Marco Rubio - U.S. Senate - 2010

Marion County, Fla. – The Republican Business Council of North Central Florida is very pleased to post the results of their January 27th, 2010 written ballot Straw Poll presented at their Luncheon Event in Ocala.

Sam McConnell, President of the organization, noted: “It was certainly an intriguing result, considering how lopsided the voting was in every State Office. The voting results between Rubio and Crist for the U.S. Senate Seat were the most astounding at 141 to 12, respectively.  The RBC organization leadership was pleasantly surprised with the response by our attendees.”

The vote was impartially conducted to have a beginning of the year measurement from our meeting attendees. The RBC will be conducting other Preferred Election Polls all throughout the 2010 Election Year as well as a Statewide Debate Forum for Republican Candidates on July 31st.

The results are as follows:

U.S. Senate race:
- Marco Rubio: 141 votes
- Governor Charlie Crist: 12 votes

Not all of the luncheon’s 232 attendees voted, and 153 was the largest number of votes cast in any one category. The Republican Business Council’s January luncheon featured Randy Berridge, president of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council and Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottcamp, candidate for Florida Attorney General.

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