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Another day, another poll showing Marco Rubio walloping Carlos Beruff

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With just 27 days until the primary, a new poll shows Marco Rubio continues to hold a commanding lead over Carlos Beruff. According to a survey from St. Pete Polls, Rubio leads Beruff by nearly 33 points. The survey found 55 percent of likely Republican primary voters polled would vote for Rubio, while 22 percent picked Beruff. Nearly 19 percent of respondents said they would choose someone else in the Republican U.S. primary, while about 5 percent were undecided. Rubio,…

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New poll has Patrick Murphy up big over Alan Grayson, 45%-20%

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Patrick Murphy has a substantial lead over Alan Grayson in the race for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Florida, a new poll released on Wednesday shows. The St. Pete Polls survey of 1,807 Democrats statewide shows Murphy with 45 percent, Grayson at 20 percent, and Pam Keith at 7 percent. The survey also shows that 14 percent prefer another candidate, and another 14 percent are undecided. The poll is the first to be released since the Grayson campaign was rocked by a POLITICO report about domestic-abuse claims by his ex-wife,…

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New internal poll for Charlie Crist shows him up by 12% over David Jolly in CD 13

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Charlie Crist has a 12-point lead over GOP incumbent David Jolly in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, 50 percent to 38 percent, according to a poll released on Tuesday by the Crist campaign. The survey was conducted by Anzalone Liszt Grove Research, a Democratic pollster who worked on Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012. The pollsters say that Crist’s high name recognition is a big factor in his double-digit lead. Crist enjoys 89 percent name ID across the Pinellas County based…

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Betty Reed now says she regrets endorsing Ed Narain in 2014

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Betty Reed says Ed Narain told her late last year that he would never run against her in the Senate District 19 race. Narain says it wasn’t like that. Even though it’s been nearly four months since Narain stunned some local observers and excited others by announcing he would be leaving his House District 61 seat to challenge Reed in the Democratic primary for the seat that encompasses parts of Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties, raw feelings persist about his decision to do so. “I had…

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New poll shows Pat Frank up big over Kevin Beckner in Hillsborough clerk race – 49%-29%

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A survey conducted last week by St. Pete Polls shows Pat Frank leading challenger Kevin Beckner by a substantial margin heading into their Democratic primary race for the Hillsborough County Clerk of the Circuit Courts race. Frank gets 49 percent in the survey to Beckner’s 29 percent. Another 23 percent say they are unsure who to support. The poll was commissioned by St. Petersburg-based political strategist Barry Edwards, who is not affiliated with either campaign. Beckner has a favorable/unfavorable ranking of…

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New poll shows Darryl Rouson well ahead of Betty Reed and Ed Narain in SD 19 contest

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A new public opinion survey shows St. Petersburg-based Democrat Darryl Rouson leading two other Democratic opponents for the open Senate District 19 seat. St. Pete Polls shows Rouson leading in the three-way race with 23 percent support. Former lawmaker Betty Reed is in second place with 18 percent, and current House District 61 Representative Ed Narain is at 11 percent. Senate District 19 comprises parts of both Hillsborough and Pinellas County. There is one caveat to the poll, says St. Pete Polls’ Matt Florell. “The…

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Rick Baker expected to announce soon whether he’s in or out in CD 13 contest

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Rick Baker is still thinking about entering the CD 13 race. The former St. Petersburg Mayor said so last Saturday night at the Pinellas County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner in St. Pete. When asked what his timetable was, Baker replied, “It’s gotta be soon.” Conventional wisdom is that the newly configured district is no longer viable for a Republican after the Florida Supreme Court ordered the Legislature redraw it for violating the Fair Districts constitutional amendments passed in 2010. The addition of…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

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