Democrats’ attacks on Rick Scott are taking a toll

Published September 26, 2018 4:53pm ET



Florida’s Republican governor, Rick Scott, led incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson for much of the summer. Although the polls are mixed, he’s fallen behind in two of the last three public opinion polls, both taken by nationally respected pollsters.

That might be partly because of hard-hitting negative ads this month on Scott’s prior business career. This one, from the Nelson campaign, gives a good sample of the hits that Democrats are using against him:

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