UPDATED NOVEMBER 4, 2009. Another sex scandal in this district caused it to change politics again. Tom Rooney (R) crushed incumbent Democrat Tim Mahoney in 2008 with 60% of the vote. McCain won 52% of the vote in this district in 2008. Rooney was born in 1970 and is Catholic.
UPDATED OCTOBER 15, 2008: There must be something in the water in Central Florida. On October 13, 2008, ABC News reported that Mahoney had agreed to a $121,000 payment to a former mistress who worked on his staff and
was threatening to sue him. You well remember, gentle readers, that Mahoney suceeded Mark Foley (R) who had his own sex scandal. The GOP may well pick up this seat.
UPDATED COLUMBUS DAY, 2008: Although this is a district that leans Republican, the Democrats should hold it in 2008 because of incumbent Tim Mahoney and the flagging McCain camaign in Florida. The Dems grabbed this seat in 2006 because of the Mark Foley pederast scandal.
UPDATED AFTER 2006 ELECTIONS: The Democrats picked up this seat by about 1% of the vote following the Mark Foley fiasco a few weeks before the election. Tim Mahoney (D) was the winner.
Mahoney was born in 1956 and is United Methodist.
UPDATE: This is the district of the latest pederast to be rooted out of Congress, the un-lamented Mark Foley. This could be the straw that breaks the camel's back and ensures that the Democrats win control of the House.
This is more marginal territory in southern Florida where Bush won 54% of the vote in 2004.
Mark Foley first won in 1994 but has won easily in all his elections. He was born in 1954 and is Catholic.
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