Sunshine State News: In what had become one of the worst-kept secrets in Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist announced Thursday that he was abandoning the Republican Party primary to pursue a U.S. Senate seat on his own.
By shifting to no-party status, Crist acknowledged months of political polls that have shown him trailing former House speaker Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) by 20-plus points in the Aug. 26 GOP primary.
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