Liberal Huffington Post: Mahoney one of the most vulnerable Democrats
January 29th, 2008 at 11:55am Anthony Bonna
From the Huffington Post:
“Mahoney practically owes his seat in the House to three words: Mark Foley scandal. Although Mahoney was running what National Journal called a “respectable” campaign for someone taking on an entrenched incumbent, he was still considered a long shot until allegations surfaced that Foley had sexually explicit Internet chats with teenage male House pages. Foley quickly skipped town and Mahoney became the odds-on favorite to win the GOP-leaning district that stretches from Palm Beach to the Gulf of Mexico. Mahoney carried the district in 2006 with 50 percent of the vote. But George W. Bush won over 54 percent of the district’s voters in 2004, and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that Republicans outnumber registered voters in the district 42 percent to 36 percent. An August primary will determine which of the three Republicans vying for a spot on the general election ballot will take on Mahoney, but it looks like he is spoiling for a fight: the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza reported that Mahoney had already raised $1.4 million as early as October.”
Read the entire piece here.
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