Who would win the Florida nominations for governor in 2018?

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Personally I think Rubio would get the GOP nomination if he ran, otherwise I think Putnam would get it. On the Dem side, if Crist runs again I don't see him ever getting the Dem nomination again, I think Dyer and Graham would be the frontrunners.

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Regalado/Bondi is the best ticket for the Republicans.

Otherwise, Crist v. Putnam is most likely.

Yeah, being a REPUBLICAN mayor in Miami is pretty good, but I don't think he is just that great for the Governorship, Putnam would be better. Bondi? No way.

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Regalado/Bondi is the best ticket for the Republicans.

Otherwise, Crist v. Putnam is most likely.

Yeah, being a REPUBLICAN mayor in Miami is pretty good, but I don't think he is just that great for the Governorship, Putnam would be better. Bondi? No way.

Regalado is the best Republican - he's the executive of Florida's financial capital and he's fairly moderate. He'd be one of the few Governors with prior executive experience.

I'd love to see him run for higher office someday, but his ambition is lacking.

Miami politicians don't tend to run for statewide office; I think Jeb was the last one to do so successfully. Miami is just such a different creature from the rest of the state that it's hard for their politicians to build up a statewide profile.


As I've said a dozen times now, there is no space for Rubio to run and his personal appeal is unlikely to overcome a lack of party support. Putnam and Graham is the most likely race and would be a pretty good clash of heavyweights.

It's sad, but I guess Graham or Crist is good enough.

Crist practically wrecked himself when he did a complete 180 on his political views, as a moderate Republican Governor he was ok, not as good as his predecessor Jeb, but certainly better than Scott.