Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Martinez wins GOP Senate primary Miami-Dade results show that Martinez won there by 70,000 votes. Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []9:56:28 PM   trackback []

Betty Castor wins Democratic primary for Senate A total thrashing of Peter Deutsch so far... Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []9:19:42 PM   trackback []

Election Day sorta-live-blog I'll be doing something live-bloggingish with my post at Red State entitled Election Day in Florida as results and other news come in. Politics comment []4:26:38 PM   trackback []

A couple of things before I head to class... Just cast my optically-scanned ballot.  I'm in a Democratic precinct in a Democratic county, so my ballot was fairly short.  The voting room was as sleepy as one would expect. I've posted an article to Red State about the final days of the Republican primary: Heel of the Hunt: The final days of Florida's GOP Senate Primary. All for now... keep your eye on Frances!!! Florida Senate Campaign, Jackpotzrebie, Politics comment []10:35:54 AM   trackback []

Senate Campaign News 20040831 On primary day, the top story is the St Petersburg Times' withdrawal of its endorsement of Mel Martinez.  The funny thing is that yesterday afternoon the Martinez campaign sent an e-mail with the subject "Martinez sweeps newspaper endorsements".  With the reversal of the Times' endorsement and the endorsement of the Tampa Tribune and Florida Times-Union, Bill McCollum received the endorsements from three of the five largest newspapers in the state.  Hard to see how that constitutes a sweep for Martinez. In twist, Martinez endorsement pulled (Tampa Tribune) Martinez loses papers support (South Florida Sun-Sentinel) Other articles make mention of the endorsement without making it the central focus. Swipes begin to sting for Martinez and McCollum (Florida Times-Union) U.S. Senate race ends with a snarl (St Petersburg Times) To win votes, candidates down to the wire (Miami Herald) Front-runners up last-minute attacks despite GOP's pleas (Palm Beach Post) Ex-cabinent member struggles in Florida state primary (New York Times) Senate race, voting issues grab attention in primary (Associated Press) Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []7:54:55 AM   trackback []