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{{USState |name=Florida |flag=Florida_State_Flag.gif |motto="In God We Trust" |nick=The Sunshine State |caf the Bible, and still others in historical or philosophical defenses of Christianity (such as [[Gary Habermas]] or [[Lee Strobel]]). Christian apologist [[JP Holding]] has recommended that prospective apologists choose one area of focus rather than trying to be a "jack of all trades". <ref>http://www.tektonics.org/qt/sowant.html</ref> Some feel that faith alone should ne<nowiki> ed no justification, however, many feel that Chris '''3. Pick your favorite battle of the War and describe it.''' I like the battle of Argonne because of The Lost Battalion. It was the largest entanglement in the war, with 26,000 dead and 100,000 wounded. :Good, could describe it a bit more. '''4. When, where, why, and by whom did the Communist Revolution occur?''' 3rd largest population of the 50 states. ==Politics== Republican Senator [[Mel Martinez]] astonished Floridians by suddenly resigning in August 2009. Governor [[Charlie Crist]] appointed George LeMieux, age 40, who was Crist's campaign manager in 2006 and served as deputy attorney general of Florida when Crist was attorney general. LeMieux is regarded as one of the shrewdest political strategists in the state and, like Crist, is a moderate Republican. Crist then decided to run for the seat. Crist was elected governor in 2006, running as a fiscal conservative and a moderate on social issues. His style is folksy and he searches for bipartisanship. His handling of the great hurricanes of 2005-6 was widely praised. He appointed one moderate and two conservatives to the state supreme court. His support for [[John McCain]] helped carry the state primary and played a role in giving the 2008 GOP nomination to McCain. He cut property taxes and cut the state budget, but annoyed some conservatives by his enthusiastic support for the Obama administration's stimulus bill in spring 2009. Polls show a strong base of support from conservatives and moderates and some liberals. Hpwever, Crist was defeated in the Republican Senate Primary in 2010; his rival in the GOP primary was state House Speaker Marco Rubio, a Cuban American. ==History== [[File:Col-fla.jpg|thumb|300px|Spain and Britain controlled Florida before 1819, but sent few settlers]] Florida was first settled by Europeans in 1513, when Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon landed at St. Augustine. For some time, Spain and France ran competing colonies in Florida, with the Spanish eventually expelling the French. Spain never had effective control and sold Florida to the United States in 1819. Florida seceded from the Union in 1861 and joined the [[Confederate States of America]]; there was little military action in the remote state. Florida is a swing state in presidential elections. ==Elected officials== ===Federal=== *Sen. [[Bill Nelson]] (D) *Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] (R) *Rep. [[Jeff Miller]] [R, FL-1] *Rep. [[Steve Southerland]] [R, FL-2] *Rep. [[Corrine Brown]] [D, FL-3] *Rep. [[Ander Crenshaw]] [R, FL-4] *Rep. [[Rich Nugent]] [R, FL-5] *Rep. [[Clifford Stearns]] [R, FL-6] *Rep. [[John Mica]] [R, FL-7] *Rep. [[Dan Webster]] [R, FL-8] *Rep. [[Gus Bilirakis]] [R, FL-9] *Rep. [[C. W. Young]] [R, FL-10] *Rep. [[Kathy Castor]] [D, FL-11] *Rep. [[Dennis Ross]] [R, FL-12] *Rep. [[Vern Buchanan]] [R, FL-13] *Rep. [[Connie Mack]] [R, FL-14] *Rep. [[Bill Posey]] [R, FL-15] *Rep. [[Thomas Rooney]] [R, FL-16] *Rep. [[Frederica Wilson]] [D, FL-17] *Rep. [[Ileana Ros-Lehtinen]] [R, FL-18] *Rep. [[Robert Wexler]] [D, FL-19] *Rep. [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]] [D, FL-20] *Rep. [[Mario Diaz-Balart]] [R, FL-21] *Rep. [[Allen West]] [R, FL-22] *Rep. [[Alcee Hastings]] [D, FL-23] *Rep. [[Sandy Adams]] [R, FL-24] *Rep. [[David Rivera]] [R, FL-25] ===Statewide=== *Governor [[Rick Scott]] (R) *Lt. Governor [[Jennifer Carroll]] (R) *Chief Financial Officer [[Jeff Atwater]] (R) *Attorney General [[Pam Bondi]] (R) *Agriculture Commissioner [[Adam Putnam]] (R) ==Metropolitan Areas== *[[Fort Myers, Florida|Fort Myers]] *[[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] *[[Miami, Florida|Miami]] *[[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] *[[Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota]] *[[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]] *[[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] ==History== see [[History of Florida]] {{USstates}} [[Category:Florida]] [[Category:The South]]