Orlando Sentinel

As shown in previous polls, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers, has a huge lead over four candidates who’ve been campaigning much of the year for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, even though he officially entered the race only this week.

A Public Policy Polling survey found Mack with 40 percent support in Florida, more than tripling the second-place sitting candidate, former U.S. senator George LeMieux, who came in with 12 percent.

The poll, released late Wednesday, notes that Mack has a huge advantage of name recognition. He is the son of Connie Mack III, who was Florida’s U.S. Senator for 12 years, until 2001. And he is the great-grandson of the Baseball Hall of Fame team owner and manager Connie Mack.

PPP found Connie Mack IV has 57 percent name recognition among Republican voters in Florida, compared with 29 percent name ID for LeMieux, 18 for Hasner and 17 for Miller and McCalister.

But the poll also notes that among voters who are familiar with the other candidates, Mack still is heavily favored.

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