Republican Marco Rubio has nudged ahead of independent Charlie Crist in Florida’s nationally watched U.S. Senate race in a hypothetical three-way matchup with Democrat Kendrick Meek, according to a Mason-Dixon poll released Saturday.
Rubio led Crist in the poll 38 percent to 33 percent, with 18 percent for Meek and 11 percent undecided.
Rubio and Crist are running neck and neck, however, if billionaire businessman Jeff Greene becomes the Democratic nominee, the poll found. In that hypothetical matchup, Crist got 39 percent of those polled, Rubio 38 percent and Greene 12 percent.
The statewide poll of 625 registered voters indicates that Rubio, a conservative Cuban-American from Miami, has gained strength over the past three months.
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