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The latest Rasmussen poll — showing Rick Scott and Charlie Crist deadlocked at 47 percent each — was begun on the first night of #FanGate and continued for the next two nights. Did the debate impact the outcome of this poll? It’s hard to tell. On one hand, the shock of seeing the empty stage could have a profound impact on voters, but often the water cooler conversations have a longer lasting impression and this poll was taken during both…

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“Fangate” jokes aside, Florida’s gubernatorial race remains a dead heat in the home stretch. A new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of likely Florida Voters finds current Republican Governor Rick Scott and former Republican Governor Charlie Crist, now a Democrat, each picking up 47% of the vote. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, while four percent (4%) remain undecided. Seventy-six percent (76%) of Florida voters are certain of whom they are going to vote for, but 24% say they…

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Like so many others in Florida politics, when Nancy Watkins calls, I answer the phone. Always. Well, almost always. Watkins, the ultra-connected campaign treasurer for dozens of candidates and political groups throughout the state and across the nation, phoned me two weeks ago, but, inexplicably, I missed her call. That’s no bueno because, usually, Watkins is calling to let me know that one of my clients has authorized her to cut me a check. But this time, Watkins said she was calling for another…

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House District 68 GOP candidate Bill Young II had a solid fundraising run from Oct. 4-10, adding another $24,300, for $175,864 so far in his effort to unseat incumbent Democrat Rep. Dwight Dudley. Young, son of the late Republican U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young, also received nearly $11,000 of in-kind support from the Republican Party of Florida, for staffing and “in-voter contact.” After spending $111,627 in expenditures to date, Young still has a commanding $64,236 cash-on-hand. In the same reporting…

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Attorney General Pam Bondi and her associated political committee have raised more than $3.9 million combined for her re-election effort, according to newly filed finance reports. Bondi’s campaign added $74,965 from Oct. 4 to Oct. 10, for an overall total to $2,096,398. Her campaign also spent $102,096 in the weeklong period, for a total of $926,469 in expenditures as of Oct. 10. Much of the money spent went to advertising-related expenses. At the same time, “Justice for All,” the Bondi-backed…

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In its carefully nuanced voters guide, the Florida Catholic Conference is urging the state’s 2.5 million Catholics “to vote with an informed conscience.” The state’s eight bishops do not endorse candidates but they offer their responses to an array of questions. The bishops also include a statement about the areas of Amendment 2 that they find problematic. They apparently had no issues with the other amendments. While acknowledging that medical marijuana can be beneficial to some, the amendment has the…

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After a slow few months of expenditures, Republican Jeff Atwater’s re-election campaign for state Chief Financial Officer has upped its spending during the final weeks of the General Election. From Oct. 4-10, Atwater’s campaign spent $776,988, after a spending spree of $1,005,415 the previous week, according to new finance reports. Most of the money went to advertising-related expenses as Atwater faces Democrat William Rankin. Atwater raised a total of $2,965,534 through Oct. 10, spending $1,971,941. Rankin, receiving little support from…

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