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The 2010 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Republican-turned-independent incumbent Governor Charlie Crist chose not to run for a second term and he ran unsuccessfully for the Senate seat vacated by Mel Martínez. [2] This resulted in an open race for Governor of Florida in which Republican Rick Scott narrowly ...
Elections were held in Florida on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on August 24, 2010.. Florida had 4.6 million Democrats and 4 million Republicans. The latter outpolled Democrats among the 2.4 million independent voters and attracted conservative Democrats in cross-party voting.
Hernando County Sheriff Rich Nugent won the Republican primary to face Democratic businessman Jim Piccillo (campaign site, PVS, FEC), a former Republican and political novice. [11] Nugent defeated Piccillo in the general election. Race ranking and details from CQ Politics; Campaign Contributions from OpenSecrets; Race profile at The New York Times
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In April 2010, Crist dropped out of the Republican primary and ran as an Independent. The National Republican Senatorial Committee withdrew its endorsement of Crist and demanded a refund of its campaign funds that it provided for the Crist campaign. [3] [4] [5] Rubio went on to win the Republican primary against only token opposition.
Florida Republicans mostly lined up behind Donald Trump in Tuesday’s primary election. But in a race with only token opposition, nearly 20% of them voted for someone else.
With Governor Charlie Crist opting to run for the United States Senate in 2010 rather than seek re-election, Lieutenant Governor Jeff Kottkamp ran for attorney general. He was joined in the Republican primary by former state representative and Crist administration official Holly Benson and assistant state attorney Pam Bondi.
Bondi ran for Florida attorney general in the 2010 election, facing off against former state representative Holly Benson and lieutenant governor Jeff Kottkamp in the Republican primary. In a competitive field, Bondi notably received the support of former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin .