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Florida attorney general contest offers voters a vivid ideological choice
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| Contributor | Qbanito |
| Last Edited | Qbanito Aug 28, 2010 09:24pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Steve Bousquet |
| News Date | Sunday, August 29, 2010 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | If you're looking for a statewide race with substantive differences between the two candidates, your search is over.
In the race for attorney general, Pam Bondi and Dan Gelber provide plenty of contrasts.
They disagree on Obamacare, education, guns and vouchers, and they seem to differ on how to utilize the assets of the office: the bully pulpit, the subpoena, the hundreds of lawyers skilled at chasing down the scammers and ripoff artists that are as much a part of the fabric of Florida as sunshine and orange juice.
Bondi, 44, the Republican, won 38 percent of the vote in a three-way race. She took only 26 counties, but ran strongest in Tampa Bay, Orlando and Jacksonville.
Gelber, 50, a Democrat, raised $1.7 million to overcome doubts about his fundraising ability. He took 59 percent of the vote against Dave Aronberg, winning 56 of 67 counties and exceeding his statewide average with 65 percent in Hillsborough and 63 percent in Pinellas.
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