
Gov. Rick Scott signed the Legislature’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts Thursday, likely paving the way for more lawsuits surrounding the once-a-decade redistricting process, reports Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida. Scott’s office quietly announced the move in the afternoon without comment. A letter from Scott to Secretary of State Kurt [...]
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The war over the state’s political boundaries entered its next stage Thursday, as final passage of the Legislature’s redistricting plan for the state’s congressional delegation was met with a lawsuit backed by the Florida Democratic Party and the threat of more to come, reports Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida. Within moments of [...]
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The Florida Republican primary will still allocate all of its delegates to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Maybe. Probably. As long as the Republican National Committee doesn’t accept a pending challenge to the winner-take-all rule for Florida’s primary by the campaign of former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who lost Tuesday’s primary to Romney by double digits. [...]
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney stormed to a convincing win in Florida’s Republican presidential primary Tuesday, bolstering the front-runner’s argument that he is the best candidate to compete with President Barack Obama in swing states in the general election, reports Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Romney [...]
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Just four days before the nation’s first big-state presidential primary, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney opens up a 38 – 29 percent lead over former House Speaker Newt Gingrich among Republican likely voters in Florida, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Only 6 percent are undecided, but 32 percent say they might change [...]
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