Posted on 11/14/2020 1:33:46 PM PST by RightGeek
José Javier loss is a stunning blow to Senate Democrats, who went into the election cycle hoping to flip three seats to reach parity in the chamber and ended up losing one seat
After three long days of a painstaking recount, early results on Thursday showed Latinas for Trump co-founder Ileana Garcia leading Democratic incumbent José Javier Rodríguez in the race for Senate District 37 by a mere 34 votes.
In a video posted shortly after the recount was done, Rodríguez conceded and called for an investigation into the race, raising concerns about the influence of a third-party candidate backed by dark money who received more than 6,300 votes in an election decided by a few dozen out of more than 215,000.
“Democracy requires transparency,” he said in the video. “In order to achieve that, I believe this election requires a full investigation so that those who may have violated the law are held to account and so that such tactics are not used in future elections.”
Rodríguez’s loss is a stunning blow to Senate Democrats, who went into the election cycle hoping to flip three seats to reach parity in the chamber and ended up losing one seat, a balance that will make it tougher for them to influence the GOP’s legislative agenda in the near future.
Democrats say the loss is an indictment of Florida’s weak campaign finance laws that allow a shadow candidate and half a million dollars in dark money to infiltrate the race, siphoning votes all while technically following the rules.
(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...
Read em and weep, scumbag.
Chair of the Miami-Dade Democrats and lawyer Steve Simeonidis looks closely at a ballot during a manual recount for Senate District 37 between Republican Ileana Garcia and Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez at the Miami-Dade Elections Department on Thursday, November 12, 2020, in Miami, Florida.
Last I heard, the GA elecions could put us at a dead tie in the senate.
Is that still true?
Legal Latino’s don’t want illegals undercutting their wages.
Don’t want to Defund Police.
Funny how I don’t see pics like this out of PA, MI, WI, etc.
So... Soros’ money good-bright-cheery...
Non-communist American’s money bad-smelly-dark...
This guys eyesight looks a bit suspect.
True for the U.S. Senate. This story’s about the Florida State Senate, though.
So a frequent phenomena the Dems exploit against the Republicans(third party vote diluters) ends up blowing up against the dems. Now the dems cry foul and dirty money.....
Hmmm the same way we do when third parties work against us.....
“Democracy requires transparency... In order to achieve that, I believe this election requires a full investigation so that those who may have violated the law are held to account and so that such tactics are not used in future elections.”
ROFL
“Democracy requires transparency,” he said in the video. “In order to achieve that, I believe this election requires a full investigation so that those who may have violated the law are held to account and so that such tactics are not used in future elections.”
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COOL! Then you support the recounts needed and lawsuits being filed by the Trump campaign, right? Right???
Article states......Democrats say the loss is an indictment of Florida’s weak campaign finance laws that allow a shadow candidate and half a million dollars in dark money to infiltrate the race, siphoning votes all while technically following the rules............
LOL....Sour grapes loser! Demo-rats do that all the time.
The legendary Judge “Chad” Rosenberg.
i say investigate away
where’s the upset press coverage of him demanding the investigation
also funny that if it isn’t soros money, its dark money when they believe money’s coming in against an election of theirs
It’s tied now. We need both Georgia seats to get to 52-48 and make the Senate Romney proof.
I was just thinking the same thing!!!
So tell me again how Trump lost ?
Second sentence of the exerpt, this is for Florida District 37. US senators do not have districts.
According to Red State, Florida is officially a red state. They turned so many seats in the legislature and the epic Trump voters in blue Miami Dade county which was laughable a year ago, into a reality.
That’s why DeSantis introduced the “anti-protestor” law because he got the internal polls beforehand..
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