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Charlie Crist announcement fractures local Republican Party

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Noah Pransky reports: The fallout from Gov. Charlie Crist’s no-party U.S. Senate run is already taking it’s toll on the local Republican Party. As the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) encourages members to take a loyalty oath, a number of pro-Crist Republicans have changed their official party registration from Republican to either Independent or Democrat. They include former St. Pete mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons, who registered as an Independent on Wednesday. “While I agreed with some of the things the party stood for, not all…

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PolitiFact refutes Dan Gelber’s claim he raised most money of all AG candidates

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State Sen. Dan Gelber says he has received more contributions than any other candidate in the race to become Florida’s next attorney general. “We received over $325,000 in contributions, and we did this during a shortened fundraising quarter of two months,” he wrote. “I have received more contributions than any other candidate in the race — Republican or Democrat.” We wondered if this was accurate, so we checked in with the Gelber campaign where aide Christian Ulvert told us the…

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PolitiFact refutes Dan Gelber’s claim he raised most money of all AG candidates

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State Sen. Dan Gelber says he has received more contributions than any other candidate in the race to become Florida’s next attorney general. “We received over $325,000 in contributions, and we did this during a shortened fundraising quarter of two months,” he wrote. “I have received more contributions than any other candidate in the race — Republican or Democrat.” We wondered if this was accurate, so we checked in with the Gelber campaign where aide Christian Ulvert told us the…

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Club for Growth officially announces plan for refund effort in case of Crist party switch

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The Buzz warned us yesterday that the Club for Growth would mobilize to demand that Charlie Crist refund donation if, as expected, he drops out of the GOP primary and runs for the U.S. Senate as an Independent.  Well, now the Club for Growth has shown its hand, announcing via a press release today: The Club for Growth PAC today announced it is planning to lead a campaign contribution refund effort in the event Florida Governor Charlie Crist leaves the…

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Democrat Tom McKone raises just $2,289 last quarter

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Looks like Tom McKone not-so-insurgent bid against Peter Nehr is about over, especially since Nehr is one of the few Republicans standing up for the teachers in the debate over SB 6.  McKone raised a paltry $2,289 last quarter and spent $2,193.  To date, McKone has raised $16,059 and spent $10,145.

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Jack Latvala leads Nina Hayden by 23 points in race for Florida Senate seat

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According to exclusive poll results obtained by this blog, Republican Jack Latvala holds a 23 point lead over Democrat Nina Hayden.  Latvala  leads Hayden 51% – 28% according to this poll taken on March 17 & 18  and has a margin of error of 4.9%.  Keep in mind, this is not my poll, so I cannot verify the polls’ results, but my source for this information is from the same source that provided the spot-on polling data during the St. Petersbug Mayoral Race.  Latvala maintains…

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Poll numbers: Charlie Crist is a dead man walking

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Of course, it is a robopoll. And 41% of the respondents think the Republicans in Congress are too liberal. From Public Policy Polling: Support for Charlie Crist from conservative voters has pretty much evaporated, and that’s allowed Marco Rubio to build a 32-point lead in the Republican primary for Senate. Rubio now leads Crist 60-28, including a staggering 71-17 lead with conservatives. Crist has a 49-36 advantage with party moderates, but they account for just 31% of likely primary voters…

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