It's official, Kendrick Meek beats Jeff Greene and wins the Democratic primary for the open United States Senate seat in Florida. He will go on to face Charlie Christ(I) and Marco Rubio(R).

I was pulling for Greene. His reputation for having the wildest and best sex parties on his Yacht and his various houses sure would have shaken up Democrats in Washington. Hell, I bet Nancy Pelosi was really pulling for him to so she could get an invite to one of his prestigious parties.

Rep. Kendrick Meek beat real estate billionaire Jeff Greene for the Democratic Senate nomination in Florida Tuesday, setting up a dramatic three-way race for an open seat in November.

The Republican gubernatorial primary, in which state Attorney General Bill McCollum was battling health care executive Rick Scott, was too close to call.

In the Senate race, Meek will face off against GOP nominee Marco Rubio and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. The governor left the Republican Party in April to run as an independent after facing the conservative, Tea Party-backed challenge from Rubio. Crist is trying to prevent his name from being added to the list of establishment candidates passed over in an anti-incumbent year.

But in the Democratic primary, the politically established Meek clinched a decisive victory Tuesday over the upstart Greene. With 51 percent of precincts reporting, Meek was leading Greene 54-33 percent.

As expected, Rubio secured the Republican nomination Tuesday, and chief financial officer Alex Sink won the Democratic gubernatorial primary. Neither faced significant opposition.

Meek, after struggling for a period, widened his lead in the polls in recent weeks as he aggressively went after Greene for making millions by betting against the housing market. A series of news reports highlighting Greene's personal life, including his friendship with boxer Mike Tyson, didn't appear to help either.

Though Greene far outspent Meek on attacks ads, casting the four-term congressman as a corrupt incumbent, Meek enjoyed support from President Obama, former President Bill Clinton and Bob Graham, Florida's respected former senator and governor.

Polls forecast a tight race for November. A recent Rasmussen poll showed Rubio leading Crist by 5 points, with Meek trailing in a hypothetical general election matchup.

In his victory speech Tuesday night, Rubio described the race as a fight for the integrity of America -- one whose military is a global force for good, that creates opportunities for its people and that controls its government spending. If not, Rubio said, the United States will lose its "exceptionalism" and "face a Greece-like day of reckoning."

In Florida's Republican gubernatorial race, Scott also was trying to topple an established political figure.

Scott has maintained a slim but steady lead over McCollum as ballots continue to be counted. With 51 percent of precincts reporting, Scott was leading McCollum 46-43 percent.

Scott, who was active last year opposing the health care legislation in Washington, poured nearly $40 million of his own money into the gubernatorial bid.

But McCollum, who racked up endorsements from big Republican names, has hit Scott for past Medicare fraud allegations. Scott was the CEO of HCA/Columbia Hospitals when it settled the biggest Medicare fraud case in history. Scott was not charged in that case.

McCollum has attracted national attention over the past year by leading a multi-state lawsuit against the health care overhaul and proposing tough, new immigration policies.

Primaries are being held elsewhere Tuesday in Arizona, Alaska and Vermont. Oklahoma is holding Republican runoffs.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/24/polls-begin-close-contested-florida-primaries/