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It's been a tough week for Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene, who lost the Democratic primary to represent Florida in the Senate on Tuesday to Congressman Kendrick Meek. The Palm Beach Post reports vote totals posted online show Greene lost his home precinct to Meek by a count of two-to-one.

That's two votes for Kendrick, one vote for Greene (presumably his own). Greene's wife is not registered in Palm Beach County. Only three of the precinct's  26 registered Democrats voted in the primary. In contrast, 84 Republicans are registered in the precinct.

If the precinct is any indication Republicans have the advantage heading into this fall's three-way race between Meek, the Republican nominee former Florida House Speak! er Marco Rubio and incumbent Governor Charlie Crist, who dropped out of the GOP primary to run as an independent. Rubio carried Greene's home precinct 26-0.

Meek won the statewide race with 57.6 percent of the vote.

h/t: Ben Smith