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He doesn't have to <i>run</i> for the Senate until the end of Mel Martinez' term. Charlie Crist is Martinez' governor, and as such appoints replacement Senators to finish out the terms of resigning ones. It's perfectly legal for a governor to appoint himself senator if he wants, and it's happened. If he wants to be a senator, as I think he does, all he needs do is to say "I'm the senator." He would then resign as Florida's governor and the lieutenant governor would step up.

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