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VERO BEACH — U.S. Senate candidate Connie Mack IV told a Pointe West crowd Tuesday it's time to elect conservative congressional members who aren't just looking to compromise once they get to Washington. And if Florida pencils in Mitt Romney ...  

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV of Fort Myers has become the frontrunner in a three-way contest for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday…Click to Continue »  

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TALLAHASSEE | U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV of Fort Myers has become the frontrunner in a three-way contest for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows. The conservative congressman with a ...  

TALLAHASSEE — U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV of Fort Myers has become the frontrunner in a three-way contest for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows. "Mack's lead is pretty formidable ...  

Associated Press: U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV of Fort Myers has become the frontrunner in a three-way contest for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows. read more  

Florida Rep. Connie Mack has a sizable lead in the state's Republican primary for Senate, and he's evenly matched against incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, a poll out Thursday says. In spite of Tea Party insurgents complicating contests ...  

Connie Mack's team calls for an investigation of Charlie Crist appointing George LeMieux to the Senate.  

Is Rep. Connie Mack IV, R-Fort Myers, a candidate for U.S. Senate, the dumbest speaker in Congress? Well, sort of. But it’s complicated. An analysis of speech patterns of members of Congress that ranked their speech by reading grade level found Mack’s Congressional Record verbiage was at the lowest level of any member during the 112th Congress, just above a 6th-grade level.  

Charlie Crist to fill the vacancy upon Martinez’s surprising decision to not finish his six-year term, did not seek re-election for the seat now held by freshman U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Miami. “Mack’s lead is pretty formidable with three ...  

Connie Mack IV, R-Fort Myers, a wide lead in a U.S. Senate matchup against former U.S ... The survey also showed that voters seem to be standing behind the controversial "stand your ground" law that allows people to use deadly force in self ...  

Mitt Romney threw his support behind Connie Mack, the Republican Florida Representative who's attempting to take Democrat Bill Nelson's Senate seat. "Connie Mack is a friend, a strong conservative and the type of principled leader we need in ...  

There have been a lot of blogspace spent on the Sunlight Foundation's latest study, which found that the speech patterns of members of Congress have gotten markedly simpler over the last 15 year...  

Florida Rep. Connie Mack IV (R) today got the endorsement of presumptive GOP White House nominee Mitt Romney, boosting his effort to win the GOP nomination to take on two-term Sen. Bill Nelson (D).  

Quinnipiac University has been ringing Florida phones off their hooks the last week or two -- a poll yesterday showed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pulling ahead of Barack Obama in the  

"People are figuring out that Connie Mack IV is not Connie Mack III, and when they find out about this guy's record and the fact that he misses 40 percent of his votes, that he may or may not live in Florida, and that he's got a checkered past ...  

Today Rep. Connie Mack IV announced his "Social Conservatives for Mack Coalition," in a bid to shore up far right wing support for his troubled Senate campaign. In the press release his campaign d...  

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV is calling GOP U.S. Senate rival George LeMieux a “liberal” in a new web-based video, and may be hitting even harder — showing him as confidant to former Gov.Charlie Crist, who was run out of the Republican Party two years ago.  

MAOS blogger and professional filer-of-complaints Chaz Stevens tells me he submitted a formal complaint to the Federal Elections Commission yesterday in connection with our coverage of Congressman Connie Mack's illegal campaign mailer incident. Long story ...  

Connie Mack's Senate campaign has... ... This is the same campaign that went bonkers when the Tampa Bay Times Buzz posted a jokey headline on a blog titled 'Mack Campaign: Why We Will Squash LeMieux Like a Bug.  

Sunshine State NewsPuerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño Backs Connie Mack for SenateSunshine State News (blog)Last week, Mitt Romney and US Rep. Dennis Ross announced they were backing Mack -- and are now joined by Gov. Luis Fortuño of Puerto Rico. Fortuño served in the US House with Mack, something he referred to in his endorsement of the Florida congressman.Mack is endorsed by Puerto Rico's governorOrlando Sentinel (blog)all 8 news articles »  

Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers, whose mailer this week violated House rules because ... the cost of the error have since been followed accordingly," wrote Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill.  

While it's not clear if a Republican can beat Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in November, the fight for the Republican nomination has no shortage of interesting rhetorical maneuverings. The most recent spat between George LeMieux and Rep. Connie Mack started ...  

The Sunlight Foundation has noticed an interesting and perhaps even troubling trend about the people who make our laws: the grade level that members of Congress speak at has taken a noticeable dip...  

Birthday wishes are in order! Best start baking the cakes now -- it's cool, you can just get the money out of the federal treasury.Last week, we wrote about Rep. Connie Mack's illegal mailers that...  

Rep. Connie Mack IV has a long lead in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, and is tied with Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson in a general election matchup, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. But at the same time, a new NBC ...  

Congressman Connie Mack's campaign got a boost today from popular GOP senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. Paul, a tea party stalwart, issues this release in endorsing Mack: “I’ve had the opportunity to work first-hand with Connie Mack. He is a ...  

The vendor that accidentally distributed Congressman Connie Mack’s constituent-addressed mail to 57,000 people outside of his district took blame for the error.  

TAMPA BAY, Florida - One day after the 10 News Investigators aired a story about the free mail privilege granted to members of Congress, U.S. Rep Connie Mack IV is apologizing for breaking the rules and blaming the incident on a "mistake." Members of ...  

