Thursday, February 04, 2010

FL-19

FL-19 is the northern reaches of the greater-Miami region, straddling Palm Beach and Broward counties. The seat had been held by Robert Wexler, but he resigned recently to take over the presidency of the Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation.

A special election is scheduled for April 13 in which State Senator Ted Deutch (D) will face off against Ed Lynch (R). FL-19 has never elected a Republican in it's 18-year history. President Obama won the district 65-34 so one would expect Mr. Deutch to win relatively easily.

I'm also assuming that whomever wins will be sworn in and then immediately have to defend the seat in the Nov. 2 elections. Florida's general primary is August 31, so I would imagine that the loser of this special election would have to face the same competition he had for the original nomination (having been proven a loser).

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