lalate news (Free subscription) | yesterday
Florida Sen. Mel Martinez retires. Mel Martinez will retire says reports. Mel Martinez retirement comes as a surprise to fans of the first time senator. Who will run for his seat? State Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink says perhaps. Democratic Reps. Ron Klein, Kendrick Meek, and Sen. Dan Gelber also are possible candidates. And how about Jeb? Jeb [...]
The Caucus (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... Officer, Alex Sink, would be a strong contender, along with Democratic Representatives Dan Gelber, Ron Klein and Kendrick Meek.
Florida Progressive Coalition Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to consider a run, like state senators Dan Gelber and Dave Aronberg. Unlike some, I don’t see Rep. Ron Klein or Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz making a serious run for the gig, simply because I don’t think they’d be very strong candidates statewide and they have more potential for leadership in the House (although Klein is being targeted heavily by the GOP for 2010). For the GOP, I...
Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... may now reconsider given Martinez’s decision. Other potential Democratic candidates include: Reps. Ron Klein, Allen Boyd and state senator-elect Dan Gelber. Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.), Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.), former state House Speaker Marco Rubio and incoming state Senate President Jeff Atwater are all potential Republican candidates.
Real Clear Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
... may now reconsider given Martinez's decision. Other potential Democratic candidates include: Reps. Ron Klein, Allen Boyd and state senator-elect Dan Gelber. Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.), Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) and state Senate President Jeff Atwater are all potential Republican candidates.
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... may well reconsider that decision given Martinez’s expected announcement today. Democratic Reps. Ron Klein and Kendrick Meek as well as state Sen. Dan Gelber are likely to consider the open seat race. On the Republican side, there may well be a push to recruit former Gov. Jeb Bush into the contest although that seems like a long shot. State Attorney General Bill McCollum will almost certainly...
The Centrist Voice (Free subscription) | yesterday
... markets. Other names that are being mentioned as possible challengers to Martinez are Congressman Ron Klein who is a prolific fundraiser, Congressman Robert Wexler who was an early supporter of President-elect Obama’s, Congressman Kendrick Meek and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. It is reasonable to expect that some of these names will quickly vanish from this list as the two most...
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Students at Broward County schools sent holiday cards to U.S. troops in Afghanistan this week, with the help of U.S. Rep. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton.Klein got kids from these schools in Broward to create cards and write notes to the military personnel: Norcrest Elementary School, Winston Park Elementary School, Park Springs Elementary School, Eagle Ridge Elementary, McNab Elementary, Country...
Political Radar (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
ABC News' Huma Khan Reports: Rep. Ron Klein, D-Fl., is reminding Americans to claim their money -- a total of 383,000 checks worth $266 million that could not be delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. It includes $163 million in...
