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...chance to make that case, however, McBride has a primary mess on his hands. Reno has refused to concede McBride's win, since the worst voting problems occurred in her stronghold counties; she even asked for a manual recount, but state officials quickly refused. Still, how did she squander a more than 20-point poll lead over McBride, who has never held elected office? Despite Reno's celebrity and hold over liberal South Florida, Democratic donors wrote her off, convinced she would never capture enough of the conservative north. Her feckless campaign, whose only highlight was an oft-satirized Miami...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2002: A Florida Vote=A Mess | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

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