Rep. Corrine Brown loses primary
Source: Politico
Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown, a 12-term incumbent who faced both redistricting and a federal indictment, lost her primary Tuesday in Floridas 5th District, becoming the fifth House member to lose renomination this year.
Al Lawson, a former state legislator, had 47 percent of the vote to Browns 39 percent when the Associated Press called the race with 96 percent of precincts reporting. The heavily Democratic district is all but certain to elect Lawson in November.
Browns district, which used to stretch from Jacksonville south to Orlando, instead extended east to Tallahassee Lawsons home base under a new congressional map drawn this cycle, after the old one was ruled unconstitutional in state court. Brown was also indicted on federal fraud charges in July, including allegations that she and her top adviser personally profited from a charity.
Lawson unsuccessfully challenged then-Rep. Allen Boyd in a 2010 primary in the old 2nd District. He ran again and lost to former GOP Rep. Steve Southerland in the general election in 2012.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/rep-corrine-brown-loses-primary-227568
happydaze
(46 posts)I don't know anything about her opponent? I'm not sure if he's progressive or a corporate dem snuck into the mess?
Lochloosa
(16,061 posts)happydaze
(46 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)unc70
(6,109 posts)If I read this correctly, the district now goes from Jacksonville WEST to Tallahassee, not EAST. East from Jacksonville is rather wet.
Politico failure.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)Lunabell
(6,046 posts)He has been sandal free for all of them. He is a good man and has my full support.
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)Corrine was nothing but an embarrassment.