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Scott picks Jennifer Carroll for LG; Sink says voters look past gender/race
Posted Sep 2, 2010 by Catherine Whittenburg, Tallahassee bureau
Updated Sep 2, 2010 at 10:43 AM
GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott this morning named state Rep. Jennifer Carroll as his running mate.
Carroll is a 51-year-old U.S. Navy veteran who hails from the Jacksonville area, and the first black Republican woman elected to the Legislature. If successful in November, she would be the first black woman ever to serve as Florida’s lieutenant governor. Story here.
African Americans and women are both likely to be important constituencies for Alex Sink, Scott’s Democratic opponent. Responding this morning to questions from reporters, however, Sink said she is not worried about Scott’s choice of a running mate because she believes that voters are “past” casting ballots based on race and gender.
“I think that the people of Florida need to evaluate Rick Scott’s decision about his running mate and their team based on their past experience, and experiences, their accomplishments—and very importantly, what their vision for the vision of Florida is,” said Sink, whose running mate is Sen. Rod Smith, a white former state senator from Alachua. “I think people, when they go to vote, they’re past all these gender and racial issues. They’re really looking at the candidates, and the messages and the commitments that the candidates have to changing the future of Florida.”
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Por (PaulDHarvill) on September 02, 2010 (Suggest removal)
This governorship’s campaign gets more and more interesting.
However, now the Republican leadership within the Legislature, lobbyists and other insiders are flocking to Rick Scott’s throne and begging for mercy and access.
Scott is now readily accepting the mega-bucks that the various Republican insiders and lobbyists can provide. Which saves Scott money—unless he does an expected last minute tsunami of cash against CFO Alex Sink.
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