Independent candidate Bud Chiles confirmed Wednesday he would drop out of Florida’s race for governor and back Democratic nominee Alex Sink.
In a statement, aide Jim McClellan said Chiles would make the announcement official at a Thursday morning news conference in Tallahassee.
A Sink campaign official did not immediately return a call for comment.
Democratic pollster Tom Eldon said the rise of surprise GOP nominee Rick Scott ended up changing the electoral math for Chiles (the son of former Democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles), who had jumped into the race in June as an alternative to the two major-party candidates.
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