Posted on 09/26/2018 5:28:48 AM PDT by Helicondelta
Democratic congressional candidate Donna Shalala is struggling to keep up with her Trump-supporting Republican rival in a district that overwhelmingly favored Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
The 77-year-old Shalala, who served as Department of Health and Human Services secretary for the Clinton administration, was supposed to easily snag a win in Florida’s 27th Congressional District and become the “second-oldest House freshman in history,” but recent polls indicate she’s neck and neck with her Republican opponent, Maria Elvira Salazar.
In November 2016, voters in the Miami-based 27th District cast a ballot in favor of Clinton by a margin of nearly 20 points. So when Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced she wouldn’t seek re-election, Democrats considered the Miami-based 27th District to be “their easiest pickup of the cycle” — that is, until last week.
In an analysis for The Cook Political Report, David Wasserman indicated Florida’s 27th went from Democratic-leaning to a toss up after two GOP-sponsored polls indicated Salazar is in the lead.
Politico reports that internal polls from both campaigns show the Spanish-speaking Republican either leads or is just barely behind Shalala.
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It will be interesting to see how the masters of identity politics fair in their efforts to get brown people to vote for the white guy.
LOL. She looks even more manly than Sonya “Manuel Noriega” Sotomayor.
Do you believe those fake polls forecasting a Gillum victory?
I don’t and on the off chance Gollum wins, then its the end of the world.
She looks so fresh.
(I wondered if someone would pick up on that. Only took two posts. FreeRepublic has to be the smartest place on the net.)
Does she believe that Ellison BEATS UP (or beat up) his wife? Or is she a MeToo denier?
I dunno, man. I think I only picked up on that BECAUSE I’ve been on FreeRepublic for so long. Before I got here, I would have been saying to myself: “What the hell does a white man have to do with this? This guy’s a moron.” LOL.
It will be interesting to see how the masters of identity politics fair in their efforts to get brown people to vote for the white guy.
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Yep. This has nothing to do with Republicans and Democrats. It’s all about the Hispanics voting for their own kind.
I’d like to think people were waking-up, but more likely this indicates simply that the ethnic lemming voters are gravitating towards the candidate with the Hispanic name.
Hey, Democrats....backfire much?
What’s worse than an old white man?
An old white woman
Uglier than Hillary, but just as much of a pro-death, anti-freedom Demonrat. Hope she goes down hard in that election.
“Clinton sure could pick them....Ginsberg, Reno, Shillelagh...
more likely this indicates simply that the ethnic lemming voters are gravitating towards the candidate with the Hispanic name.
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And the strong economy may also be a factor. Most people tend to put a high priority on financial security and a healthy economy.
She looks fantastic in red!
Yes but but but the RNCC just pulled money from a few Republicans. Ha ha ha head fakes.
BTW Shalala is the ONLY Democrat who could not win that seat.
Remember Donna Shalala and the rest of Clinton’s Cabinet Members on the White House Lawn during the Clinton Sex Scandals? All proclaiming Clinton innocent and lauding him disgustingly?
That’s what I remember about this little munchkin?
I wouldn’t say “gorgeous”.
But OTOH I certainly wouldn’t kick her out of bed. hee hee
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