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UNF poll of Florida primary: Donald Trump 36%, Marco Rubio 24%

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Donald Trump continues lead Marco Rubio in the Sunshine State. In a new University of North Florida poll of likely Republican primary voters, Trump leads the Republican field with 36 percent support. Rubio is in second with 24 percent, followed by Ted Cruz at 15.5 percent, and John Kasich at 8.8 percent. More than 14 percent of likely Republican primary voters polled said they didn’t know who they will vote for in the GOP primary. Nearly three-quarters of likely Republican primary voters said they would vote for…

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Rick Scott declines to endorse in Florida primary

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Gov. Rick Scott won’t be wading any deeper into presidential politics — at least not yet. The Naples Republican on Thursday said he would not endorse a candidate before the March 15 Republican primary. In a statement on his Facebook page, Scott said he has made it his practice “not to get involved in primaries because picking the Republican candidate is the voters’ job.” “The political class opposed me when I first ran for office, they did not want a…

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