GOOD NEWS FOR CRIST, DAVIS IN LATEST POLL

The latest Florida election poll from Mason Dixon Polling & Research is out, and there's not a great deal of change to report.

Attorney General Charlie Crist almost doubled his lead over Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher to 55-24 percent among likely Republican primary voters, with 21 percent still undecided or supporting other candidates. Since Mason-Dixon's last poll in March, Crist began a television ad campaign while Gallagher only recently started his. In addition, Gallagher has had several negative stories regarding his personal life.

Among Democrats, Congressman Jim Davis continues to lead State Senator Rod Smith 29-14 percent...but that lead has continued to drop since the March poll. The big difference is still that over half likely Democratic voters remain undecided or are supporting other dark horse candidates. Neither candidate has begun airing campaign ads.

The Mason-Dixon firm surveyed 400 likely primary voters of each party by phone July 19-21. The margin of error is five percentage points.

Just remember, friends, that the poll that really counts will be in only 41 days.