Hardly enough time for all the "ums" and "you knows."
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Oh this bit of news is too funny. Here in FL before Jeb the governor was "Walkin'" Lawton Chiles. He liked to call himself "the he-coon that walks at night," but I digress. 2006 is the year we elect a new governor since Jeb is term limited and the big news for the past couple of weeks was that Lawton's son, Lawton "Bud" Chiles III will run for the dems. That was until this morning's news:
The son and namesake of former Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles Jr. dropped out of the 2006 governor's race Tuesday because does not meet the state's residency requirement.
Lawton "Bud" Chiles III, 51, said had not been aware the constitution requires a gubernatorial candidate to live in the state for the seven years before the election. He had announced his candidacy in January.
"I'm clearly a Floridian. Me and my family are Floridians and always have been and always will be. Yet there's this pesky little constitution and it says what it says," Chiles said in a speech to the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans. story
Oooops!!! Damn that pesky constitution!
In other FL news, Sen. Bill Nelson's (D) might have a hard fight in '06 against Katherine Harris.
Miami Herald:
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has broad appeal in Florida -- even among Republicans -- but might face a significant challenge in 2006 from Republican Katherine Harris, a Sarasota congreswoman who gained nationwide attention in the 2000 election recount, according to a new poll.
The numbers reflected in the Quinnipiac University poll of 1,007 Florida voters are hardly set in stone, but pollster Clay F. Richards says it gives a good picture of what's in store for Florida voters in what's likely going to be a wild election season.
''It's a name-recognition poll and in that game Katherine Harris has everyone beat. She's the strongest known politician in the lot,'' Richards said. ``Nelson has a little work to do shoring up his base, but clearly he's already working hard getting his numbers up and he's a centrist respected by both parties.''**********************
Hey Mae, do y'all have a governor yet? ;-)