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From the New York Times on Michael Barbarale, this is the Daily.

Today, in Florida, the governor's race was supposed to come down to a predictable phase

off between the establishment Republican and the establishment Democrat.

That's not what happened.

It's Thursday, August 30th.

Patty, heading into this primary election on Wednesday night, give us a sense of the state

of politics in Florida.

Florida is the biggest battleground state in the country, the largest swing state.

And it's voted purple in presidential elections for years.

It's voted twice for George W. Bush.

It voted twice for Barack Obama.

And then it voted in 2016 for Donald Trump.

Patty Mosaic covers Florida for the times.

But in midterm elections, Florida behaves differently.

It behaves usually like a red state.

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