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In Fla., GOP hopes for two pick-ups where it just suffered two losses
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jan 09, 2007 02:36am |
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| News Date | Tuesday, January 9, 2007 08:35:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Sam Youngman
Sid Dinerstein, chairman of the Republican Party of Palm Beach County, left for a Caribbean cruise Monday following a midterm election season that saw Republican losses in both of the area’s congressional districts, one amid a national scandal.
“That’s why we’re going on the cruise,” Dinerstein said. “We’ve had a hell of a year.”
With Rep. Clay Shaw Jr. and state Sen. Joe Negron, who ran a late race for disgraced Rep. Mark Foley’s seat, defeated, Dinerstein said he immediately turned his attention to reclaiming the seats in 2008.
Those districts, now represented by Democratic Reps. Ron Klein and Tim Mahoney, have already begun to draw serious interest from local Republicans looking at 2008.
Both races were close last year, with Klein defeating Shaw 51 percent to 47 percent, and Negron, despite having to run on the ballot as Mark Foley, narrowly losing with 48 percent to Mahoney’s 50 percent.
In Mahoney’s 16th district, Dinerstein said Negron is considering another run, and state Rep. Gayle Harrell, who stepped aside for Negron after Foley resigned with little time on the clock, said she is eyeing the seat as well. |
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