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Florida moves to wipe out clout of smaller states with Jan. 29 presidential primary
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Mar 22, 2007 11:44pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
| News Date | Friday, March 23, 2007 05:40:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | South Florida Sun-Sentinel article.
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"Hoping to muscle Florida into a pre-eminent role in picking next year's Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, the state House voted Wednesday to leapfrog almost all the other states and set a Jan. 29 primary, with an option to go even earlier.
The change, championed by House Speaker Marco Rubio, R-West Miami, and approved 115-1, is part of a national rush by states coveting the clout of Iowa and New Hampshire. Those states have enormous sway in choosing presidential candidates, even though they are small and, some say, unrepresentative of the nation's people and politics. The proposal must still pass the Senate.
"Florida is obviously going to be the big enchilada on the 29th. It will immediately become very, very important," said Nichol Rae, political science professor at Florida International University.
Florida's bid for increased influence is being tempered by the other vote-rich giants, California, New York and Texas. California already has moved its primary to Feb. 5, and the others are expected to do the same." |
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