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Poll: Republican incumbent Rick Scott trails Charlie Crist in Florida...
Crist, the Sunshine State’s former governor, also calls for ending U.S. embargo against Cuba MIAMI (CFP) — Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist holds a small lead over Republican...
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Florida’s last two governors, Rick Scott and Charlie Crist, to battle in...
Crist, who served a single term as governor as a Republican, wins the Democratic nomination to face off with incumbent Republican Scott TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CFP) — This November, Florida voters will...
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Analysis: Florida Democrats putting their eggs in Charlie Crist’s (flawed)...
Democrats are gambling that Crist won’t do something foolish or shameless before election day ♦By Rich Shumate, Chickenfriedpolitics.com editor More than 4.6 million registered Democrats call Florida...
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Debate between Crist and Scott in Florida starts off with nasty spat over a fan
Republican Gov. Rick Scott refuses to take the stage because of a fan placed under Crist’s podium DAVIE, Florida (CFP) — A gubernatorial debate in Florida took a bizarre turn, when Republican Gov. Rick...
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Clinton and Giuliani appear in ads for Florida candidates they once opposed
Clinton calls Democrat Charlie Crist “the people’s governor,” as Giuliani slams Crist in an ad for Republican Rick Scott ♦By Rich Shumate, Chickenfriedpolitics.com MIAMI (CFP) — Just eight years after...
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Analysis: 2014 is a year of missed opportunity for Southern Democrats
Democrats across the region making little headway in overcoming Republican hegemony ♦By Rich Shumate, Chickenfriedpolitics.com editor This year, 10 GOP-held U.S. Senate seats are up for election across...
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Republican governors survive in Florida and Georgia
The GOP also takes away an open Democratic governorship in Arkansas ♦By Rich Shumate, Chickenfriedpolitics.com editor ELECTION CENTRAL (CFP) — The Republican firewall held at the gubernatorial level...
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Republicans make gains in statehouses across the South
GOP takes control in West Virginia for the first time in 80 years, makes strong gains in Arkansas, Florida ♦By Rich Shumate, Chickenfriedpolitics.com editor ELECTION CENTRAL (CFP) — Republicans made...
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Southern Politics 2014: The Year In Review
2014 was a much better year for Republicans than for reality stars revamped as politicos ♦By Rich Shumate, Chickenfriedpolitics.com editor A congressman man caught kissing. Reality stars trying to...
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Charlie Crist won’t run for Florida U.S. Senate seat in 2016
The Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat announces his decision in a Facebook post TAMPA (CFP) — Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist says he will not seek a U.S. Senate seat from the...
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Charlie Crist launches run for Florida congressional seat
Crist’s latest race comes after two statewide losses and two party switches ♦By Rich Shumate, Chickenfriedpolitics.com editor ST. PERTERSBURG, Florida (CFP) — After losing two statewide elections in...
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Southern GOP, Democratic senators split on using “nuclear option” in Gorsuch...
Senate eliminates filibusters of Supreme Court nominees in party-line vote WASHINGTON (CFP) — With the support of all 24 Southern Republicans, the U.S. Senate has changed its rules to eliminate...
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Florida U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen bowing out after three decades in Congress
Her departure opens up a prime opportunity for Democrats to pick up a GOP-held seat ♦By Rich Shumate, Chickenfriedpolitics.com editor MIAMI (CFP) — U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the dean of Florida’s...
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Report: Tennessee U.S. Senator Bob Corker to stick with retirement
Decision clears way for Senate showdown between GOP U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn and former Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor WASHINGTON (CFP) — After...
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Florida Governor Rick Scott announces U.S. Senate run
Race between Scott and incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Nelson could be nation’s most expensive By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com ORLANDO (CFP) — Republican Florida Governor Rick Scott has made...
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Poll: Graham, DeSantis both now clearly front-runners in Florida governor...
Mason-Dixon poll shows DeSantis up by double digits in GOP contest; Graham leads by 9 points among Democrats By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com JACKSONVILLE (CFP) — With a month to go before...
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Florida Primary: DeSantis wins GOP governor’s nod; Gillum is surprise winner...
Three Democratic U.S. House incumbents survive; Donna Shalala wins race for Miami seat By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor TALLAHASSEE (CFP) — November’s election for Florida governor will...
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Election Preview: Four Southern U.S. Senate races are key in battle for control
Republicans are defending seats in Texas and Tennessee; Democrats in Florida and West Virginia By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor (CFP) — With the balance of power in the U.S. Senate...
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Decision ’18: Democrats fail to make major breakthrough in the South
Republicans sweep U.S. Senate and governor’s races; Democrats make a net gain of at least 9 seats in the U.S. House By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com (CFP) — The big, blue wave that Democrats...
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Lawsuits fly as Florida readies to recount three close statewide races
Recounts expected in contests for U.S. Senate, governor and agriculture commissioner By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com TALLAHASSEE (CFP) — Eighteen years after the nation was transfixed by a...
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