The bad economy, Democrats’ terrible political handling of health care reform and an unusually high number of positions up for election allowed a wave of Republican governors to be swept into office across the country last year. Yet this wave of success, and the poor economy which enabled it, could become a real political headache [...]

Florida’s Republican Governor Rick Scott is now among the most unpopular major politicians in America. A new Quinnipiac poll finds that, by a 2-1 margin, Floridians disapprove of his job performance. Florida voters disapprove 57 – 29 percent of the job Gov. Rick Scott is doing, the worst score of any governor in the states [...]

According to the newest Sunshine State News Poll, the race for Governor in Florida is dead even with Democrat Alex Sink and Republican Rick Scott each getting 45 percent of the vote. Sunshine State News (10/20) Alex Sink (D) 45 Rick Scott (R) 45 Other 8 Undecided 2 The Florida gubernatorial election is one of [...]

A recurring segment where I pick out some campaign ads that have caught my eye. • CO-Sen: I know there’s some question about where the money for these Karl Rove-led American Crossroads ads have come from, but until now I haven’t seen one with the potential to be as brutally effective as this number about [...]

Self-funded millionaire Rick Scott is now leading in the Florida Governor’s race by six points over Democrat Alex Sink, according to the latest Quinnipiac poll of likely voters. Quinnipiac (9/23-28) Rick Scott (R) 49 Alex Sink (D) 43 Someone else 1 DK/NA 7 After the Rick Scott won the extremely heated GOP primary, there was [...]

Last night, outsider millionaire Rick Scott beat establishment choice Bill McCollum to become the Republican Party’s nominee for governor in Florida. But Scott has not emerged from the brutal primary unscathed. He has strong net unfavorable numbers and is currently trailing Democrat Alex Sink according to the latest poll from PPP (PDF). PPP (PDF) (8/21-22) [...]

Today features primary elections in Alaska, Arizona, Florida and Vermont, along with a primary runoff in Oklahoma. I will be live blogging all of the results except for the very late closing Alaska. You can find a preview of what to watch for tonight here. You can find live updated results at Politico, Florida Division [...]

Primaries take place today in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, and Vermont along with a primary runoff in Oklahoma. The biggest races of the evening are both in Florida — the Democratic primary for Senate and the Republican primary for Governor.

With the primary tomorrow, three polling firms, Mason-Dixon (PDF), Quinnipiac and PPP (PDF), are out with their final surveys of the Democratic Senate primary and the Republican gubernatorial primary in Florida. All three pollsters agree that Rep. Kendrick Meek now has at least a ten-point lead over Billionaire Jeff Greene. Meek appears to be in [...]

Thanks to a brutal Republican primary battle between Attorney General Bill McCollum and billionaire Rick Scott, Democrat Alex Sink has been able to take the lead for the first time in Quinnipac’s newest poll. Quinnipac (8/11-16) Alex Sink (D) 31 Bill McCollum (R) 29 Bud Chiles (I) 12 Someone else 2 Wouldn’t Vote 5 DK/NA [...]