Ex-Florida Governor Candidate To Be Remembered Friday
TAMPA (CBSMiami/AP) — Bill McBride, the Florida Democrat who defeated Janet Reno for the party's gubernatorial nomination in 2002 but lost to Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, will be remembered this week in Tampa.
The service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at the Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church.
McBride suffered a fatal heart attack Saturday while visiting with family in Mount Airy, N.C. He was 67.
McBride defeated Reno, who was U.S. attorney general under President Bill Clinton, in the Democratic primary to run against Bush. Before entering politics, he was managing partner at the prestigious Holland & Knight law firm.
McBride's wife, Alex Sink, was the Democratic nominee for governor in 2010, losing to now-Gov. Rick Scott. The couple lived outside of Tampa.
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