HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Rep. Kendrick Meek is the Democratic nominee for Senate, overcoming billionaire Jeff Greene's massive television and mail onslaught to win a bitter Florida primary.

If he wins again in November, Meek will be the state's first black senator.

Meek was outspent by an estimated 5-to-1 ratio and at one point fell behind in the polls after Greene entered the race on the last possible day and began flooding the state with television ads.

The race was often nasty, with Greene calling Meek corrupt and Meek saying Greene bet against Floridians when he made investments that earned him hundreds of millions of dollars when the housing market collapsed.

Meek will now face Republican Marco Rubio and independent Gov. Charlie Crist in the general election.

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MIAMI (AP) — Tea party favorite Marco Rubio has won the Florida Republican Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate.

Rubio only faced token opposition in Tuesday's primary from two little-known candidates.

Rubio is a former speaker of the state House. He rose to prominence over the last year and forced Gov. Charlie Crist from the Republican race and the party. Crist is now running for the Senate as an independent.

Rubio and Crist will face the winner of the Democratic primary between U.S. Rep. Kendrick and billionaire investor Jeff Greene in November's general election.