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865:"General Election Broward County, Florida November 5, 2002"
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1276:"Florida legislator Kristin Jacobs dies of cancer at 60"
1081:. The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact.
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913:"Candidates For 2010 Election Cycle"
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