Bill Nelson in the fall. “Connie Mack is a friend, a strong conservative and the type of principled leader we need in Washington to restore fiscal responsibility,” Romney said. “By electing Connie Mack, the people of Florida will be ...  

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV, who has been the front-runner among Republicans since joining the U.S. Senate race late last year, has now caught his Democratic rival. So say the results of a Quinnipiac Poll released Thursday, which show Mack ...  

Rep. Connie Mack IV has a long lead in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, and is tied with Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson in a general election matchup, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.  

George LeMieux, who’s running for the Republican nomination to face Senator Bill Nelson (D., Fla.), recently got the endorsement of Herman Cain. LeMieux in turn praised Cain’s “9-9-9 plan” as “one kind of reform that would be a definite improvement over our current existing tax system.” Rep. Connie Mack IV (R., Fla.), a primary rival of LeMieux, says that LeMieux has thereby “endorsed raising Florida’s sales tax to a nation-leading 16 percent...  

TALLAHASSEE — U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV of Fort Myers has become the frontrunner in a three-way contest for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows. The conservative congressman with a...  

From the Associated Press Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney says Connie Mack IV is his choice in Florida's GOP primary race for the U.S. Senate. Romney announced Wednesday his endorsement of Mack, a congressman from Fort Myers, over former Sen. George LeMieux. It's rare for presidential candidates to thrust themselves into primary races for other offices, but Romney said Mack is a friend. In a statement, the former Massachusetts...  

“The matter of Connie Mack’s residency is long-settled, and even Lemieux’s own campaign last week admitted they have “no solid evidence” to back up any of their claims and today alone Politifact has found (again) another desperate attack by ...  

As U.S. Senator Bill Nelson continues to pull in more money for his general campaign, it’s looking more and more like his Republican opponent will likely be Representative Connie Mack IV.  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV of Fort Myers has become the frontrunner in a three-way contest for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows. The conservative congressman with a ...  

There isn't any evidence to prove that Rep. Connie Mack intentionally used $18,000 in taxpayer money to send political postcards all over the state, but there isn't anything about the situation th...  

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack is scheduled to be in Pensacola today to tout his support for the Keystone XL Pipeline.  

Whoever said the race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Florida this year could not get more absurd and less attractive was underestimating the participants. Republican Congressman Connie Mack of Florida, who currently leads the race for the right to run against Democratic Senator Bill Nelson in November, has shown what a loyal Republican and thoughtful conservative he is by asking Eric Holder's "Justice" Department to investigate...  

Former Florida attorney general Bill McCollum intends a “major announcement involving U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers Monday during a campaign stop in Orlando. The announcement will come Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the C & B International Trading Group, 3705 Vineland Rd. Mack’s campaign advisory reads: “Known as one of the key leaders in [...]  

Hialeah is Connie Mack country. From a press release: MIAMI – Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Congressman Connie Mack received the backing of Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez, former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina, ...  

St. Petersburg, Florida - The U.S. Senate race is heating up here in the state of Florida. Republican Representative Connie Mack has just released his first TV ad attacking incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson. In it, Mack criticizes Nelson for voting ...  

Connie Mack III. “He’s trying to run a campaign where people will mistake him for his father, and we can't make that mistake,” said LeMieux in a Thursday interview with Chuck Todd on MSNBC's "Daily Roundup." It's the latest in a string of ...  

Mitt Romney took sides among Republicans in Florida’s U.S. Senate race on Wednesday by endorsing Connie Mack over his GOP rival George LeMieux. Romney, who is visiting the state to raise money for his presidential campaign, is gambling that ...  

Congressman Connie Mack denies a report that he called a Pensacola man "a jacka--" at a gas station event Thursday promoting his petition to build the Keystone XL pipeline. "He might have been, but that's not what I said," Mack said after a similar event ...  

It's one of the meanest races in the country. George LeMieux calls rival Connie Mack a congressional no-show, claiming that the four-term House member spends more time in California with his wife, Rep. Mary Bono Mack, than either in Florida or ...  

Connie Mack in the Florida Republican primary against George LeMieux. LeMieux was Charlie Crist’s former Chief of Staff — and the man Crist appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2009. LeMieux described himself then as a “Charlie Crist Republican ...  

In one of the most competitive Senate contests in the nation, Democrat Bill Nelson is in for the tightest race of his U.S. Senate career against Rep. Connie Mack, two new polls show. Mack leads Nelson by 1 percentage point — essentially a tie ...  

TALLAHASSEE -- A Quinnipiac Poll released this morning gives U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers, a wide lead in a U.S. Senate matchup against former Sen. George LeMieux and Tea Party candidate Mike McCalister. If the election were held today, Mack would ...  

Rep. Connie Mack holds a commanding lead over his Republican primary opponents in Florida’s U.S. Senate race and is running narrowly ahead of incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll. Even ...  

Mack is facing Charlie Crist's former chief-of-staff, George LeMieux, in the bid to take on Senator Bill Nelson in the fall. An April poll showed Nelson leading Mack, 46%-35%, although a full 53% didn't have an opinion of Mack. Nelson's not a lock.  

LeMieux was appointed by his former confidant, then-Gov. Charlie Crist. The Crist connection left LeMieux with a moderate image, though he had a solid conservative voting record during his brief stint in the Senate and has distanced himself from the former governor.  

