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...Feinstein have at each other. Among Florida's Democrats, former Senator Lawton Chiles has just heard "voices" that told him to jump into the primary at the last minute, wrecking the carefully built two-year campaign of Congressman Bill Nelson to be the standard-bearer against Republican Governor Bob Martinez...
...announcement by Chiles that he would, after all, enter the Sept. 4 primary. Until then, Nelson, from the Cape Canaveral area and known primarily for his 1986 ride in space, was the leading candidate, ahead of state senator George Stuart. But many Democrats think the best chance of defeating Martinez is a dream ticket of Chiles, who as "Walkin' Lawton" traveled the length of the state on foot in 1970 to win his Senate seat, and former Congressman Buddy McKay, who lost the closest election in Florida history to Republican Connie Mack in the 1988 race for Chiles' vacated seat...
...Martinez's campaign manager reacted to the Chiles news with the rhetorical question, "Is God a Republican, or what?" Martinez needs all the Democratic help he can get. He nearly self-destructed last October, when he tried unsuccessfully to become the nation's first Governor to take advantage of the Supreme Court's Webster decision and push restrictive new abortion laws through the Florida legislature. He lost resoundingly, and his negatives soared. Afterward, more Florida voters (24%) said they would vote for "anyone but Martinez" than said they would vote for him (22%). Still, Florida's G.O.P. moneymen are sticking...
...Florida embattled Republican Governor Bob Martinez has been appearing in campaign commercials that show the face of serial killer Ted Bundy while Martinez takes credit for signing 90 death warrants in his first term...
Last month a judge in Fort Myers found probable cause that the songs were obscene. The ruling gave Martinez grounds for ordering a criminal investigation of whether the album was being illegally sold to minors. Says 2 Live Crew's lead singer, Luke Skywalker, "I figure it all to be real political...