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Fla. governor to endorse McCain

ORLANDO --Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will endorse John McCain, the Associated Press has learned, a move likely to give the Republican presidential candidate a critical boost ahead of Tuesday's primary.

The Arizona senator is locked in a tight race with Mitt Romney.

McCain was appearing with Crist at a county GOP event later Saturday, and the endorsement was to be announced there, according to Republican officials who spoke on the condition of anonimity. 

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