From ino.com:

With billions at stake over Gulf oil damage claims and a pending lawsuit over new federal health care laws, the next attorney general Florida voters choose may be their most influential in years.

But there’s no clear front runner among the three conservative Republicans and two Democrats who have struggled to distinguish themselves from one another.

Republicans Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, Holly Benson and Pam Bondi are aligned in their support of gun rights, tougher immigration laws and calls to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care program. The two Democrats, state senators Dave Aronberg and Dan Gelber, are focused on rooting out public corruption and Medicare fraud.

“There’s going to be a lot of last-minute deciders,” said Susan MacManus, a University of South Florida political scientist.

With a slate of credible candidates, she said, voters likely will base their decisions on “gut feelings” and “perceptions of who could move up the chain politically after leaving the AG’s office.”

Current Attorney General Bill McCollum, in fact, is leaving the post to seek the governor’s office. Ahead of the Aug. 24 primary, he has helped fire up the immigration debate in Florida by declaring his support for a crackdown on illegal immigrants he says would be tougher than Arizona’s effort, but better defined and fairer.

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