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Alex Sink still undecided about second bid for Governor listen
03/22/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Alex Sink, Tiger Bay Club, Suncoast Tiger Bay Club, education, reproductive rights, Rick Scott, governor's race
The big question on the minds of Suncoast Tiger Bay Club members was, ‘Will Alex Sink run for Governor again?’” And Thursday, Sink’s answer at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club was the same as it has been for months: never say never. Sink said right now she’s focused on making a difference in Florida as a private citizen.
Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink told attendees of the packed Tiger Ba...
Be the first to commentChiles: GOP political groups sidestep campaign finance laws listen
08/26/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bud Chiles, campaign finance, Florida politics, Mill McCollum, governor's race, Nancy Watkins, Robert Watkins and Co., super PAC
Many of the political ads you’re seeing this election year are not paid for by individual campaigns. Instead, entities called political action committees, or PACs, often foot the bill. Some see this as a shameless way to sidestep campaign finance law, since unlike official campaigns, there’s no limit to how much individuals can donate to a PAC. Independent candidate for governor Bud Chiles was in Tampa today accusing a local accounting firm of legally laundering money for GOP causes.
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1 commentsChiles on partisanship, money, and the governor's race listen
08/26/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bud Chiles, Alex Sink, Rick Scott, campaign finance, Florida politics, Bill McCollum, governor's race
He’s been called a spoiler for Alex Sink, whom Democrats are hoping will be Florida’s next governor. But Lawton "Bud" Chiles III doesn’t see it that way. Today in South Tampa, he said he was emboldened by the fact that unknown candidate Mike McCalister got more than 10% of the GOP vote in Tuesday’s primary.
Bud Chiles said the fact that Republican newcomer Rick Scott spent tens of millions of dollars to get less than half of the GOP vote it shows voters are sick of pricey mudslinging.
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Be the first to commentCandidates for Governor speak about health reform listen
06/18/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Alex Sink, Bill McCollum, Bud Chiles, governor's race
In Sarasota yesterday, three major candidates vying for the governor’s mansion made their cases in front of a roomful of journalists and political junkies. Notably absent was Republican Rick Scott, who said he was busy filling out election paperwork in Tallahassee. The candidates who did show up spoke on a gamut of issues, and health care was front and center.
Democrat Alex Sink said she wouldn’t carry out the lawsuit that Attorney General Bill McCollum brought against the federal governm...
Be the first to commentLawton "Bud" Chiles does some old-fashioned politickin' Ybor listen
06/11/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bud Chiles, governor's race, 2010 election
Last week, the Florida governor’s race got a little more interesting when Lawton “Bud” Chiles III entered the race without party affiliation. Though he’s the son of former governor Lawton Chiles, he’s still somewhat unknown. Today the gubernatorial hopeful was in Ybor City talking about the changes he’d like to see in Tallahassee.
In 1970, then-State Senator Lawton Chiles II walked from the panhandle to the Keys. His son, Lawton “Bud” Chiles III, was sixteen at the time. On a walk of his o...
Be the first to commentSink not fazed by polls showing Scott ahead listen
06/10/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Alex Sink, Rick Scott, Bill McCollum, gubernatorial race, governor's race
In November, Floridians will choose their next governor. In a year many say is defined by anti-incumbent sentiment, the polls are now showing voters favoring wealthy yet controversial newcomer Rick Scott, a Republican. But Democratic front runner Alex Sink wants to give whoever else is on November’s ballot a run for their money.
The latest poll shows millionaire medical executive Rick Scott leading his GOP opponent, Attorney General Bill McCollum, 44 to 31 percent. Another poll shows Sink,...
2 commentsGubernatorial hopeful Paula Dockery speaks about ultrasound bill, education and her opponents listen
05/21/10 Arielle StevensonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: wmnf, Paula Dockery, Bill McCollum, Alex Sink, governor's race
Republican State Senator Paula Dockery spoke at the Tiger Bay Club in St. Petersburg this afternoon as she begins her run in the gubernatorial GOP primary. Dockery is facing off against Attorney General Bill McCollum and wildcard Naples millionaire Rick Scott. Currently, Dockery has a ways to go in early voter GOP primary polls, which show the relatively unknown Scott with 22% and McCollum with 46%. Dockery, who in the same poll had only 3% of the vote, says that politics remains a game of mo...
1 commentsAlex Sink ready for 2010 election season listen
12/23/09 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Alex Sink, Bill McCollum, Charlie Crist, governor's race
2009 is almost over, and that means election season will be coming up in less than a year. With Governor Charlie Crist running for Mel Martinez’s vacated seat in the Senate, the Florida gubernatorial race is just heating up as candidates compete for his position.
The gap in the polls is tightening up as democrat Alex Sink draws ever closer to republican opponent Bill McCollum who now leads Sink 4...
Be the first to commentMcManus on Dockery's possible entry into the governor's race listen
05/26/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Politics, Legislature, governor's race, Paula Dockery, Charllie Crist, Jim Greer, Charles Bronson
The St. Petersburg Times reported today that Lakeland Rep. Paula Dockery is considering a run for the Republican nomination for governor next year.
In a press release, Dockery says that her future intentions have been on running for the District 12 Congressional seat that is open with Adam Putnam stepping down to run for Agriculture Commissioner.
But she writes, “I have been surprised and flattered by numerous e-mails, phone calls and letters encouraging me to run. It's become very ap...
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