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• How much did the Bill Nelson/Connie Mack debate matter?

  When Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson faced off in a debate against Republican U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, it's clear they were both armed with plenty of barbs and quips to help fire up their supporters.

  But how many people were actually watching? 

  While nobody has compiled total viewership, television stations estimated that 42,000 people watched in Tampa [...]

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• Couriel's latest mailer criticizes Margolis, but it's not what it appears

  The latest campaign mailer sent out by supporters of Republican John Couriel’s state Senate campaign has a bit of a Through the Looking Glass feel to it because things really aren’t as they appear. 

  For starters, the ad by a political committee backing Couriel attacks his opponent, Democrat Sen. Gwen Margolis of Miami, of [...]

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• Consumer advocate: New trick from insurance companies 'doesn't treat consumers fairly'

  Thankfully for Floridians, Hurricane Sandy skipped the Sunshine State. But that hasn't stopped insurance companies from giving Florida homeowners the run-around, according to Florida’s insurance consumer advocate.

  Robin Westcott penned a letter to Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty highlighting a new anti-consumer trend has emerged among the state’s property insurers.

  After a homeowner submits a [...]

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• State ends contract with education website company amid warring lawsuits

  Florida is terminating a $20 million contract to build a website intended to help students, parents and teachers master new academic standards.

  The Department of Education officially ended the contract on Tuesday, or roughly a week after the Tallahassee technology company hired to build the website filed its own lawsuit against [...]

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• Company says answers about Tampa's flawed nuke plant still months away

  Those hoping for an answer by the end of the year on whether the busted Crystal River nuclear plant will be mothballed or repaired will just have to wait some more.

  Duke Energy told a state Public Service Commission hearing Tuesday that it may not have a decision until summer 2013 [...]

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• Mack makes a prediction: he won't win majority but will win election

  Forget those pesky poll numbers, at least one campaign in Florida is predicting it will win despite them.

  Wait? You say that's not news? Well, take a look at the press release sent out by the Mack for Senate campaign. We think it's a rather loose link to his baseball heritage, [...]

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• In robocall, Marco Rubio backs embattled friend David Rivera

  U.S. Rep. David Rivera is getting a little help from at least one of his friends.

  Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio has recorded a robocall in support of Rivera, his longtime friend and Tallahassee housemate. The calls have been going out to voters in the Kendall-to-Key West Congressional District 26, where [...]

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• SurveyUSA FL poll: Obama-Romney tied at 47%; Obama up with early vote, Romney up with Nov. 6 voters

  We've been posting early and absentee-vote data (Democrats have a lead in ballots cast), and this poll is among the first that examines how those folks might vote. From SurveyUSA:

  8 days until votes are counted in the election for President, the 5% of Florida voters who today are [...]

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• Romney, in Ohio, campaigns with Florida voters via teleconference call

  Republican Mitt Romney began his day campaigning in Florida today, conducting a teleconference town hall meeting in which he reached voters via robo-call. Romney told listeners he was in Dayton, Ohio, “where it’s snowing” and will be "criss-crossing" Florida tomorrow (with a planned fly-around with former Gov. Jeb Bush and [...]

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• With 2.3m Floridians having voted (a quarter of electorate?), Dems lead Reps by more than 41,000 ballots

  The early and absentee-voting reports are in**and Democrats continue to roll up big margins over Republicans now that early voting, in its fourth of eight days, is underway. On Saturday and Sunday, Democrats wiped a lead that Republicans held with absentee ballots (which are typically mailed in).

  As of this [...]

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