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Governor Charlie Crist

His political star is rising quickly. Will he become the Vice President of the United States in the next year?

Stories

10 Stories

  • July 2008

    • Big Sugar's Exit Gives Hope to Everglades

      Yale Environment 360  |  Jul 9, 08 10:22 AM CDT

      Big Sugar's Exit Gives Hope to Everglades

      (Newser) - Everglades restoration may finally be a reality, writes Michael Grunwald in Yale Environment 360 during his “vacation from defeatism.” Florida's tentative $1.75 billion land deal with US Sugar would halt sugar production (and pollution) on nearly 300 square miles, and have an ecological ripple-effect that extends beyond saving the Florida Panther or sparing nature from suburban development. More »

  • June 2008

    • Fla.'s Crist Works Across the Eco-Lines

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 26, 08 1:50 PM CDT

      Fla.'s Crist Works Across the Eco-Lines

      (Newser) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is walking an environmental tightrope between encouraging conservation and alternative energy, and promoting oil exploration off the state’s coast, the Wall Street Journal reports.  Recent moves include the purchase of 300 square miles in the Everglades—a deal that shuts down the nation’s largest sugar-grower. But the governor also says he’ll support drilling off the coast as long as the state’s people and beaches are protected. More »

    • Florida Buys Sugar Land to Save Everglades

      St. Petersburg Times (Russia)  |  Jun 24, 08 5:20 PM CDT

      Florida Buys Sugar Land to Save Everglades

      (Newser) - Florida plans to buy 187,000 acres of land from the nation's biggest sugar company in what both state officials and environmentalists are hailing as a landmark deal to save the Everglades, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Under the deal, which may not be finalized until November, Florida will pay $1.75 billion to acquire the land from US Sugar Corp. in six years. More »

  • April 2008

    • Fla. House ponders health insurance fix

      Forbes  |  Apr 18, 08

      Lawmakers and Gov. Charlie Crist are trying to find a way to get coverage for more of the nearly 4 million Floridians without health insurance, but how successful they are depends on how much leeway they're willing to give insurance companies to craft low-cost plans.

  • March 2008

    • Mich., Fla. Closer to Approving Re-Votes

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 9, 08 5:50 PM CDT

      Mich., Fla. Closer to Approving Re-Votes

      (Newser) - Michigan and Florida senators appeared closer today to approving mail-in re-votes for their disqualified primaries, the Swamp blog reports. DNC chair Howard Dean said he also supported the mail-ins if state leaders can agree with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on how to run them. “I have to run these rules so that the losing side feels it’s been treated fairly,” he said on “This Week with George Stephanopolous.” More »

    • Deal Close for Mail-in Florida Revote

      Newsweek  |  Mar 8, 08 1:20 PM CST

      Deal Close for Mail-in Florida Revote

      (Newser) - Floridians will get a chance to vote again in the Democratic primary, this time by mail, if Florida Sen. Bill Nelson and Gov. Charlie Crist have their way. Nelson tells Newsweek that plans are all but set for a re-vote, this time paid for by soft money donations. But hurdles remain, including what Nelson’s spokesman calls a “tiny” Florida law against mail-in voting. More »

  • January 2008

    • McCain Takes Slim Florida Lead

      Reuters  |  Jan 28, 08 7:13 AM CST

      McCain Takes Slim Florida Lead

      (Newser) - Apparently, Florida Governor Charlie Crist has the golden touch. John McCain rose 3 points overnight in Florida after Crist endorsed him Saturday, pulling ahead of Mitt Romney in the latest Reuters/Zogby poll. Most significantly, McCain wiped out Romney’s 6-point edge amongst conservatives. “One day doesn’t make a trend, but to gain three points in a day could be significant,” said pollster John Zogby. "McCain went from losing big among conservatives to a tie." More »

    • Florida Gov. Backs McCain as Race Turns Nasty

      Miami Herald  |  Jan 26, 08 9:02 PM CST

      Florida Gov. Backs McCain as Race Turns Nasty

      (Newser) - Florida's popular governor endorsed John McCain tonight, giving a major boost to the Arizona senator as his tight race with Mitt Romney took a nasty turn. Gov. Charlie Crist called McCain a "true American hero" three days ahead of the state's primary, the Miami Herald reports. The endorsement came as McCain and Romney dropped the polite act and traded serious barbs over Iraq, the Washington Post notes. More »

  • August 2007

    • Grocery Chain Offers Free Rx Meds

      Associated Press  |  Aug 6, 07 3:17 PM CDT

      Grocery Chain Offers Free Rx Meds

      (Newser) - Pharmacies in Publix supermarkets across five Southern states will distribute seven antibiotics free to patients with prescriptions, the chain said today. The CEO allows that one goal is to drive customer traffic, but it's also an example of the private sector assisting access to affordable health care, the AP reports. Wal-Mart and Kmart recently started selling uber-cheap meds. More »

  • July 2007

    • Fla. Governor Joins Green Revolution

      Economist  |  Jul 13, 07 12:12 PM CDT

      Fla. Governor Joins Green Revolution

      (Newser) - Florida governor Charlie Crist is taking the green revolution farther down the road traveled in California, with an executive order setting the nation's toughest emission standards. Highly vulnerable to climate change, the fourth largest state will catalyze legal, business and attitude shifts throughout the country, says the Economist . More »

10 Stories

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, right, introduces California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger during the luncheon at the ServetoPreserve, A Florida Summit on Global Climate Change in Miami Friday, July 13, 2007....   (Associated Press)
Florida Governor Charlie Crist speaks at a press conference 16...   (Getty Images (by Event))
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who endorsed McCain for president, speak to reporters during a campaign stop at the First Watch Cafe ahead...   (Associated Press)
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, left, and Gov. Charlie Crist, seen in a file photo. Nelson and Crist are working on a deal for a Florida revote. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)   (Associated Press)
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Charlie Crist
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Charles Joseph "Charlie" Crist, Jr. (born July 24, 1956), is an American politician of the Republican Party and the current Governor of Florida. Crist served as state attorney general from 2003 to 2007. He is the first Republican Florida governor to succeed a Republican governor. He is the first member...

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