Sunday, August 15, 2004

Senate Campaign News 20040815 As one would guess, Hurricane Charley is the dominant topic in Florida's newspapers. Today did bring a little bit of news, however. Mel Martinez continued his streak of endorsements by major newspapers as he picked up the endorsement of the Orlando Sentinel and South-Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale). On the Democratic side, the Orlando paper went with Betty Castor, while the Fort Lauderdale paper broke her streak by going with Peter Deutsch (a bit of a hometown favorite). Martinez and Deutsch (South Florida Sun-Sentinel) Martinez in Republican... (Orlando Sentinel) ...Castor in Democratic (Orlando Sentinel) LATER: I missed the Tampa Tribune's endorsements.  Martinez' streak is broken as they recommend Bill McCollum.  On the Democratic side, they went with Castor. Castor and McCollum for U.S. Senate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The St Petersburg Times wrote about the oft overshadowed Senate race. Candidates toil in obscurity ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Miami Herald has a biographical article on Republican candidate Bill McCollum. McCollum touts terror warnings ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hurricane Charley has had a bit of an effect on McCollum and Martinez as they both based their campaigns out of Orlando. Martinez' headquarters is without power and is being temporarily reloctated (it also has a Miami office). McCollum's website seems to be down due to the storm. Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []11:00:36 PM   trackback []