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A former federal prosecutor is looking to become the state’s top lawyer.
Dan Gelber filed paperwork with the Florida state board of election to seek the Democratic nomination for Attorney General. The current state Attorney General Bill McCollum (R) is a candidate for governor in the November elections.
Gelber currently is a member of the state Senate. Gelber was one of the nation’s youngest federal prosecutors when he joined the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of Florida at the age of 25. During his nearly 10 years in the office, he prosecuted cases on public corruption, civil rights and narcotics. Gelber has been endorsed by former Attorney General Janet Reno.
Gelber was initially planning on running for U.S. Senate but opted instead for the state attorney general race. The other Democrat in the race is state Sen. Dave Aronberg.
On the other side of the political aisle, four Republicans are seeking their party’s nomination for the attorney general’s race. The candidates include ex-state health care secretary Holly Benson; Hillsborough County assistant state attorney Pam Bondi; Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp; and attorney Jim Lewis.
[...] Gelber is running for Florida Attorney General. Now a Democratic member of the Florida Senate, Gelber served as Assistant [...]