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The Blog for Saturday, October 08, 2005

More Maddox

    Bill Cotterell:
    Former Mayor Scott Maddox quit the race for governor Friday and endorsed U.S. Rep. Jim Davis, insisting the financial chaos that he left in the Florida Democratic Party had not crippled his campaign.

    Maddox said the two major Republican candidates are collecting about $4 for every dollar raised by all three Democrats who were in race to succeed Republican Gov. Jeb Bush. In a determinedly upbeat conference call with Davis, D-Tampa, retired U.S. Sen. Bob Graham and U.S. Rep. Bob Wexler of Boca Raton, Maddox told reporters his campaign had been going well but that the party can't afford a tough primary fight.

    He said polls indicate Davis has a better chance of winning the governor's office than state Sen. Rod Smith, D-Alachua. Smith said he's staying in the race against Davis.
    "Maddox withdraws". Lesley Clark:
    Tension between the Maddox and Smith campaigns has been noticeable and Maddox urged ''all Democrats'' to follow his lead.

    But Smith rejected the call. His campaign spokesman suggested that Davis is prematurely calling himself the front runner when the two are not far apart in fundraising and polls suggest half of Democrats have yet to pick a candidate.

    Davis' supporters say his campaign will benefit from Maddox's departure with an infusion of volunteers, donors and ties to Democrat-rich South Florida. Maddox held a fundraiser in Broward just a week ago, and the Hialeah native's supporters include nearly all of the Broward County commission.

    Commissioner Ilene Lieberman, one of Maddox's biggest Broward fundraisers, called his withdrawal ''high class and noble'' and said she hadn't yet decided whether to support Davis -- whose campaign began calling Maddox supporters shortly after the announcement.

    Maddox's endorsement, she noted, "holds a lot of weight with me."

    Maddox, who placed a strong second in a bid for the Democratic nomination for attorney general in 2002, didn't rule out a run for a Cabinet seat but said he'd first consult with his family.
    "Democrats' former chief drops out". See also "Former state Democratic Party chair drops out of governor's race", "Maddox drops out of race", "Democrat Maddox drops governor bid in primary", "Maddox Drops Out Of Race" and "Embattled candidate quits governor's race".

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