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...Florida gubernatorial race, Gov. Jeb Bush (R) defeated darkhorse Democratic candidate Bill McBride. Bush, the brother of President Bush, is the first Republican governor to be re-elected in the state’s history...
This was supposed to be a squeaker. It was fair to expect that Florida Governor Jeb Bush's candidacy would be weakened by his state's 2000 election debacle. Democrats were smacking their lips, hoping to extract their revenge. And when challenger and political rookie Bill McBride pulled to within three points in polls taken earlier this fall, it looked like they just might...
...Jeb - and his state's oft-ridiculed electoral system - exorcised the demons of 2000 in convincing fashion Tuesday night. Bush routed Democratic challenger and political rookie Bill McBride - 56% to 43% - becoming the first GOP governor ever to win re-election in Florida. Meanwhile, the state, which as recently as the botched September primary races looked as though it still couldn't vote and chew gum at the same time, finally pulled off an election without a hitch. So efficient and smooth was the voting that within an hour of the polls closing, enough precincts had been counted to call...
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