Ex-Gov. Crist leads Gov. Scott by 8 points in poll

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Former Gov. Charlie Crist is leading Republican Gov. Rick Scott by 8 points in a new poll.

The poll released Thursday by Quinnipiac University finds that 54 percent don't think that Scott deserves a second term as governor. Only 41 percent approve of the job Scott is doing. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.5 percent.

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The gap between Scott and Crist is closer than it was in a poll taken last March.

But Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, says Scott's momentum has stalled. Scott was trailing Crist by 7 points in a November poll.

Crist, a former Republican who switched to Democrat, announced in November he was challenging Scott.

The poll also found that 73 percent support raising the state's minimum wage.