Rick Scott and Adam Putnam ahead in poll

Rick Scott Ahead of Bill Nelson in New Poll

St. Leo University released a poll on Monday showing Scott taking 40 percent while Nelson pulls 36 percent. While 8 percent of those surveyed back other candidates, 15 percent remain undecided. [Sunshine State News]
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Adam Putnam, Gwen Graham Up in New Poll of Florida Gubernatorial Primaries

Republican Adam Putnam is taking 38 percent while U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., gets 30 percent in the Republican primary. While 5 percent back other candidates, 27 percent are still undecided. When leaners are included, Putnam leads 52 percent to 41 percent.

For the Democrats, Graham takes 26 percent followed by former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine with 19 percent. Billionaire Jeff Greene takes third with 12 percent followed by Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum with 10 percent. Businessman Chris King gets 3 percent while 4 percent back other candidates. More than a quarter of those surveyed--26 percent--are undecided. [Sunshine State News]

Florida Gubernatorial Debate Tonight

Tonight there will be a Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) debate which will be held in the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando. The debate will be at 6:30 live on Fox News. This debate will be with U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and state Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam who are running for Florida governor.

The airwaves have been saturated over the last two months with excellent Putnam campaign ads. Consequently, he is way ahead of Desantis in the polls, 32 to 17. I heard yesterday that DeSantis put out his first campaign ad and plans to spend $12 million on ads through the primary. Below is when he announced:

Sid Dinerstein speaks to Republican Club

Last night, Sid Dinerstein was the speaker at the Republican Club of Central Palm Beach County.

He touched on politics in his own city of around 50,000 in Palm Beach Gardens and their ballot issues, his lawsuit and the results. I was particularly interested in David Levy trying to become a council member again and the outcome of that as he fought us tooth and nail on Florida Hometown Democracy.

One of the more interesting things talked about was the race for Florida governor primary between Adam Putnam and Ron DeSantis. Mr. Dinerstein said that Roger Stone is behind the recent attack ads against Ron DeSantis. Why?  Because of the sugar industry.  DeSantis opposes taxpayer subsidies to big sugar and he voted against the farm bill. "The sugar candidate in the governor's race is clearly Adam Putnam. Agriculture commissioner Putnam is so closely aligned with the industry he would be comfy wearing candy wrapper suits," says the Tampa Bay Times.

Personally, I like both candidates and Adam Putnam is against sanctuary cities.  President Trump has endorsed Ron DeSantis.