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Gov. Charlie Crist has gotten engaged to his girlfriend, Carole Rome, a spokeswoman has confirmed to Tampa Tribune reporter William March.
March is reporting today that the spokeswoman, Erin Isaac, didn’t have any other information, such as when the pair will get hitched. According to a friend of Crist’s, the two were planning to go out for a romantic dinner in St. Petersburg tonight.
Crist and Rome have been dating for about nine months. Crist has been single since his divorce, after a brief marriage, in 1980.
Rome, a New York socialite who relocated to Miami in 2006, is president of her family’s business, Franco American Novelty Co., a costume business. She’s one of several women Crist has been reported to be linked to romantically or socially since he became governor, but the first he’s talked about publicly—and seriously.
Politically, a marriage could remove one obstacle to Crist’s political future, writes March. He notes that it's been widely said he wouldn’t make a good running mate for John McCain without a wife.
-- Billy House
March is reporting today that the spokeswoman, Erin Isaac, didn’t have any other information, such as when the pair will get hitched. According to a friend of Crist’s, the two were planning to go out for a romantic dinner in St. Petersburg tonight.
Crist and Rome have been dating for about nine months. Crist has been single since his divorce, after a brief marriage, in 1980.
Rome, a New York socialite who relocated to Miami in 2006, is president of her family’s business, Franco American Novelty Co., a costume business. She’s one of several women Crist has been reported to be linked to romantically or socially since he became governor, but the first he’s talked about publicly—and seriously.
Politically, a marriage could remove one obstacle to Crist’s political future, writes March. He notes that it's been widely said he wouldn’t make a good running mate for John McCain without a wife.
-- Billy House