Coming Out of Nowhere
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Coming Out of Nowhere
The State of Florida The Candidates The Campaign The Results
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The State of Florida
Race/Ethnicity 76.6% White 15.4% Black 2.3% Asian 20.6% Hispanic
Occupation 39.3% Blue Collar
60.7% White Collar
Median Income $47.4k in state $51.4k in U.S.
Partisanship R +2, PVI
’08 Presidential Vote
Obama, +2.5%
Table 8.1 Party Affiliation of Florida Voters, 1986–2010
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The Candidates: Democrat Kendrick Meek
Occupation
Law Enforcement
Political Experience
House of Representatives, 2003-11
Florida Senate, 1998-2002
Florida House of Representatives, 1994-1998
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The Candidates: Republican Mark Rubio
Occupation Attorney
Political Experience
Speaker, Florida House of Representatives, 2007-09
Florida House of Representatives, 2000-09
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The Candidates: Independent Charlie Crist
Occupation Attorney
Political Experience
Governor of Florida, 2007-11
Attorney General of Florida, 2003-07
Education Commissioner of Florida, 2001-03
Florida State Senate, 1992-98
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Figure 8.1 Rubio vs. Crist vs. Meek Polling Averages, 2010
Table 8.2 Campaign Finance Data for Florida Senate Campaigns, 2004–2010
Table 8.3 Voter Characteristics and Senate Preferences in Florida, 2010
Table 8.4 Opinion of Political Conditions and Senate Preferences, 2010
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The Campaign: Crist’s “Independence”
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The Campaign: Crist’s “Integrity”
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The Campaign: Crist’s “Vetoed”
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The Campaign: Crist’s “What Do We Really Know?”
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The Campaign: Crist’s “Crossroads”
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The Campaign: Crist’s “What’s Right”
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The Campaign: Crist’s “Cross the Line”
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The Campaign: Crist’s “Best of Both”
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The Campaign: Crist’s “Line in the Sand”
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The Campaign: Rubio’s “Dream”
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The Campaign: Rubio’s “Kids”
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The Campaign: Rubio’s “Most Important”
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The Campaign: Rubio’s “Accident”
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The Campaign: Rubio’s “We All Know”
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The Campaign: Rubio’s “Honremos”
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The Campaign: Rubio’s “Padres”
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The Campaign: Rubio’s “Backwards”
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The Campaign: Meek’s “My Life”
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The Campaign: Meek’s “Only One”
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The Results
Mark Rubio Charlie Crist Kendrick Meek0
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2,645,743 1,607,549 1,092,936
