On a recent Florida History Podcast we discussed the triumph of the Chiles/MacKay ticket in 1990.
You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store apps for free which enable you to subscribe and listen on your iPhone if you do not use the Apple Podcast app. We release a new episode weekly.
The Florida Squeeze 
As I recall the Florida Trend had a cover story on Nelson calling him an empty suit. One of his former staff I spoke with thought this was b.s. Chiles was committed to campaign finance reform and introduced legislation saying “elections should not be auctions.”
LikeLike