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Two surveys released the day before Florida voters head to the polls show Kendrick Meek in control of the Democratic Senate primary while Bill McCollum and Rick Scott continue to trade leads in the race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.

Congressman Meek, who a few weeks ago appeared to be in a neck-and-neck battle with businessman Jeff Greene, now looks poised to coast to the nomination tomorrow. He leads 39-29 in a Quinnipiac University poll and 51-27 in a Public Policy Polling (PPP) poll.

Though Greene led in a Quinnipiac poll in July and a Bay News 9/St. Petersburg Times poll in early August, Meek quickly regained control of a race that has been more notable for a sideshow that includes Mike Tyson, Heidi Fleiss and lurid tales of parties on Greene's boat than substantive policy debates.

Tomorrow's winner will head into a high-profile three-way race against Republican Marco Rubio and Republican-turned-Independent Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.

In the volatile GOP gubernatorial primary, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum leads 39-35 over former health industry executive Rick Scott in the Quinnipiac poll. However, he trails 47-40 in the PPP poll. The increasingly negative race has taken a toll on the favorability ratings of both candidates. According to Quinnipiac, 40 percent of GOP voters have an unfavorable view of Scott, and 37 percent have an unfavorable view of McCollum. According to PPP, McCollum has a 45 percent unfavorable rating while 33 percent of Republican voters have an unfavorable view of Scott.

The winner will face Democrat Alex Sink, Florida's Chief Financial Officer, and Independent Bud Chiles in the general election. Sink has held slim leads in several recent polls.

Quinnipiac University surveyed 771 likely Republican primary voters and 757 likely Democratic primary voters from August 21-22. The Republican poll has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points, and the Democratic poll has a margin of error of 3.6 percentage points. PPP surveyed 304 likely Republican primary voters and 324 likely Democratic primary voters on the same days. The Republican poll has a margin of error of 5.6 percent, and the Democratic poll has a margin of error of 5.4 percent.