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Jeb Bush began 2015 atop Republican presidential polls and visits West Palm Beach at year’s end in single digits - but his supporters insist there's still time for Bush to rebound. The former Florida governor will speak at Monday's Forum Club of the Palm Beaches lunch at the Palm Beach County Convention Center - within three miles of Republican front runner Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach. Bush is spending the day in his home state, with scheduled appearances in Hialeah and Ocala as well, but Bush backers are increasingly pinning their comeback hopes on New Hampshire. Florida Chief...

TALLAHASSEE - Elections supervisors in eight counties can post signs at polling places that say a vote for the disgraced former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley is really a vote for his Republican replacement, as long as they name the Democrat, too, the 1st District Court of Appeal said Friday. Despite Foley's resignation nearly a month ago amid accusations that he sent lurid e-mails to congressional pages, his name is stuck on the ballot. While more than 11,000 voters in the 16th Congressional District have already cast votes without signs during early voting, the signs will go up and stay up,...

“Tim Mahoney should be ashamed,” says Corporal Snyder STUART, FL – Iraq War veteran Corporal David Snyder, United States Marine Corps, today blasted Democrat Tim Mahoney for his campaign’s efforts to keep military and overseas voters in the dark about their ballots. The U.S. Departments of Defense and State yesterday took steps to educate voters overseas that a vote for former Rep. Mark Foley is actually a vote for Joe Negron. According to today’s Miami Herald, “Officials from the campaign for Negron's Democratic challenger, Tim Mahoney, are livid over the correspondence.” “Tim Mahoney should be ashamed of his disgraceful efforts...

With just 20 days left until the election, more big names are getting behind candidates hoping to replace disgraced congressman Mark Foley. On Wednesday, it was Republican National Committee Chariman Ken Mehlman visiting Punta Gorda to campaign for Joe Negron. Republicans claim Foley's scandal is not the reason the party's heavy hitters are in the area. RNC chairman, Ken Mehlman, says he only makes visits to political races where he feels the candidate has a strong chance to win. The Republican party is using all the money, resources, and powerful faces it can to secure Negron a seat in congress,...

Just in case any American on Earth hasn't heard about the Mark Foley sex scandal, the State Department sent an e-mail advisory Tuesday to U.S. citizens in Iraq alerting them of the congressman's resignation. The message went out to all citizens registered at the U.S. Consul in Baghdad -- and possibly in other countries -- reminding them that, if they are Florida voters who live in the 16th Congressional District, a vote for Foley is actually a vote for his Republican replacement, state Rep. Joe Negron. ''Foley's name will remain on the ballot for both absentee and regular ballots,'' the...

The candidate replacing Florida's disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley on the ballot in next month's election has been barred from posting signs at polling places clarifying that votes for Foley will actually go to him, authorities said on Wednesday.

Supervisors of elections in the counties that include the 16th Congressional District may post signs letting voters know that Joe Negron has replaced resigned U.S. Rep. Mark Foley as the Republican candidate, clearing up confusion that may arise when they see Foley's name on the Nov. 7 ballot. Several experts have said that voter confusion over the fact that despite Foley's high profile resignation over a scandal involving inappropriate messages to young pages, his name will still be on the ballot. The challenger in the race is Democrat Tim Mahoney. While it's not clear how many voters in the district...

Rep. Mark Foley, a Florida Republican, has resigned abruptly from the House on the revelation by ABC News of “sexual” instant messages to underage male pages. The Democrats in Congress and in the media are trying to hang this albatross around the necks of Republican leaders, and Republicans generally. There is incompetent reporting, either accidental or deliberate, on this story. Foley sent e-mails to some pages that were not overtly sexual. Almost the entire press has failed to report the differences between e-mails and instant messages. Since most reporters use both methods of communications or can easily get information about...

http://constituentdynamics.com/mw/2006/pdf/FL16.pdf http://constituentdynamics.com/mw/2006/pdf/FL16b.pdf Majority Watch asked the question in two different ways. The first link is a sample of 1001 likely voters who were asked simply if they would vote for Foley, the Republican, or Mahoney, the Democrat. Among likely voters there Mahoney led by 7 points, 50-43. Among certain voters (795), Mahoney led by 10 points, 52-42. This question reflects how the ballot will look. The second poll was taken of 1003 likely voters. Among them Mahoney led by only 3 points over Foley. Among certain voters (813 total), Mahoney led by one. The question asked in this poll was:...

by Mark Finkelstein October 2, 2006 - 21:24 No, this isn't a joke. Of all the possible photos available of Joe Negron, the Florida state representative who has replaced Mark Foley as the GOP congressional candidate in the 16th CD, this is the one the Associated Press chose. The photo accompanied the AP's article: FL GOP picks Foley replacement. Congressmen come and congressmen go. But the Associated Press's liberal bias goes on forever. Hat Tip to Free Republic poster Behind Liberal Lines. Note: NewsBusters is looking for a few good men - or women. NB is seeking: 1. military, ex-military...

State Rep. Joe Negron, a Stuart attorney, said Friday he will seek to become the replacement candidate on the November ballot for U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned Friday amid allegations he made advances to a 16-year-old congressional intern. ''I'm in this race, and I'm going to win,'' Negron told The Miami Herald.