Dockery to Run for Governor
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
By: Tom Parkinson
There will be another name on the ballot in next November's election. Florida State Sen. Paula Dockery of Lakeland says she will run for governor, challenging Attorney General Bill McCollum for the Republican nomination.
Dockery says she plans to file paperwork today to enter the race.
The state Republican Party had hoped to avoid a primary.
Earlier this year, Republican leaders reportedly convinced Agriculture
Commissioner Charles Bronson to stay out of the race after
initially saying he would run.
But the 48-year-old Dockery of Lakeland has said she's been
encouraged to get into the race.
Should Dockery win the primary, she would likely face Democrat
Alex Sink. Either would be Florida's first woman governor.
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