She flew up from Destin,Florida. "It's enabled us to bring a real voice to some in Washington,D.C.

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She says Florida's problems in 2000 were people problems and ballot design problems, not technology issues.

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She even told Rexrode that, while she wanted the Gators to beat tournament darling Florida Gulf Coast in Friday night's South Regional, she would've been OK had the game gone the other way.

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She was elected Florida's first black lieutenant governor in 2010, winning office as Scott's running mate.

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