Mack (Cliff Owen/AP)Mitt Romney waded into the contentious Republican ... LeMieux was appointed senator in the fall of 2009 to replace Sen. Mel Martinez, who resigned, and is now waging a campaign to return to Washington. LeMieux has faced fire from ...  

In one of the most competitive Senate contests in the nation, Democrat Bill Nelson is in for the tightest race of his U.S. Senate career against Rep. Connie Mack, two new polls show. Mack leads Nelson by 1 percentage point — essentially a tie ...  

According to a blog report, at an event promoting his support of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, Republican Senate Candidate Connie Mack IV called a heckler a "jackass." In a bizarre respo...  

Rasmussen Reports: Incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson now posts double-digit leads over all three of his Republican challengers in Florida’s 2012 U.S. Senate race. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Florida Voters shows Nelson with 47% support to 36% for Congressman Connie Mack, his leading GOP opponent. Ten percent (10%) like some other candidate in the race, and seven percent (7 ...  

But there are numerous indications Mack's mailers were much more politically-motivated than anything else. See the attached .pdf file for the apology letters The vendor that admitted the mistake, William McClintock Associates, is a "Republican Political ...  

TALLAHASSEE — U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV is blasting U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson for going along with President Obama decision opposing the Keystone XL pipeline project that would carry oil through the nation’s midsection. Mack’s campaign to win ...  

Rep. Connie Mack (Fla.) called the House Republican budget plan “a joke” over the weekend, providing a public face for the discontent by some members of his party with a GOP proposal that President Obama has called "nothing but thinly veiled social ...  

Connie Mack IV's U.S. Senate campaign has sent letters seeking a federal investigation of the 2009 appointment of his Republican primary opponent, George LeMieux, to the Senate by then-Gov. Charlie Crist.  

Criticizing the Republican House budget isn't just for Democrats, anymore. Republican Congressman and Senate candidate Connie Mack called the budget plan, drafted by fellow Rep. Paul Ryan, a "joke" during a weekend Orlando Tea Party forum. Mack, who missed the Ryan plan vote in Washington last week while he was fundraising in Florida, later said through a spokesman that he would have voted for it anyway.  

Republican Senate candidate Connie Mack has had to deal with a bit of drama the past few days. And the check pictured above could mean that the drama isn't over.The trouble started when Mack, who bill  

Republican Rep. Connie Mack IV's Senate campaign has hit a bump in the road -- a bump shaped like an electorate that doesn't want to vote for him. He's come up short in poll after poll, and paper...  

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV is adding a radio ad to his effort to make the Keystone XL pipeline a leading issue in his campaign for the U.S. Senate. Mack, of Fort Myers, launched a petition drive a couple weeks ago, collecting signatures demanding that President Barack Obama approve the roughly 2,000-mile pipeline, proposed to carry [...]  

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, has been urging the public to sign his petition calling for the Keystone XL Pipeline as part of his efforts to promote more domestic drilling. "I have always said that I would be for drilling," Mack said at an event this month promoting the petition. "But I think that's an issue the state should have a say in — in determining how far it's going to be off the coast of...  

Florida GOP Senate candidate George LeMieux has accused his campaign rival Connie Mack of intentionally sending out campaign literature to Republican "super voters" illicitly, since it was paid for by U.S. taxpayers under the pretense of a mailer that was only supposed to be sent out to constituents. Members of Congress are given franking privileges, which allows them to send constituents material related to their job without paying...  

Florida Sen. Bill Nelson holds a solid 8 percentage-point lead over one of his potential rivals, Congressman Connie Mack, in a new poll that shows Democrats are gaining political ground in Florida. Nelson beats Mack by a 44-36 percent margin – a shift of ...  

This weekend the Tampa Bay Times and the Miami Herald got their two top political reporters together to pen a piece about Republicans who weren't all that enthused about Rep. Connie Mack IV's Sena...  

The U.S. Senate campaign of Connie Mack IV issued an incorrect version of an endorsement from Puerto Rican Gov. Luis Fortuño that included statements Fortuño may not have made bashing Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson. The news release ...  

Freedom PAC, the second shadowy political-action committee in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, announced itself Wednesday and pledged to get Congressman Connie Mack elected. The announcement of the “Super PAC” comes just as Mack endured back-to ...  

Freedom PAC, a new shadow political committee has announced it will be the second of its to play in Florida's nationally watched U.S. Senate race by supporting Congressman Connie Mack. Mack, a target of the Super Pac called Saving Florida's Future in ...  

Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.), who is running for U.S. Senate, declined to say Tuesday whether he would extend the current interest rate on federal student loans, which will double on July 1 if Congress does not extend it. MSNBC's Chuck Todd asked ...  

Adam C. Smith has it in the Buzz blog (download problems on this end right now). Here's a link, though, to all the recent Connie Mack blogs and articles.  

But as he sought to contain the problem, political opponents pounced. George LeMieux, a rival in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, released a statement calling it an abuse of office. "Voters are fed up with this type of behavior from ...  

When Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) decided to run for Senate last fall, the relief among Florida Republicans was palpable. In a field of lackluster challengers to Sen. Bill Nelson (D), here was a young star with a great political pedigree. (His father, also named Connie Mack, is a legendary figure in Florida politics.) Read full article >>  

It is not exactly breaking news that politicians resort to exaggerations and oversimplifications. However, in the case of U.S. Rep. Connie Mack's so-called solutions to high gas prices, the usual half-truths have been replaced by flat-out deception.  

