FL-15: National political parties are piling into race
As expected, both national political parties are piling into the Congressional District 15 race, viewed as the Democrats' best chance in Florida to flip a GOP-held U.S. House seat.
This week, the Democratic Party’s House campaign arm put their candidate, Alan Cohn, on its exclusive Red to Blue program, which can provide a candidate substantial financial and other help.
Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy showed up for a fundraiser backing GOP candidate Scott Franklin and suggested he’ll provide fundraising help so Franklin will no longer have to self-fund his campaign.
While McCarthy was at the fundraiser Sunday at Tampa’s Palma Ceia Country Club, a crowd of about 75 Democrats showed up to protest outside, after rumors incorrectly said Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was attending.
They stayed for about an hour carrying signs saying “Ditch Mitch” and “No SCOTUS Before POTUS,” a reference to McConnell’s announced plans to quickly replace the late Chief Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
A wealthy insurance executive and Lakeland city commissioner, Franklin has spent $400,000 of his own money on the race, mainly in the primary in which he unseated incumbent Republican Ross Spano.
https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/09/26/national-political-parties-are-piling-into-local-congressional-district-15-race/