September 29, 2006

Mark Foley (R-FL) Resigns!

Wow - I did not see this coming. The Mark Foley e-mail scandal that started brewing a couple of days ago turned up about 300 degrees today - and now he's resigned. Foley was relatively moderate by House Republican standards (he was somewhat pro-choice), and was best known (aside from allegations about his personal life) for being one of the House's most successful fundraisers - and relatedly, one of the best friends of the big entertainment and telecommunications corporations in Congress. He was expected to win reelection, but this would seem to give his Democratic challenger a great shot at winning the seat (the Democrat is a self-funder and the seat isn't terribly Republican, though it did vote for Bush in '04). The magic number for House Democrats may have just become 14 instead of 15.

Posted by armand at September 29, 2006 03:33 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Florida | Politics


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