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FL: 5 Candidates Scramble in Attorney General Race

From the Miami Herald:

It’s the résumé primary.

Boldly pitching different biographies, five lawyers are fighting for two spots Tuesday in the race to be Florida attorney general.

Three Republicans and two Democrats have duked it out for months in a down-ballot race that has struggled to attract attention from voters distracted by incessant ads by candidates for governor and U.S. Senate.

Republicans will choose from a trio of Holly Benson, 39, of Pensacola, a former state House member who later headed two state agencies under Gov. Charlie Crist; Pam Bondi, 44, of Tampa, a former assistant state attorney in Hillsborough who’s making her first try for public office; and Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, 49, of Fort Myers, a civil lawyer and former legislator and the only candidate in the race who has run statewide.

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