“Florida’s 24th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The residents of the 24th district are represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrat Suzanne Kosmas. This district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R+4, meaning it leans slightly Republican. The district was created after the 2000 Census. It includes portions of Brevard (including Titusville), Orange, Seminole, and Volusia counties.”
“Republican Tom Feeney was elected in the first election for the district in 2002 and was reelected subsequently. Feeney was defeated in the 2008 election by Kosmas, a former member of the Florida House of Representatives and a small business owner.”
Suzanne Kosmas is winding down her first term in that seat. Wiki tells us that Kosmas “campaigned on issues such as fiscal conservatism, support for veterans, and values like integrity and transparency.” Let’s see if her one-term voting record bears that out, given all the shenanigans that have been going on up in DC while she’s been there…and look at the details about the race for this House seat in 2010, after the jump…
I’m starting to sound like a broken record in Florida…Kosmas forgot about fiscal conservatism and transparency and that whole “integrity” thing once she got to DC. She has a nearly identical record to the ones of her buddies over in FL-8 and FL22…but just for posterity, I’ll say it AGAIN: no on banning Federal funds for abortion, a yes on TARP, yes on Cap & Trade, and yes on the Stimulus and Health Care bills. What is it with these Democrats?
Anyway, on to the primaries. As reported earlier, the Florida primary is August 24. Kosmas has one opponent. On the GOP side, there are 5; St. Rep. Sandra “Sandy” Adams, Karen Diebel, G. Tom Garcia, Ometrias Deon Long, and Craig Miller.
CQ Politics, calling this one a “Toss Up”, sorts it all out for us:
State Rep. Sandy Adams, Winter Park County Commissioner Karen Diebel, building contractor Ed Dedelow and several others have been seeking the Republican nomination for months, but GOP leaders aren’t thrilled with any of them. In mid-February they persuaded Craig Miller, the former CEO of the Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse chain, to run. He’s a political outsider with a sizeable wallet, so must be considered the GOP front-runner for now.
As the House was nearing its final vote on the health care bill, Miller began airing radio and TV ads urging Kosmas to vote against the measure — and implicitly threatening her with dire political consequences if she did not vote that way.
Well, if I may, the Health Care vote was one of MANY votes in which Kosmas showed her inexperience…and lack of understanding about the needs and desires of her constituents… Miller was on to something there.
So, here are the websites: St. Rep. Sandra “Sandy” Adams, Karen Diebel, G. Tom Garcia, Ometrias Deon Long, and Craig Miller. Like always, please visit their sites to learn more about them and lend your support. Follow through after the primary, and do everything you can to support the winner through to the General…Kosmas needs to be fired.
Note: This post originates at 73Wire.
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