NU Online News Service, July 2, 11:22 a.m. EDT

A longtime Allstate agent and veteran of the Florida House of Representatives has announced his candidacy for Florida chief financial officer in a race likely to see some focus on the state's fractured insurance market.

Rep. Pat Patterson, a five-term legislator, who is chairman of the House Insurance, Business, and Financial Affairs Policy Council, will be running in the Republican primary against State Senate President Jeff Atwater, announced in May.

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