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Florida Individual Race: FL-16

Incumbent:Mark Foley (R)
 Mark Foley resigned from Congress Sept. 29 following allegations he sent inappropriate e-mails to teenage House pages.
  
Challenger(s):Tim Mahoney (D)
 
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 Emmie Ross (NPA)
  
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Endorsed Candidate: Tim Mahoney  
 

TIM MAHONEY will fi ght in Congress for Florida families. “The average person in Florida makes $1,113 less today than they did six years ago,” he says. “We have 650,000 more people without health insurance. Homeowner’s insurance, if you’re lucky to have it, has doubled.” (Palm Beach Post, 8/18/06)

A STRONG VOICE FOR WORKING FAMILILES

TIM MAHONEY IS ON OUR SIDE

Will Create and Protect Jobs.
Tim Mahoney is opposed to bad trade deals like CAFTA, which hurt Florida’s sugar industry and send our jobs overseas. As a business owner, he created thousands of jobs for Florida workers. (Okeechobee Times, 5/24/06; Sarasota Herald Tribune, 12/12/05)

Will Fight for Aff ordable Health Care.
Tim Mahoney will fi ght to make health care aff ordable for the 35 million people who can “go to work every day, pay taxes, raise their families but not be able to aff ord health insurance.” (Mahoney speech, Jeff erson-Jackson Gala, 7/28/06)

Will Protect Our Retirement Security.
Tim Mahoney joined other community leaders in an anti-privatization rally at Delray Beach, voicing his opposition to privatizing Social Security and reducing our benefi ts. (Sarasota Herald Tribune, 3/27/06; Palm Beach Post, 8/15/05)

 

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