Florida

OPEN SEAT

Filing Period: June 14, 2010 – June 18, 2010

Primary Date: August 24, 2010

Current Governor: Charlie Crist (R)

Republican Candidates:

- Paula Dockery, State Senator

- Bill McCollum, Attorney General

- Tim Devine, Former Osceola County Sheriff Candidate

- Ed Heeney

- James Van Driessche

Democratic Candidate:

- Alex Sink, Chief Financial Officer

- Joe Allen, Retired Teacher

- Michael Arth, Landscape/Urban Designer & Home Builder

- Philip Kennedy

- Farid Khavari, Businessman and Economist

- Tony Knox

- Josue Larose, Realtor and Businessman

- Darrin McGillis, Concert Tour Promoter and former Clerk of Courts Candidate

Latest Poll Results:

Rasmussen
2/18/10; 1,000 likely voters, 3% margin of error

2010 Governor
48% McCollum (R), 35% Sink (D)

Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates (R)
1/27-28/10; 800 likely voters, 3.5% margin of error

2010 Governor: General Election
41% McCollum (R), 32% Sink (D)

Rasmussen
1/27/10; 1,000 likely voters, 3% margin of error

2010 Governor
46% McCollum (R), 35% Sink (D)

Quinnipiac
1/20-24/10; 1,618 registered voters, 2.4% margin of error

2010 Governor: General Election
41% McCollum, 31% Sink
35% Sink, 29% Dockery

Rasmussen
12/14/09; 1,000 likely voters, 3% margin of error

2010 Governor: General Election
McCollum (R) 44%, Sink (D) 39%