Florida governor to run for Senate, sources say

May 11th, 2009 - CNN

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Florida Charlie Crist introduces President Obama at a town-hall meeting in February in Fort Myers, Florida.

Crist is a popular governor, and his entrance into the Senate race would take huge financial pressure off national Republicans to help fund a campaign to save a GOP seat held by retiring Sen. Mel Martinez.

A Quinnipiac University poll in April showed that registered Republicans would vote for Crist over former state House Speaker Marco Rubio, 54 percent to 8 percent, in a party primary. But the survey also found that more people overall and Republicans specifically would rather see Crist run for re-election as governor than seek the Senate seat.

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