Rick Scott leads Bill McCollum by double digits in Florida’s Republican gubernatorial primary, a new survey finds. The Florida Poll, released Saturday, shows Scott with a 41%-25% lead over state Attorney General McCollum, the Republican establishment favorite who’s struggling to fight off the big-spending Scott campaign’s barrage of negative ads.
With the exception of two McCollum internal polls that showed the contest tied, every poll of the race since June has shown Scott out in front. This is the Florida Poll’s first look at the race.
The TPM Poll Average shows Scott leading 41.3%-29.3%. The margin of error of the Florida Poll, which was conducted along with the University of South Florida Polytechnic in Lakeland, is ±6.0 percentage points. The primary is August 24.
