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Pruitt's aide choices noted for cool heads
By TIMES STAFF WRITER
Published November 14, 2006
TALLAHASSEE - Ken Pruitt, who is expected to inherit a fractious Republican caucus when he is elected president of Florida's Senate next week, on Monday named two of its most even-keeled members as top lieutenants. Pruitt, R-Port St. Lucie, picked Lisa Carlton, R-Osprey, as president pro tempore, and Dan Webster, R-Winter Garden, as majority leader. Carlton, from a prominent ranching family, and Webster, a former House speaker, are regarded by colleagues as two of the chamber's most even-handed members who were rarely drawn into the infighting that erupted among the 26-member GOP caucus this spring over who would lead the chamber after Pruitt. Pruitt said in a news release that voters made it "loud and clear on Election Day" that they want elected officials to "pull together." Sen. Steve Geller of Hallandale Beach, who leads the chamber's 14 Democrats, praised the picks, saying, "I've worked with both for many years and know them to be good and fair people."
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