A crowded Congressional race has candidates battling for elbow room to make sure their message is heard.  

Connie Mack on Thursday, April 5th, 2012, in an event to promote the Keystone XL pipeline. The ruling: In 2005, Connie Mack repeatedly said he was against allowing drilling closer to Florida’s shores. He has since changed his stance, as did ...  

Reached Tuesday night, Mack campaign spokesman David James told the Tampa Bay Times: "The Congressional office discovered the list vendor made a mistake in preparing the list and is in the process of informing and reimbursing the Treasury for the entire cost."  

With an iconic name and access to Washington cash, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack looked like the great Republican hope when he entered Florida's U.S. Senate race and posed a serious threat to Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. Six months later, however ...  

With a gas pump doubling as a campaign prop, Senate candidate Connie Mack launched a petition drive Thursday at a Miami gas station to call for the building of the politically charged Keystone XL pipeline. Mack, a Republican Congressman from ...  

MIAMI - With gas prices soaring to over $4 a gallon in Florida this week, Congressman Connie Mack sent an open letter to President ... Worse yet, Florida’s own Senator Bill Nelson has done your bidding to kill the pipeline at your personal request ...  

A crowded Congressional race has candidates battling for elbow room to make sure their message is heard. With just more than three months before the August 14 primary, some election experts said candidates with name recognition and a healthy war ...  

Florida Congressman Connie Mack hasn't been using his real name. Not in Federal Election Commission filings, not in his Congressional bio, not in federal financial disclosure documents. Even on fo...  

With a gas pump doubling as a campaign prop, Senate candidate Connie Mack launched a petition drive Thursday at a Miami gas station to call for the building of the politically charged Keystone XL pipeline. Mack, a Republican congressman from ...  

MIAMI –The Mack for Senate Campaign announced today the names of the leadership team that will head up Congressman Connie Mack’s statewide Conservative Coalition.  Each one of the co-chairs has been active in Florida politics and is committed to ...  

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV has announced a seven-member “conservative coalition” that’s backing his Republican U.S. Senate candidacy, a group of mostly fundamentalist Christian activists whose function will apparently be to assail rival George LeMieux for, among other things, his “support for many socially liberal programs, both before and after he orchestrated Charlie Crist’s election,” [...]  

UPDATE Thursday : Matt Williams, a political consultant behind the PAC, says the ad details are still being worked out. He said it would appear on TV but could not say when. A political action committee called Freedom PAC pushed to the media this week an ad touting its favored candidate in Florida's U.S. Senate race, Connie Mack. But when that ad will appear on TV, and not just blogs , is an ...  

In a new ad launched Wednesday, Florida Rep. Connie Mack (R) found a novel part of the 2009 stimulus package with which to attack incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson: monkeys on drugs. Urging Nelson (D-Fla.) to "stop monkeying around with our tax dollars ...  

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Former Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.) accused his Senate primary opponent, Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.), of exploiting the name recognition and popularity of his father, a former Florida senator of the same name. “He’s trying to run a campaign where people ...  

by Javier Manjarres Just when you thought that Richard DeNapoli and the Broward Republican Executive.  

The Keystone XL pipeline has become a hot topic among politicos as gas price continue to rise. Despite the fact the pipeline won't immediately impact gas prices, U.S. Representative Connie Mack started a petition drive Thursday to ask for the pipeline to be built.  

In an embarrassing foul-up, Rep. Connie Mack IV, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate, has acknowledged his congressional office wrongly sent out a statewide mass mailer at taxpayer expense, a mailing that bears hallmarks of a political campaign mailer.  

Florida's 2012 Senate election is shaping up to be as ridiculous as ever. Connie Mack IV, whom you might remember has been characterized by his Republican opponents as "th...  

Says Bachmann: “Connie has been a steadfast fighter for freedom, less government and a fiscal hawk together with me in the United States Congress. For every good proposal passed out of the House, the liberal Senate ...  

Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here. Leading Off: • FL-Sen: When George LeMieux called Rep. Connie Mack the "Charlie Sheen of Florida politics," Mack spazzed and fired back in response: "Drug and alcohol addiction is a serious concern." Yet in his new TV spot attacking Dem Sen. Bill Nelson (his first of the campaign), Mack mocks the fact that the 2009 stimulus bill...  

by Javier Manjarres. Just when you thought that Richard DeNapoli and the Broward Republican Executive Committee (BREC) were turning over a new leaf and setting a new tone, DeNapoli & Co. have struck again, this time ...  

Former Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.) duped his opponent in Florida’s Senate primary, Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) with an April Fool’s prank that scored a few political points as well. LeMieux sent his supporters an email on Sunday announcing big campaign ...  

Florida Sen. Bill Nelson holds a solid 8-percentage-point lead over one of his potential rivals, Congressman Connie Mack, in a new poll that shows Democrats are gaining political ground in Florida. Nelson beats Mack by a 44-36 percent margin ...  

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack made his first Tampa-area public campaign appearance Wednesday, holding a news conference at a downtown gas station to criticize Sen. Bill Nelson over the Keystone oil pipeline. Mack said the pipeline would lower U.S. gas ...  

Kent State is republishing Lieb’s book and other authors of his era as part of its Putnam series. “Cornelius McGillicuddy Sr., better known as Connie Mack, was a professional baseball player, manager, and team owner,” said Kent State in the publicity material.  

