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• Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle to step aside from Hialeah absentee-ballot investigation

  Hours after her office arrested Deisy Cabrera, a suspected Hialeah absentee-ballot broker Thursday morning, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle announced she will recuse herself from any further involvement in the case.

  Fernández Rundle, who is seeking reelection, said she wants to avoid a potential conflict of interest because an unnamed [...]

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• Obama campaign books mammoth $77m ad buy, $13.4m in Florida

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  Washington (CNN) – The Obama campaign has taken the extraordinary step of booking $77 million in additional ad time starting Friday and running through Election Day, a Republican ad buying source told CNN. The new buy is for thirty second broadcast TV spots that will run in eight battleground [...]

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• RPOF counters Greer: party did not offer hush money

  The Republican Party of Florida has not attempted to settle a civil suit filed against them by former GOP chairman Jim Greer, according to a lawyer for the party.

  "The Republican Party of Florida has never made an offer to pay Jim Greer any money to settle his lawsuit, not [...]

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• Bill Nelson launches Connie Mack-attack ads

  With a neck-and-neck race and an array of third-party groups against him, there was no way Sen. Bill Nelson could let his opening ad buy not tear into Rep. Connie Mack. Get ready for months of scrapping, folks, as the battle to control the U.S. Senate is waged in [...]

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• Medicaid bill for counties cut in half but objections remain

  The amount of money the state says counties owe for unpaid Medicaid bills has been cut nearly in half.

  New calculations from the Agency for Health Care Administration say Florida's 67 counties now owe $168 million to help cover Medicaid costs. That's down from $325.5 million.

  Counties will be asked to settle [...]

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• Obama is greeted in Orlando with birthday song, asks for state's electoral votes

  Campaigning today in swing state Florida, President Obama was greeted with a surprise chorus of "Happy Birthday" -- to mark his 51st on Saturday.

  "If I'd known you guys were going to sing, we would've had a cake," he said. "I would've blown out the candles, I would've made a wish [...]

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• Dem poll: Jose Javier Rodriguez has a shot; DLP beating Barreiro; Romney over Obama

  As the Republican candidates eviscerate each other, political newcomer Jose Javier Rodriguez has a decent shot in the general election against either candidate, according to a new Florida Democratic poll conducted by Schroth Eldon & Associates.
  
  Though District 112 is Republican leaning, Rodriguez is almost tied with either [...]

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• Low profile? Rick Scott to headline $500k Fort Lauderdale fundraiser for Mitt Romney

  Sure, Gov. Rick Scott's keeping a low profile on the campaign trail these days as Mitt Romney runs for president. But it looks like Scott is lending something that's more important than campaign appearances: fundraising help.

  The governor is scheduled tonight to hold a Morton's Steak House fundraiser in Fort Lauderdal [...]

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• In defense country, Scott warns of automatic budget cuts and writes Congress

  Gov. Rick Scott is weighing in early on the congressional debate over deficit reduction, urging lawmakers to find a way to shield the state from deep cuts in defense spending if they fail to find an alternative to the across-the-board reductions set to take effect on Jan. 2, known as [...]

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• Conservative Jewish group announces FL ad-buy bashing Obama over Israel's capital

  The conservative Emergency Committee for Israel says it's launching a TV ad targeting Florida Jewish voters by highlighting the Obama administration for failing to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel. Romney did just that while visiting Israel last weekend. While Israeli leaders consider it their capital, it's a contentious issue [...]

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