TALLAHASSEE - Rejecting overtures from Gov. Jeb Bush and the White House, Florida House Speaker Allan Bense said Wednesday that he will not challenge former Secretary of State Katherine Harris in a Republican primary for the U.S. Senate race next year.
The decision leaves Harris, now a member of Congress from Sarasota, as the likely challenger to incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in what will be one of the most closely watched Senate campaigns in the country....
Rove really, really wanted Bense to run. He twisted Bense's arm in D.C. a few weeks ago because Florida polling shows that Democrats and independents in the state can't stand Katherine Harris (incumbent Democrat
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