One to watch: Feisty Newcomer Takes on GOP (FL House 50)

[AlienGirl]

Hot-button issues like offshore oil drilling and the "Taj Mahal" courthouse are shaping up to be key in the District 50 Florida House race. Experience and knowledge of the community are playing a part as well.

And then there's the fact that the Republican incumbent has raised nearly 90 times as much campaign money as his Democratic challenger — much of it from Tallahassee-based groups.

That's just one way that a couple of very different candidates are offering voters a study in contrasts in this Clearwater-based district, which includes parts of Largo and Safety Harbor.

More:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/outfunded-90-to-1-feisty-democrat-takes-on-ed-hooper-for-florida-house/1128006

Tucker

[AlienGirl]

1. Seriously, this is the kind of spiney Dem Bartcop is always looking for...

She is running against the third most powerful man in the Florida State House. Ask someone who's heard her speak, and they'll tell you she's got dynamite stage presence and is rapidly becoming a force to be reckoned with.

Tucker