FL-18 was specifically created to give both West and Rooney (moved to FL-17) an easy layup.
Rooney hit the shot and West missed, and cementing his loss (and future exodus to Texas), West's FL-18 opponent Patrick Murphy was a rare one-termer, replaced by Brian Mast, who would later be a finalist for Trump's VA Sec'y.
FL-18 got West out of FL-22 versus the inexplicably popular West Palm Beach Mayor Loi$ Frankel, and gave West a weak primary candidate in Crowder, instead of having to take on Rooney. Get your facts straight.
You really believe that?