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Semi-unofficial thread for election predictions. SENATE. # of net Senate seats gained (ex: "9" - R's pick up 9 seats, lose 0) GOVERNOR. # of Governor's seats HELD (ex: "30" - R's hold 30 governorships post-election) HOUSE. # of net House seats gained (ex: "58" - R's pick up 60 seats, lose 2) DETAIL. This is optional!! Race-specific predictions for selected competitive races (as listed in example). I have used the current RCP tossup races for this category. UPSETS. One upset prediction for each category (House, Senate, Gov)

You've probably heard the campaign line: Rick Scott, son of a trucker and a JCPenney clerk, sold TV Guide, slung newspapers, cleaned phone booths, stocked groceries. Joined the Navy after high school, married his sweetheart, bought a doughnut shop and gave his mother a job, went on to law school and soon began accumulating hospitals until, about 10 years later, he owned the largest chain in the country. His story checks out. Even the Eagle Scout bit.

With a little over two weeks left in the 2010 election cycle, Republican Marco Rubio (39 percent) leads Independent candidate Charlie Crist (31 percent) by 8 points and Democrat Kendrick Meek (22 percent) by 17 points in the race for U.S. Senate, according to the latest Suffolk University/WSVN poll. Libertarian Alexander Snitker trails with only 2 percent and 6 percent of likely voters remain undecided. In the race for governor, current Chief Financial Officer of the state of Florida and Democratic candidate Alex Sink (45 percent) leads Republican candidate Rick Scott (38 percent) by 7 points. Independent candidates split 4...

ST. PETERSBURG — In her strongest language yet, Democrat Alex Sink blasted Republican rival Rick Scott as a mystery candidate who is trying to buy his way into the Governor's Office, "doesn't know zip about Florida" and whose proposals are "totally unrealistic." ...Sink said she believes that voters who support Scott in the polls know about his history, but "maybe they don't care —- or are just so angry with the state of affairs we find ourselves in, they put their beliefs aside and think that it's not that important." "I don't know what they're thinking," she added, "because it's...

Late Thursday the Florida Chamber of Commerce announced its endorsements in the gubernatorial and attorney general races -- backing Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott and attorney general hopeful Pam Bondi over their Democratic rivals. Representing businesses that hire almost 140,000 Floridians, the Chamber praised Scott and Bondi for their stances on reviving the state’s sluggish economic situation. “Rick Scott’s 35 years' experience in creating jobs is the type of leadership that Florida’s economy needs,” said chamber chairman Steve Halverson, the CEO of the Haskell Company. “Rick understands the central role businesses are to the health of our state’s economy, and...

Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-6) dropped out of the race for governor Thursday, drastically shuffling the political landscape and effectively making state Attorney General Tom Corbett the GOP’s presumptive nominee. Gerlach’s made his announcement in a statement late Thursday afternoon as rumors of his impending withdrawal swirled among party insiders. While there was widespread speculation that he would seek reelection to Congress, his four paragraph statement only alluded to a vow to “continue public service.” “I entered the race for Governor in order to continue my public service, put forth new ideas for creating jobs, protecting our taxpayers, families and seniors...