From tbo.com:

This year’s attorney general race pits a telegenic career prosecutor from Tampa against a seasoned politician from South Florida.

Republican Pam Bondi was a Hillsborough County assistant state attorney for 18 years and spent a decade as spokeswoman for the office. She has also been a regular legal analyst for CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. An endorsement from Sarah Palin helped propel Bondi to a convincing win in a three-way Republican primary. She has become a darling of the Tea Party movement and has campaigned alongside Gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott. Democrat Dan Gelber, a former federal prosecutor and chief counsel to U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, has served the Florida House and Senate for the last decade. The Miami Beach native spent his formative years in Tallahassee, and still has a bit of a Southern twang to prove it. Both were raised in political families. Bondi is the daughter for a former Temple Terrace mayor, while Gelber’s father served multiple terms as mayor of Miami Beach. Both were early stars in their legal careers. Bondi looks to Hillsborough County Judge Barbara Fleischer as a role model. “She started court at 7 a.m. and you had to be there on time and prepared,” she said.

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