The polls are now closed in Florida and governor Charlie Crist, running for the U.S. Senate as an independent, is trailing significantly behind Republican Marco Rubio. Democrat Congressman Kendrick Meek is in third place.
Full statewide results won’t be available until after 8pm, when polls in the state’s Central Time Zone counties close. But initial county-level results from North and Central Florida suggest that the polls were right when they showed Crist trailing Rubio by more than 10 points.
Here are some very early numbers, less than 1% reporting…
Marco Rubio (REP) – 71,608 votes (43%)
Charlie Crist (IND) – 66,122 votes (39%)
Kendrick Meek (DEM) – 29,508 votes (17%)
Alex Snitker (LIB) – 415 votes (0%)
Bernie DeCastro (CST) – 83 votes (0%)
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