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  • Incumbent Nelson defeats Harris for Senate

    11/07/2006 7:47:28 PM PST · by Extremely Extreme Extremist · 39 replies · 1,384+ views
    MIAMI HERALD ^ | 07 NOVEMBER 2006 | MIAMI HERALD
    ORLANDO - Katherine Harris ended her bid to unseat Sen. Bill Nelson the way she started: badly down at the polls, snubbed by GOP leaders and defiantly refusing to give in. ''We don't believe in the polls. We believe in the people. Only votes count,'' said Harris, predicting victory as she waved to passersby at the corner of 26th Street and Manatee Boulevard in Bradenton on a drizzly Election Day afternoon. By then, it was too late. Nelson jumped to a commanding, double-digit lead early and never let up, indicating that Harris -- contrary to her repeated claims -- had...