Republicans in Florida Race Try to Move Past Foley Scandal

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Republicans in Florida Race Try to Move Past Foley Scandal
By Rachel Kapochunas, CQ Staff


It has been nearly two years since six-term Republican Mark Foley resigned as representative of Florida’s 16th District, after revelations that he had sent sexually explicit online messages to House pages. Three Republicans, all potentially strong general election candidates in the usually Republican-leaning south Florida district, have entered the Aug. 26 primary for the nomination to challenge freshman Democrat Tim Mahoney — who, GOP partisans argue, won the seat in 2006 only because of Foley’s downfall.

But the Foley incident is still making waves in the generally GOP-leaning south Florida district, and threatens to hinder the Republicans’ targeted effort to oust the well-funded Mahoney.

Among those who think this is a problem for the GOP is the Republican who knows best the difficulty of dispersing the cloud caused by the Foley scandal: Joe Negron, who just weeks before the 2006 election was plucked from the state House by Republican officials as their nominee to replace the resigned incumbent.

“I think the memory of Mark Foley is a significant obstacle that the Republican nominee will have to overcome,” said Negron in an interview with CQ Politics.

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