Democrats On Verge Of Flipping Florida’s 13th District As Alex Sink Up 7 Points

[babylonsister]

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/14/democrats-verge-flipping-floridas-13th-district-alex-sink-7-points.html

Democrats On Verge Of Flipping Florida’s 13th District As Alex Sink Up 7 Points
By: Justin Baragona
Friday, February, 14th, 2014, 11:20 am


In a poll released on Thursday by the Tampa Bay Times, Democrat Alex Sink holds a 7-point lead over Republican David Jolly in Florida’s 13th District Special Election. The election will be held on March 11th to fill the lat CW Bill Young’s Congressional seat. Young, a Republican, was the longest serving Republican member of the House of Representatives when he died last October. By Florida law, Governor Rick Scott was not allowed to name a replacement to serve out Young’s term. Therefore, a special election was announced.

This is a prime opportunity for Democrats to pick up another seat in the House. With the mid-terms coming up in November, it would be great to get Sink in office and established so they can hold on to the district. In the later years of Young’s tenure in the House, his district became more and more Democratic, generally going for the Democratic nominee in Presidential elections over the past 20 years. So it is no surprise that with him gone, the district is up for grabs.

What should be interesting in this race is that Sink has been very supportive of the ACA and has not shied away from discussing the health care law. Therefore, this could be seen as a way to debunk the theory that Obamacare is going to be a negative campaigning tool for Democrats in the upcoming mid-terms. Considering that more and more people are signing up and seeing the positive benefits of the law, it might even be the case that Democrats will see that they can use the law to their benefit, and turn the table on Republicans.

Currently, Sink is ahead in the poll over Jolly 42-35, with Libertarian candidate Lucas Overby getting an additional 4%. Obviously, with Overby in the race, it can only hurt Jolly, as the vast majority of people that support Overby would vote for Jolly if they just had two choices. Sink, the state’s former CFO, is also polling slightly stronger with independents, with 33% supporting her compared to 27% for Jolly. However, that does leave quite a few undecided with less than a month before the election

[hrmjustin]

1. That would be great news.

Would give a boost to Democrats.

[HockeyMom]

2. She should be Govenor right now

instead of the Space Alien.

[Lochloosa]

10. ^^^THIS^^^

[sellitman]

3. Obamacare will obviously sink the Democrats at the polls

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. Let's hope the Dems in this district are REALLY motivated. Fingers crossed.

[AndyTiedye]

7. Let's Hope that They are Still On the Voting Rolls

It IS Florida. Expect a big purge of Democrats from the voting rolls in her district.

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. Well, there's that too. I hope the Justice Dept is keeping an eye on these states....

that are messing with voting regulations. Either way, Dems have to turn out in extraordinary numbers to blunt the force of the teabaggin' House of Reps.

[mcar]

5. The Rs are pouring a ton of money into this race

The anti-Sink ads are as ubiquitous as they are false. The claims they make are just silly and are all focused on the same old Obamacare lies. I find it interesting that they are putting all their eggs into the anti-ACA basket.

The district still needs to get out the D vote as there are a lot of undecideds.

[secondvariety]

6. Those ads

may have been expensive but they're pretty low rent in production quality. Fingers crossed for Sink. My ballot will be sent this week end.

[Cha]

9. Brava Alex Sink!

babylonsistah~

[RBInMaine]

11. DONATE DONATE DONATE ! I JUST DID.

Please send ANYTHING you can. Even five or ten bucks. If we win this one, it'll be a BODYSLAM to the R's and will really hurt their morale. We need to KICK SOME REPUBLICAN BUTT RIGHT NOW and let it be a great kickoff to 2014. They need resources to win.

[NBachers]

12. I just donated from San Francisco - Here's the link:

https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/35390

Daddy, what were "Republicans?"

[Loaded Liberal Dem]

13. durec

[ChairmanAgnostic]

14. Sinking Up - a great definition.

[MrMickeysMom]

15. My sister, her husband and others in Pinellas County are working very hard for Alex!

SHE'S IN IT TO WIN!!! GO ALEX!!!

I'm so proud of my old stomping ground Pinellas County, which is fast turning the page into a progressive era.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

16. good news