The Connie Mack IV campaign has been a disaster. The stories of Mack's barroom brawls have generated more publicity than Mack's policy positions. It doesn't help matters that Mack's campaign is horrible at rapid response. Matters are made worse by Mack being a painfully boring candidate. We now see Mack caught up in a campaign email scandal."I opine that the reimbursement constitutes a campaign contribution, and as such exceeds the maximum...  

Former Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.) got the best of his primary opponent on April Fool's Day, when his campaign sent out an email announcing an unflattering endorsement for LeMieux's rival, Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.). LeMieux's campaign sent a ...  

Serviceyears 1965-1968, 1970-1971 (Reserve) 1968-1970 (Active Duty) Nelson was admitted to the Florida bar in 1968, and began practicing law in Melbourne in 1970. In 1971, he worked as legislative assistant to Governor Reubin Askew. The ...  

Connie Mack, released his first statewide radio ad this morning criticizing Barack Obama and Bill Nelson for blocking the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Listen here Announcer: Rising gas prices hurt families and kill jobs. That’s a fact.   Still, the Lockstep Liberals, Barack Obama and Bill Nelson, refuse to build the Keystone pipeline. That pipeline would bring Canadian oil to ...  

Congressman Connie Mack IV, who is running for the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate race, has been called a whole lot of things in his political career, including the Charlie Sheen of Florida politics. But it’s doubtful the Fort Myers ...  

UPDATE: The George LeMieux campaign jumped on this: “Today, Connie Mack the Fourth showed he’s unable to properly answer a basic policy question, proving again he is unfit and unprepared to be a United States Senator,” said Anna Nix, spokeswoman for LeMieux. “When asked about his position on legislation to stop a doubling of interest rates on college loans, Mack changed the subject and refused ...  

Florida Sen. Bill Nelson holds a solid eight percentage-point lead over one of his potential rivals, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, in a new poll that shows Democrats are gaining political ground in Florida. Nelson beats Mack by 44 to 36 percent — a ...  

First elected to the House in 2004, Connie serves on two committees:  Foreign Affairs & Oversight and Government Reform.  Since his original election, he has worked to support the free market system ... as the ‘Mack Penny Plan’.  

From the Connie Mack campign on George LeMieux's fundraising: "George LeMieux continues to raise less and less with each passing quarter, while Connie Mack raises more and more. George LeMieux's weak fundraising ...  

Others approached House Speaker Dean Cannon, who declined as did a wealthy ... Meantime, Mack got a Super PAC formed for him after he was targeted by a pro-Nelson Super PAC. Mack has less than $1.4 million in the bank — after burning about ...  

Connie Mack looked like the great Republican hope when he entered Florida's U.S. Senate race and posed a serious threat to Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. ... Election 2012 · Arizona Politics · Congress · Rand Paul ...  

110 House members signed a letter co-authored by Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Congressman Connie Mack (R-FL) that urges the Transportation Bill Conference Committee to include language that would build the Keystone XL pipeline immediately.  

Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson has $9.5 million on hand ... who lost a squeaker of a 2010 GOP gubernatorial primary to the self-financed Rick Scott. Rounding out Freedom PAC's consultant ranks: Rob Cole, adviser to Republican presidential ...  

Just two weeks ago a Rasmussen poll showed Republican Connie Mack IV beating incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson by seven points, but now a new Qunnipiac poll shows an almost opposite p  

The American Conservative Union today endorsed Connie Mack for U.S. Senate, a move that comes amid growing worry about the Republican field vying to take on Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. “From his proven leadership on pro-growth economic policies and energy independence solutions to his courageous efforts to bring attention to dangerous and tyrannical regimes across the world, it is clear Connie ...  

Republican Senate candidate George LeMieux released a sequel to his "Two and a Half Macks" campaign ad against primary opponent Connie Mack yesterday. While the first ad's thesis was essentially "Connie Mack is a doofus," this one takes a more specific ...  

Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney says Connie Mack IV is his choice in Florida's GOP primary race for the U.S. Senate.Click to Continue »  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney says Connie Mack IV is his choice in Florida's GOP primary race for the U.S. Senate.  

TALLAHASSEE — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is 8 percentage points ahead of potential Republican challenger Connie Mack IV in a new poll of Florida voters. Quinnipiac University released the poll Thursday. It shows Nelson leading Mack, a U ...  

The George LeMieux campaign sent out a fake Charlie Sheen endorsement for Connie Mack on April Fool's Day. “Today, I am proud to announce the endorsement of my good friend Connie Mack the Fourth. As the Senate race unfolds and more is revealed about Mack’s colorful past, the more I like and identify with him.The similarities between us are endless. We both have famous and respected fathers, both went into the family business, and we love...  

Senate candidate Connie Mack says speculators are making money on the high price of gasoline because President Obama, backed by Senator Bill Nelson, is blocking the Keystone XL Pipeline. Congressman Connie Mack Mack, a Republican congressman from Fort ...  

We're a little more than six months away from Election Day, and you know what that means -- it's time to brace yourself for attack ad season. Florida Republican Rep. Cornelius "Connie Mack" McGillicuddy sent one out on the airwaves yesterday that didn't ...  

WASHINGTON, April 5-- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Wondering how big of a liability the Republican budget is for Republican Senate candidates? Just ask Dean Heller and Connie Mack. Last year, both Connie ...  

