat Alex Sink, the state's chief financial officer, by 47 percent to 36 percent in their race for the governor's seat being vacated by Charlie Crist, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 18. Five percent prefer some other candidate and 12 percent are undecided. McCollum is leading Sink among unaffiliated voters by 44 percent to 24 percent with 13 percent preferring another choice and 20 percent undecided. McCollum gets the backing of almost three-quarters of conservative voters as does Sink among liberals. ...
GOP's McCollum Has 13 Point Lead Over Sink in Florida Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Bill McCollum, Florida's attorney general, is leading Alex Sink, the state's chief financial officer, by 44 percent to 31 percent, but at this early stage in the race, 25 percent are undecided and many voters do not know much about either candidate, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted March 5-8. McCollum's margin is about the same as it was in a mid-FebruaryRasmussen Reports poll. In the PPP poll, Fifty percent of voters were unable to express a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the pair. McCollum is getting the backing of 69 percent of fellow Republicans while ...
GOP's McCollum Has Big Lead Over Democrat Sink in Florida Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Bill McCollum, Florida's attorney general, continues to hold a comfortable lead over Democrat Alex Sink, the state's chief financial officer, in the race to succeed Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running for Senate, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 18. McCollum runs ahead of Sink by 48 percent to 35 percent with 4 percent preferring someone else and 12 percent undecided. That result was about the same as in Rasmussen polls of the race last month and in December, and similar also to the findings of a Quinnipiac University poll conducted in January. ...
Republican McCollum Leads Democrat Sink in Another Florida Governor Poll
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFlorida's Republican state Attorney General Bill McCollum leads Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, the Democrat, by 46 percent to 35 percent with 5 percent preferring someone else and 13 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 27. The margin of error is 3 points. Rasmussen says there has not been much movement in this race. In its last three polls dating back to October, McCollum's support has been between 44 percent and 46 percent while Sink's numbers ranged from 35 percent to 39 percent. A Quinnipiac University poll conducted Jan. 20-24 had McCollum ahead 41 ...
Bill McCollum Widens Lead Over Alex Sink in Florida Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFlorida's Republican state Attorney General, Bill McCollum, has increased his lead over the state's Democratic Chief Financial Officer, Alex Sink, by 41 percent to 31 percent with 25 percent undecided in the race to succeed Charlie Crist as governor, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted Jan. 20-24. McCollum's advantage over Sink was 4 points in polls conducted in October and August. McCollum benefits from a much higher level of support from fellow Republicans (84 percent) than Sink does from Democrats (68 percent). McCollum leads 33 percent to 25 percent among independents, with ...
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