Alex Sink running for Bill Young's old house seat

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I think she will win; but loose the General Election...

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Well, I still believe she will lose, I don't know, I'm probably wrong, but this is what I fair.

Hardly, in fact, it happens alot.

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Total spending has topped $8.2 million. And there's still nine days to go.

I think Sink will end up winning narrowly, somewhere in the range of 2 or 3 points. She won't be able to take much of a breather though; the November election will be a toss-up if the Republicans get a better candidate than Jolly.

I'm fairly sure that Sink will loose the General.

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If Sink wins, the general is Lean D. Turnout will be better, plus it's not like Jolly was a flawed opponent. In fact, I think he's done a pretty good job.


The people saying she loses the general without saying why are idiots.

Now, now. No need for name calling.

The reason why I say that, is that it's a seat with Republican DNA. Since turnout will be higher, as you noted, it will bring out more Republicans possibly.

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Bill Young Jr. might be a solid pick, but he doesn't seem the like political type.

Nope.

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Bill Young Jr. might be a solid pick, but he doesn't seem the like political type.

Nope.

He could be persuaded to run if Sink wins. He might've said no because he didn't want to get in Jolly's way. He is a family friend after all.

He's a little young in my opinion; not that it's stopped anyone though.

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Well, I still believe she will lose, I don't know, I'm probably wrong, but this is what I fair.

Hardly, in fact, it happens alot.

In some situations this is definitely true- think of Hochul or that guy in Hawai'i. But that's not really this race's dynamic.

Djou, that's the Hawaiian guy.

But yeah, you are right.

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Bill Young II has announced he will run for HD-68, a Dem-held State House district that covers most of St. Petersburg.



That pretty much knocks him out of running against Sink, at least for a while.

If he runs a good campaign he could win. Dwight Dudley, the incumbent in the 68th District, only won by 6 points in 2012.