A new Tarrance Group (R) poll shows Florida Attorney General leading former health care executive Rick Scott in the Republican gubernatorial primary. This is the second poll in as many days to show McCollum ahead, after many more previous polls that showed the self-financing Scott leading the establishment pick McCollum.
The numbers: McCollum 44%, Scott 40%. The survey of likely primary voters has a ±3.3% margin of error, and there is no prior publicly-released Tarrance poll for direct comparison. The survey was sponsored by the Florida Medical Association, which has endorsed McCollum.
This follows a Mason-Dixon poll released yesterday, which gave McCollum a lead of 34%-30%. The TPM Poll Average gives Scott an edge of 36.7%-35.7%, with McCollum quickly catching up. The primary is August 24.