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Governor Crist’s path of public service next led him to seek election as Attorney General in 2002. He carried the general election by more than one-third of a million votes to become Florida’s first elected Republican Attorney General.
Governor Crist’s path of public service next led him to seek election as Attorney General in 2002. He carried the general election by more than one-third of a million votes to become Florida’s first elected Republican Attorney General.
On November 7, 2006, Governor Charlie Crist was elected to serve as Florida’s Governor.<ref>[http://www.flgov.com/gov_biography|Charlie Crist's Biography] </ref>
==Record as Governor==
On November 7, 2006, Charlie Crist was elected to serve as Florida’s Governor.<ref>[http://www.flgov.com/gov_biography|Charlie Crist's Biography]</ref> Although he has held conservative positions on social issues, such as broadening the use of [[capital punishment]] <ref>http://issues2000.org/Governor/Charlie_Crist_Crime.htm</ref>, and he also signed legislation that allows employees, customers and those invited to a business establishment to keep guns locked in their motor vehicles, as long as they have a concealed weapons license. [[Liberal]] critics dubbed it "bring your gun to work day." <ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0948339420080409</ref> He also supported a ban on gay adoption. <ref>http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2008/as-nation-1001-0-8i30u4543.htm</ref>
On economics however, his actions have alienated conservatives. Crist supported President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package. With a $2.4 billion state deficit, Crist vetoed Republican proposals to reduce $365 million from the budget. <ref>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/875453.html</ref> In December of 2008, when the state [[economy]] was plunging, Governor Crist took a 12 day trip to [[Europe]] with his fiancée that cost taxpayers $430,000. <ref>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/local_news/content/local_news/epaper/2008/12/08/1208europe.html</ref> Crist defended it as a trip to promote [[free trade]].
Although Crist opposed offshore oil drilling during his gubernatorial campaign, he admittedly changed his position, saying "I mean, let's face it, the price of gas has gone through the roof, and Florida families are suffering, and my heart bleeds for them." <ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D91CGGV81&show_article=1</ref>
==2010 Senatorial Election==
Charlie Crist has announced he will opt out reelection as Governor and instead run for the [[United States]] [[Senate]]. However, his strong endorsement of [[President Obama]]'s economic stimulus package has led to a primary challenge from the more [[conservative]] Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives [[Marco Rubio]].
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