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Florida Governor Race 2010

November 3, 2010 by · Comments Off on Florida Governor Race 2010 

Florida Governor Race 2010, The 2010 Florida Governor race has been close since the end of the primaries. Polls showed Rick Scott and Alex Sink is running neck and neck the whole way. There was no reason to expect a different day of the 2010 election.

The race ended up being even closer than the polls had shown. With 89% of precincts reporting, Republican Rick Scott, a Democrat Alex Sink, a percentage point to just 1. Scott had 2,553,434 votes, while the sink was 2,500,510 as of 10:30 AM this morning. The exit polls did not show any of the candidates is also highly favored. The only thing that could be noted that 52% of independent voters supported Rick Scott, while only 42% supported Alex Sink.

Rick Scott has been declared the winner of the 2010 race for Florida governor. Although 100% of the election results had not yet been counted, Alex Sink, awarded to Scott.

Rep. Scott will take over current incumbent Gov. Charlie Crist, who lost the Florida Senate election to Republican Marco Rubio.

Florida Governor Election Results

November 3, 2010 by · Comments Off on Florida Governor Election Results 

Florida Governor Election Results, Republican businessman Rick Scott will be the next governor of Florida, Alex Sink, a Democrat on Wednesday granted after what had been a very tight race.

With 99 percent of votes counted on Tuesday, Scott had a 49 percent to 48 percent of the vote Sink. Scott’s campaign called a victory by Democrat Alex Sink, “a mathematical impossibility.”

Scott, a billionaire 57 years old, unexpectedly jumped to the Republican primary race in April. With an anti-message and support Tea Party, the political newcomer proceeded to spend about 73 million of money from his family playing Attorney General Bill McCollum for the Republican nomination and after taking the sink.

Sink is the financial director. He worked for 26 years in the banking business, becoming one of the most important entrepreneurs of the state.

“We fought very hard,” he told supporters Wednesday morning sink. “We just fell a little short while.”

Sink said he planned to return to private life, but added, “I will keep the politicians accountable for the results of Tallahassee.”

Scott will replace Gov. Charlie Crist, who avoided a second term lasting U.S. Senate. Marco Rubio lost Tuesday.

Scott will be sworn in Jan. 4.

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