WI Janet Reno was Dem gubernatorial nominee in '02?

Former AG Janet Reno lost the Democratic gubernatorial primary by less than 5,000 votes IOTL. WI she'd won? Could she have beaten Jeb in November?
 
Former AG Janet Reno lost the Democratic gubernatorial primary by less than 5,000 votes IOTL. WI she'd won? Could she have beaten Jeb in November?

Hell no... she was widely disliked in FL after the Elian Gonzalez scandal... the locals where furious with her, and people hadn't forgotten about her messes at Waco and Ruby ridge. In "state" elections Florida is a red state and Bush was not a dirty word in 2002 yet, he would have wiped the floor with her... big time
 

Larrikin

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It is to laugh. Jeb would have flogged her so bad that her name would have become a byword for failure.

Somewhere like New York or Mass she might have had a chance, down south not a hope in hell.
 
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