Two Florida Republican Reps In Danger

McClatchy:

A new poll suggests that two Republican members of Congress from Miami are facing a tight race from their Democratic challengers -- the first significant challenge to the incumbents in years.

The poll, by Bendixen & Associates, shows Reps. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart, Cuban-American brothers with a long Miami political pedigree, are leading their Democratic challengers by only single digits with four months to go to the election. Potentially more troubling for the GOP incumbents, the poll shows neither cracked 50 percent of the vote. That's a far cry from their dominance in previous campaigns.

"This election shows signs of being something of a reckoning for the Diaz-Balart brothers," said pollster Fernand Amandi, executive vice president at the polling company. The Coral Gables-based firm, which specializes in Hispanic polling, worked for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary, but has not worked with any of the congressional candidates.

Read the whole story: McClatchy

Comments

[thepoliticalcat]

Wow, the Repugs are working really hard to make me happy, for a change.

[V4Vigilance]

Time to call the "fixers".

[SEQUOIABISON]

Please don't get my hopes up.

[pbfishtaco]

Paging Ms. Harris, Paging Ms. Harris. I need caging lists, and I need them NOW!!

[wm1066]

Maybe if they came out for drilling off shore.......
(sorry if this posts twice)

[xoxox]

Democratic Floridians won't forget that the Republicans in the state are the reason their primary date was moved up, and it caused a lot of trouble for Democratic voters. And they won't forget how Al Gore's election win was stolen in Florida either. Now they're being asked to allow off-shore drilling off the coast? The Republicans have no clue, do they?

[SouthFloridaDem]

PLEASE please please please, everyone, if you can spare even $5, go to ActBlue and give to Raul Martinez (FL-21, running against Lincoln Diaz-Balart) and Joe Garcia (Fl-25, running against Mario Diaz-Balart). These two are solid candidates who can overthrow the Diaz-Balart brothers, but they need help. And they're not getting any campaigning help from Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D, FL-20), who refuses to campaign for them against the Diaz-Balarts because she says she's worked with the Diaz-Balarts in Congress and, well, she just won't help her own party to gain seats from South Florida. So help out if you can, this is a great opportunity for Dems to pick up two important seats in Congress and toss out two do-nothing Republicans!!!

[zurcl]

lincoln diaz balart is my rep and the guy's a waste of time. i've watched him on cspan and he's just an empty suit parroting the party linel.

[Tom95134]

Drop them in the middle of the Everglades (or would that be cruelty to alligators).

[robiform]

Nope, it would be lunch for the alligators! For me, it will be very nice to have a new congressional representative--and I believe it would be very nice also for everyone else in my district who doesn't believe that the policies espoused by the Diaz-Balarts and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen are useful for citizens of the USA. And that includes a lot of Cuban-Americans who have awakened and smelled the cafecito!

[Daly]

How many selections can diebold rig on a single ballot?

[Grunty1]

All of them, but then it would be far too obvious.

[VOTER]

Hey, guys, fear not!

Mitch McConnell of Ky declared you are doing just fine.

The GOP will win.

ROFL

[newgeneration]

hey, what happened to my comment?

[newgeneration]

I really hope so, this two have had a hold on the cuban vote for decades,, their main or only agenda have been Castro ,, and they have failed miserably. I hope the younger generation of Cubans convinced their parents not to vote for these fools.
Cubana en America.

[exotic]

good riddance and take Ileana with you. You guys are dinosaurs and you are ready for extinction with that bulls*#% Fidel stuff.

[marinade]

This is exactly the purpose of the 50-state strategy. Get rid of entrenched Republicans. Throw them off balance.

Put Florida into play!

Go Joe Garcia!

[TheOneironaut]

Get used to these stories my friends! Republicans are in danger from the school board to capitol hill in almost every state!

[argeec]

So has Debbie Wasserman-Schultz quit supporting these two?
Is she still on the democratic campaign committee in the house?

[zurcl]

i'm really dissapointed with wasserman-shultz. i thought she was a straight shooter.
i think i'm gonna start watching her a little closer.