Joe Negron scores massive win in special state Senate election
by George Bennett | August 4th, 2009
Negron
Negron beat Democrat Bill Ramos by a 3-to-1 margin in Senate District 28, which includes all of Martin County and parts of Palm Beach, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties.
Negron, 47, will serve the final 15 months of Pruitt’s Senate term and face reelection in 2010.
Popular Tallahassee veteran Pruitt, 52, announced in May he was stepping down because of family and economic concerns. He endorsed Negron in the special election.
Negron pledged during the campaign to protect the St. Lucie River, promote the region’s biotech economy and boost education spending despite the overall shrinking of the state’s budget.
“I’m looking forward to working hard to continue building on the foundation that Senator Ken Pruitt built with the research coast,” he said tonight.
Negron, an attorney who was born in West Palm Beach, served in the state House from 2000 to 2006. He gained national attention in 2006 when the GOP drafted him as its late replacement candidate after scandal-tarred Mark Foley resigned. Negron narrowly lost the race to Democrat Tim Mahoney.
Ramos
Ramos couldn’t afford TV or a significant mail campaign. Ramos, a Jensen Beach mortgage broker, also lost state House bids in 2006 and 2008.
“You can’t win against that kind of money,” said Martin County Democratic Chairman David Dew. “It takes money to run in this district.”
Tags: Bill Ramos, Joe Negron, special elections
August 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
Funny that Negron was the one with money. I drove around Jupiter all day and saw only on Negron sign. It was absolutely incredible how many Ramos signs were present!!!! – Must have had some backing somewhere!!!
August 5th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Well win a dem wins its… thats what the people wanted… when they lose it because they didnt have enough money to run… could it be that the people are finally tired of the democrats destroying our country…
August 5th, 2009 at 7:05 am
Money or no money the dems would have lost. People are already tired in 8 months with the dem. way. It is funny how they blame it on lack of money. Oh, that’s why McCain/Palin lost they had less money, I forgot. Well, folks it’s time for a better change. Hopefully the conservatives will start winning elections again to put a stop to this nonsense that is going on right now…..
August 5th, 2009 at 10:00 am
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August 5th, 2009 at 10:14 am
The Republicans ran this country into the ground over the last 8 years and you are complaining because President Obama has not been able to fix the rotting mess in only 6 months! Unbelievable! If the Bush brothers had been focused on improving the quality of life here, rather than living out some imagined morality play, we might be in a very different position now.
August 5th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
INCUMBENTS MUST BE VOTED OUT!