WASHINGTON, April 5-- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Wondering how big of a liability the Republican budget is for Republican Senate candidates? Just ask Dean Heller and Connie Mack. Last year, both Connie ...  

When we started to conduct another Florida Insider Poll on Monday to take stock of the U.S. Senate race, we failed to anticipate that news would overtake us. The vast majority of the nearly 100 participants responded to the survey before Chief ...  

George LeMieux, who is tainted by his longtime association with former Republican-turned-independent Gov. Charlie Crist. They have slightly more than $1 million in the bank each. Nelson sits on $9.5 million, without an expensive primary looming.  

Serviceyears 1965-1968, 1970-1971 (Reserve) 1968-1970 (Active Duty) Nelson was admitted to the Florida bar in 1968, and began practicing law in Melbourne in 1970. In 1971, he worked as legislative assistant to Governor Reubin Askew. The primary objective ...  

With a gas pump doubling as a campaign prop, Senate candidate Connie Mack launched a petition drive Thursday at a gas station to call for the building of the politically charged Keystone XL pipeline. Mack, a Republican Congressman from Fort ...  

Republican Congressman and Senate candidate Connie Mack called the budget plan, drafted by fellow Rep. Paul Ryan, a "joke" during a weekend Orlando Tea Party forum. Mack, who missed the Ryan plan vote in Washington last week while he was ...  

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack pounced on a statement by GOP Senate primary opponent George LeMieux that he would have voted for the Restore Act, differing with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who voted against it. The issue is complex and ironic, considering ...  

Criticizing the Republican House budget isn't just for Democrats, anymore. Republican Congressman and Senate candidate Connie Mack called the budget plan, drafted by fellow Rep. Paul Ryan, a "joke" during a weekend Orlando Tea Party forum.  

Inbox: To: Key Connie Mack Supporters From: Jeff Cohen Campaign Manager Re: Q1 2012 Senate Campaign Review and Update Date: April 5, 2012 With a successful first quarter behind us, I wanted to take a moment to ...  

Somebody has flushed toilets and taken showers — or done something to use water — at Connie Mack IV's Fort Myers townhouse at least a few days a month for at least the last two years. The controversy began in 2006 when his then-wife ...  

Sen. Bill Nelson's adviser, Dan McLaughlin, declined all day and night to comment on yesterday's story about challenger Connie Mack's pipeline-petition plan, but the Republican's last quote in the story provoked the Democrat to comment in an email with ...  

Somebody has flushed toilets and taken showers – or done something to use water – at Connie Mack IV's Fort Myers townhouse at least a few days a month for at least the last two years. The controversy began in 2006 when his then- wife ...  

Florida's Senate race has entered the jungle. A new attack ad features howling monkeys to make a point about out-of-control spending under Democratic leadership. It gets better: These monkeys are on cocaine. For science. At taxpayers' expense.  

Mack, who missed the Ryan plan vote in Washington last week while he was fundraising in Florida, later said through a spokesman that he would have voted for it anyway. Mack spokesman David James also sought to clarify that Mack didn't mean to ...  

Sen. Bill Nelson's adviser, Dan McLaughlin, declined all day and night to comment on yesterday's story about challenger Connie Mack's pipeline-petition plan, but the Republican's last quote in the story provoked the ...  

Mack, who is currently running for U.S. Senate against Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), blames both Nelson and Obama for high gas prices, which Mack believes is related to their opposition to the pipeline. “These are two lockstep liberals who ...  

In the opposition's effort to portray Connie Mack as an 'unserious, risk-taking frat boy', what image is more indelible than Hooters? George LeMieux went there in his 'Two and a Half Macks' web video last month, noting the congressman's time as an "events ...  

"He voted for millions in wasteful spending. Including...." a woman intones as $144,541 starts flashing on  screen, "spending our tax dollars to see how monkeys react under the influence of cocaine." Monkeys hoot as the camera shows pictures of various primates.  

Florida Keys Quinnipiac. 3/20-26. Registered voters. MoE ±2.8%. (1/4-8 results): Bill Nelson (D-inc): 44 (41) Connie Mack IV (R): 36 (40) Undecided: 17 (16) Well, that's quite the turnaround, isn't it? Quinnipiac's first two polls of the Florida Senate race that included a named GOP opponent showed Democratic two-term incumbent Bill Nelson only barely ahead of Republican Rep. Connie Mack (by 1 point in January and 2 in November). Today...  

One day after a poll showing President Barack Obama with a growing lead in Florida, a survey by Quinnipiac University showed Bill Nelson with a similarly widening lead over Republican Connie Mack in a head-to-head U.S. Senate matchup. Nelson leads Mack 44 percent to 36 percent among all voters; that compares to a 41-40 Nelson lead in a similar poll taken Jan. 11. read more  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV is blasting U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson for going along with President Obama decision opposing the Keystone XL pipeline project that would carry oil through the nation's midsection.  

George LeMieux depicts Florida Republican U.S. Senate rival Connie Mack as a man who vaulted from college party boy to congressman. And those college days, well, they lasted awhile, according to LeMieux. In the Web ad "Two and a Half Macks" LeMieux says ...  

Mack, who missed the Ryan plan vote in Washington last week while he was fundraising in Florida, later said through a spokesman that he would have voted for it anyway. Mack spokesman David James also sought to clarify that Mack didn't mean to ...  

