AP Reports
Florida Democrats have embraced an early primary on Jan. 29 despite the national party's threat to penalize them by taking away half their delegates to the national convention.
Karen Thurman, the party chairwoman, and Sen. Bill Nelson said Monday that the leadership had voted unanimously to accept the date. The state party has to submit a plan to the Democratic National Committee by Friday.
Republican Gov. Charlie Crist established the date last month when he signed a bill moving up the Florida primary.
While some states are slated for early contests _ Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina _ DNC Chairman Howard Dean has warned states that jump ahead of Feb. 5. Dean has said Florida will lose half its delegates and all its superdelegates if it holds its primary before the February date.
If the Florida Democratic Party decides to make its early primary binding, any Democratic candidates campaigning in the state will lose their delegates.
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