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HUTCHINSON ISLAND — In a result that one state legislator called “slightly anti-climatic,” voters overwhelmingly sent Stuart attorney Joe Negron back to Tallahassee Tuesday. The five-county landslide allows the Republican Negron, a former state House representative from 2000 to 2006 to serve the remaining year of state Sen. Ken Pruitt’s term and to be in a position for future Senate leadership as he will be the incumbent for the Senate District 28 office in 2010. Negron received 76.5 percent of the overall District 28 vote to defeat Democrat Bill Ramos, a mortgage broker from Jensen Beach. Negron credited his volunteers...

THEY'RE PUNCHING FOLEY FOR JOE [Byron York] Just talked to Todd Harris, spokesman for the Joe Negron campaign, trying to win the old Mark Foley seat in the 16th District of Florida. No reports of people having trouble with the concept of voting for Foley in order to vote for Negron, Harris says. He attributes that to heavy media coverage and discussion about the ballot in recent weeks. "At this stage, you would have had to been living under a rock or coming down from a four-week bender to not know how the ballot works in this district," Harris tells...

Love to get up in the morning and tune in to DNN and see them lie, and this morning was no different. They were showing cameras they have around the country and one was in the distric in Florida which Foley represented. MIles O'Brien said that the race was surprising close, and that the people who wanted to vote for the Republican candidate, Negron (whom he did not name), had to write in the candidates (again did not use Negron's name) name. This is a blatant lie, the actual procedure in Florida is to "Punch Foley' to "Vote for Negron'....

NYT: Mark Foley's congressional seat now 'a tossup' between Tim Mahoney, the Democrat, and state Rep. Joe Negron, the last-minute Republican replacement... Developing...

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,...

Negron Signs Going Up The First District Court of Appeal ruled that signs can go up saying a vote for Foley is a vote for Negron, if they also say a vote for Mahoney is a vote for Mahoney. The appellate court both upheld and reversed parts of the lower court which granted an injunction stopping signs from being posted in polling places in counties in the 16th Congressional district. The order prohibits the Secretary of State from posting its signs, which only mention Negron for Foley. The Judges said those signs "suggest favoritism on behalf of the Republican candidate."...

A bit of good news for the GOP in Florida-16: The First District Court of Appeal ruled that signs can go up saying a vote for Foley is a vote for Negron, if they also say a vote for Mahoney is a vote for Mahoney. The appellate court both upheld and reversed parts of the lower court which granted an injunction stopping signs from being posted in polling places in counties in the 16th Congressional district. The order prohibits the Secretary of State from posting its signs, which only mention Negron for Foley. The Judges said those signs "suggest favoritism...

“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.

The Republican Party’s hopes of holding on to the Florida 16th District seat of resigned Florida Republican Rep. Mark Foley are greatly hindered by the fact that Foley’s name, under state law, must stay on the ballot — even though votes cast for him will be counted for state Rep. Joe Negron, the replacement candidate picked by GOP officials. And the GOP endured another hit Wednesday when a state judge, ruling on a lawsuit brought by Democratic activists, barred state election officials from posting signs at voting locations and delivering notices about the ballot situation to 16th District voters. Second...

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...

Imagine you’re running for Congress. The election is four weeks away.Your name isn’t on the ballot.The only way anyone can vote for you is to pull the lever for a candidate who resigned and went into rehab after it was revealed that he engaged in instant-message sex with underage boys.You don’t need a high-priced political consultant to tell you that you’re facing, well, a challenge.So let’s stipulate right now that Joe Negron has his work cut out for him.Negron is a state representative in Florida, born and raised in the 16th District — what was, until last week, Mark Foley’s...

Election officials at state and local levels are considering posting signs in polling places and including material in absentee ballots throughout the 16th Congressional District clarifying that a vote for former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley is a vote for his Republican replacement Joe Negron. Negron supports the idea but his opponent, Democrat Tim Mahoney, as well as some legal experts, are crying foul, saying this would give the Republican an unfair advantage in a race already overshadowed by controversy and turmoil. "If that sign is permitted, we're going to fight it," said Wahid Mahmood, chairman of the Democratic Party in...

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...