Nikki Haley, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, and Sen. John Thune of South Dakota. Rep. Connie Mack IV, R-Fort Myers, said Rubio should take the slot if it's offered. Mack campaigned aggressively for ...  

George LeMieux is making an issue of a government-paid mailing that went outside Senate primary opponent Connie Mack IV's congressional district. The mail piece was distributed to 57,000 people outside Mack's district. LeMieux claimed Thursday ...  

Congressman Connie Mack will present the Congressional Badge of Bravery to two law enforcement officers who risked their lives during a 2010 shootout...  

"Republican insiders say Jeff Atwater's decision to stay out of the U.S. Senate contest means it's now Rep. Connie Mack IV's race to lose. Some say Mack is doing a pretty good job of it." "In Jeff Atwater's Wake, George LeMieux Emerges as GOP's 'Right' Choice".Smith, Gaetz, "each suggests the other is misrepresenting""Slapped down by one court and facing years of partisan legal wrangling over the Legislature’s redistricting plans, the Senate...  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV is blasting U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson for going along with President Obama decision opposing the Keystone XL pipeline project that would carry oil through the nation's midsection. Mack's campaign to win ...  

3) Speaking of George’s False Attacks… Politifact ... the launch of his Keystone XL Pipeline petition and more. Senator Nelson has never been more vulnerable. Victory will be ours. Thanks for your friendship, your help, and your support.  

By Ledyard King Democrat Washington Bureau -- WASHINGTON — Florida Rep. Connie Mack IV has missed nearly four of every 10 votes this year, a result of his Senate bid and his decision to stump for Mitt Romney in the state's Jan. 31 presidential primary.  

In January 2008, LeMieux returned to the law firm of Gunster Yoakley, residing in both its Fort Lauderdale office and its newer Tallahassee office. Within three months of rejoining, LeMieux was named Chairman of the firm. LeMieux worked as a lobbyist for ...  

Nelson’s 8-point lead is outside the poll’s 2.8 percent error margin. Quinnipiac, however, didn’t poll former Republican Sen. George LeMieux, who’s running against Mack for their party’s nomination. Previous polls showed Mack ...  

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, has been urging the public to sign his petition calling for the Keystone XL Pipeline as part of his efforts to promote more domestic drilling. "I have always said that I ...  

... idea you could come up with for you or for your family. “I’m the opposite. I believe in the individual. I believe that people ought to be able to make the best decisions for themselves and for their families, not government,” he added.  

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV of Fort Myers will address a luncheon audience of Central Florida business leaders hosted by the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce Wednesday but the speech will be behind closed doors. Mack, the leading Republican candidate ...  

The U.S. House of Representatives today voted 228-191 to pass the so-called "Ryan budget, " the House spending plan for the year. None of Florida's Democrats voted for the bill. The state's Republicans all voted for it, although press releases trumpeting ...  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The American Conservative Union will endorse Rep. Connie Mack IV for U.S. Senate. The group will announce the endorsement Tuesday. Mack is facing former Sen. George LeMieux for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Sen.  

Serviceyears 1965-1968, 1970-1971 (Reserve) 1968-1970 (Active Duty) Nelson was admitted to the Florida bar in 1968, and began practicing law in Melbourne in 1970. In 1971, he worked as legislative assistant to Governor Reubin Askew. The biography on Nelson ...  

Good news for U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. Bad news for former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, the Lighthouse Point Republican who’d like to challenge Nelson in the November election. A new Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday that Nelson opend up an ...  

Connie Mack IV to rail against taxes and regulations hurting small businesses. Mack ... then sells them to retailers such as Walt Disney World and Publix. Business has slumped in recent years, and C has gone from eight employees to one ...  

Connie Mack violates House rules barring distribution outside his district and raises questions about his U.S. Senate campaign, which features the penny-pinching plan that was the subject of the mailer. The color brochure, complete with a photo ...  

WASHINGTON, April 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Congressman Connie Mack (Fl-14) is leading a bipartisan delegation to the Sixth Summit of the Americas in Colombia this weekend to advance the...  

With an iconic name and access to Washington cash, Congressman Connie Mack looked like the great Republican hope when he entered Florida's U.S. Senate race and posed a serious threat to Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. Six months later ...  

"With an iconic name and access to Washington cash, Congressman Connie Mack looked like the great Republican hope when he entered Florida’s U.S. Senate race and posed a serious threat to Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. Six months later, however, Mack has proven to be neither a potent statewide candidate nor a shoo-in to win the Republican nomination against his little-known rivals." "Mack campaign loses luster in Senate race"."The Cotton...  

Former Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum endorsed Connie Mack in the U.S. Senate race, Monday. McCollum said Mack is the conservative leader Florida needs in the Senate. He also said in order for Republicans to get a majority in the senate Mack needs to be elected. Mack currently represents Florida's 14th district in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mack is running for U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson's seat.  

Update, Mack's campaign comments on Atwater and the "left-wing media:" "Connie Mack has sent Bill Nelson and his liberal allies, including those in the press, into panic mode and it won't work. Republicans know that  conservative Connie Mack will defeat ...  

Just a little less than three months ago, incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) was in a neck and neck race with Republican challenger U.S. Congressman Connie Mack. But since the last poll released by Quinnipiac University, the race has widened quite a bit.  

