Primary Election Predictions

These are just predictions and not endorsements... and reading tea leaves in this political environment is challenging at best. These are not a complete list of predictions across the state, just key races where we have some ability to speak intelligenetly. Here goes: U.S. Senate, Republicans ♦ Katherine Harris U.S. Congress, Republicans ♦ District 8: Ric Keller ♦ District 9: Gus Bilirakis ♦ District 13: Vern Buchanan U.S. Congress, Democrats: District 5: Rick Penberthy ♦ District 8: Charlie Stuart ♦ District 11: Kathy Castor District 13: Jan Schneider Governor & Cabinet, Republican: ♦ Governor: Charlie Crist ♦ CFO: Tom Lee Governor & Cabinet, Democrat: Governor: Rod Smith ♦ Attorney General: Skip Campbell State Senate, Republican: ♦ District 8: Jim King District 10: Sandy Murman ♦ District 14: Steve Oelrich ♦ District 16: Kim Berfield ♦ District 38: Alex Villalobos State Senate, Democrats: ♦ District 14: Ed Jennings ♦ District 30: Ted Deutch District 32: Ben Graber State House, Republicans: District 6: Cameron Skinner ♦ District 11: David Pope ♦ District 34: David Mealor ♦ District 41: Stephen Precourt ♦ District 44: Robert Schenck ♦ District 48: Peter Nehr ♦ District 49: John Quinones District 50: Nancy Riley District 51: Bruce Cotton ♦ District 52: Angelo Capelli District 54: Rod Jones ♦ Distict 69: Laura Benson ♦ District 70: Doug Holder ♦ District 71: Michael Grant District 73: John Albion District 107: Robert Fernandez ♦ District 115: J.C. Planas ♦ District 116: Marcelo Llorente ♦ District 120: David Rice State House, Democrats: ♦ District 14: Terry Fields ♦ District 15: Audrey Gibson ♦ District 23: Chuck Chestnut ♦ District 36: Scott Randolph ♦ District 39: Geraldine Thompson ♦ District 52: Bill Heller ♦ District 53: Rick Kriseman ♦ District 59: Betty Reed ♦ District 70: David Shapiro ♦ District 78: Richard Machek* ♦ District 85: Shelley Vana ♦ District 86: Maria Sachs District 90: Len Turesky ♦ District 91: Christian Chiari ♦ District 93: Perry Thurston ♦ District 94: Matt Meadows* ♦ District 95: Jim Waldman* ♦ District 96: Marin Kiar* District 99: Arthur Palamara ♦ District 104: Yolly Roberson ♦ District 105: Joe Gibbons* District 108: Peter Walsh * = Universal Primaries, Only Democrats filed to run in these races; all voters can vote. County Commission, Republican: ♦ Hillsborough District 1: Rose Ferlita ♦ Pinellas District 6: Susan Latvala County Commission, Democrat: Hillsborough District 3: Chloe Coney ♦ Hillsborough District 4: Lisa Rodriguez ♦ Pinellas District 2: Calvin Harris (State of Sunshine is not comfortable predicting other races. Stay tuned for primary results later tonight.) ♦ = Races predicted correctly. Not bad, but not perfect.