who on the right is running for West’s seat in FLA?
There are 6 GOP candidates running, but I’m not sure who gets the mantle of West’s leadership. Carl Domino has the most amount of money on the “R” side. Schlesinger is a carpetbagging RINO from CT who was Joe Lieberman’s opponent for the Senate in 2006 (the one where Republicans abandoned him to support Lieberman when he lost the Dem nomination).
Curiously, the freshman Dem incumbent, who won in a fluke (and under highly dubious circumstances), was so worried about his reelection that he put out feelers on switching parties to save his bacon.
The primary is in late August.
District 18:
Patrick Murphy (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Carl Domino (R) - Ex-State Rep., Businessman, ‘10 State Sen. Candidate & ‘12 State Rep. Candidate
Beverly Hires (R) - Nurse, Conservative Activist & ‘12 State Rep. Candidate
Brian Lara (R) - Software Developer
Alan Schlesinger (R) - Ex-Connecticut State Rep., Ex-Derby (CT) Mayor, Attorney & ‘06 US Sen. Candidate
Calvin Turnquest (R) - Ex-Tequesta City Councilman, Chemist & ‘12 State Rep. Candidate
Nick Wukoson (R) - Management Consultant & Ex-Police Officer