Congressman Connie Mack pointed to the electronic reading of the price of gas at the ... citing his concern about gas prices and his family. "I have two kids and my wife, and we spend, like, $80 a week...that's a lot," said Garcia.  

Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has opened an eight-point lead, 44–36 percent, over U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. The poll released Thursday compares to a ...  

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Former Sen. George LeMieux is continuing attacks on GOP Senate frontrunner Rep. Connie Mack IV and Mack is beginning to fight back. The candidates, along with retired Army Col. Mike McCalister, separately addressed a statewide group ...  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Congressman Connie Mack will report he raised more than $1 million in his first full quarter since entering the Senate race. His campaign announced the figure Wednesday. Mack entered the race in late November and reported after the ...  

Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fla., is going bananas over Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson's stimulus vote. Mack released the first TV ad of his Senate campaign Wednesday. The spot, which will air statewide on broadcast and cable, starts with a clip of Nelson touting ...  

Tracking the improved fortunes of President Barack Obama in Florida, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has moved to a significant lead over U.S. Rep. Connie Mack in the Senate race, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.  

"Florida Sen. Bill Nelson holds a solid 8 percentage-point lead over one of his potential rivals, Congressman Connie Mack, in a new poll that shows Democrats are gaining political ground in Florida."Nelson beats Mack by a 44-36 percent margin – a shift of 7 percentage points in Nelson’s favor since January, when the two were essentially tied, according to Quinnipiac University’s Polling Institute. Nelson’s 8-point lead is outside the poll’s 2...  

He is the most competent candidate we have to beat Bill Nelson. Connie Mack IV is not his father.  Mack has an abysmal personal financial legacy, attacked Arizona for addressing its illegal immigration problems, and supports embryonic stem cell research.  

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., leads Republican Rep. Connie Mack 44 percent to 36 percent in a new Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday morning. The race was deadlocked at 41 percent during the previous Quinnipiac poll released on January 11.  

What you pay for gas is fueling the fight for who will represent Florida in the US Senate. Representative Connie Mack and Senator Bill Nelson each has a different opinion on what's causing high gas prices and what should be done to fix the problem.  

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack made his first Tampa-area public campaign appearance Wednesday, holding a news conference at a downtown gas station to criticize Sen. Bill Nelson over the Keystone oil pipeline. Mack said the pipeline would lower U.S. gas ...  

Florida Sen. Bill Nelson holds a solid eight percentage-point lead over one of his potential rivals, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, in a new poll that shows Democrats are gaining political…Click to Continue »  

It is impossible right now to handicap the crowded Republican primary field vying to replace U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV in District 14.  

Connie Mack IV made the mistake of telling the truth during a Republican primary. The truth is the Paul Ryan budget would not balance the budget anytime in the near future."I was here in Florida campaigning," Mack said Saturday, according to an undisputed quote reported by the conservative Florida Political Press. "You know that budget was a joke, doesn't balance the budget for years."Mack is exactly right. The tea party base is too...  

A new Quinnipiac poll in Florida finds Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) opening an eight point lead over challenger Rep. Connie Mack (R), 44% to 36%. Said pollster Peter Brown: "President Obama's surge in Florida is helping Sen. Bill Nelson's re-election chances. Just as President Obama's lead in the presidential race in the Sunshine State is fueled by female voters, so too is Nelson's. He also is running better among several groups, including whites...  

With deep family ties to the region, Sarasota could easily be seen as a stronghold for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Connie Mack IV. But none of that scared fellow Republican George LeMieux from holding a private fundraiser in the heart of Sarasota last week in his effort to beat Mack in a GOP primary in August.  

CARTAGENA, Colombia, April 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Connie Mack, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and lead of the bipartisan Congressional delegation to the Summit of the Americas, reacts to comments by Colombian President Juan Manuel...  

Bill Nelson. The story made Connie Mack go ballistic ... Nelson is lucky (again) that a credible, well-known Republican is not opposing him. He got Katherine Harris in 2006. But Mack the Elder is misguided in his wish to shield his son from tough ...  

Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux aggressively pointed out differences between himself and GOP Senate frontrunner Connie Mack IV at a Saturday night forum with tea party organizers, drawing a sharp response from Mack.  

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Connie Mack IV is the clear front runner in public polling for the GOP nomination to take on U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson  

TALLAHASSEE | Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is 8 percentage points ahead of potential Republican challenger Connie Mack IV in a new poll of Florida voters. Quinnipiac University released the poll Thursday. It shows Nelson leading Mack, a U.S ...  

A poll from Quinnipiac University shows Senator Bill Nelson ahead of leading challenger Connie Mack IV in the race for U.S. Senate. The poll, taken from March 20 - 26 with 1,228 registered voters, gives Nelson a 44 - 36 lead over Mack. The margin for error ...  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is 8 percentage points ahead of potential Republican challenger Connie Mack IV in a new poll of Florida voters. Quinnipiac University released the poll Thursday. It shows Nelson leading Mack, a U.S ...  

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Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is 8 percentage points ahead of potential Republican challenger Connie Mack IV in a new poll of Florida voters. The poll, released Thursday by Quinnipiac University, shows Nelson leading Mack, a U.S ...  

U.S. Senate candidates Connie Mack of Fort Myers and George LeMieux of Fort Lauderdale continue attacking one another. Acrimony erupted six weeks ago when LeMieux, in a Tallahassee news conference, called Mack the “Charlie Sheen of Florida politics.”