Broward Big draws bead on Wexler
By George Bennett
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Monday, January 15, 2007
You have to figure something's percolating when a longtime Broward County politician ventures into Palm Beach County's Democratic condo belt to hold forth on foreign policy.
The politician in question is former Broward County Commissioner Ben Graber and, indeed, he's considering a challenge of reputedly unbeatable U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler in a Democratic congressional primary next year.
Graber lost a Democratic state Senate primary last year to Wexler-backed Jeremy Ring. Now Graber is remaining in circulation in Wexler's Palm Beach-Broward congressional district and making it known he's available to speak to clubs and other organizations. On Tuesday, Graber has a gig at a Kings Point Democratic club confab west of Delray Beach. After a career in state and local politics, Graber will speak to Kings Pointers on a topic of congressional heft: Iran, Iraq, Israel and U.S. policy.
Graber was an eight-year state representative in 1996 when he ran against Wexler and Peter Weinstein in a Dem primary for an open congressional seat. When Wexler and Weinstein went to a runoff, third-place finisher Graber endorsed Wexler. Asked how he feels about Wexler now, Graber said he's "a little disappointed in the guy" for working against him in last year's Senate primary. But Graber said his interest in Congress isn't grudge-fueled.
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