On Sunday, Broward native George LeMieux won the Florida Federation Of Republican Women (FFRW) US Senate straw poll. Sources tell RED BROWARD it was an “overwhelming” win for the LeMieux campaign. Mike McCalister was a distant second. Connie Mack, the current GOP frontrunner came in last.
FFRW president Cindy Graves told the Miami Herald the group would not release the vote totals, however our sources say LeMieux dominated the poll garnering most of the 140 or so votes. They said Mack came away with less than 10% of the votes.
The Associated Press reported on the FFRW forum:
“LeMieux was the only one of three candidates to directly contrast his positions with a primary opponent, saying Mack’s proposal to cut the federal budget by 1 percent each year for the next six years doesn’t go far enough. He also characterized Mack’s support of defunding the United Nations as unrealistic. And he pointed out that Mack has sought earmarks as a congressman while LeMieux said he didn’t seek any during his time in the Senate.
‘I don’t need earmarks because I don’t want to stay there forever,’ said LeMieux, who said he would serve no more than two terms if elected. ‘This is the difference between people who want to serve and career politicians.'”
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This is not very surprising coming from a very left wring group, This is the same people that support Karen Harrington who supports the elimination of DOMA, who supports green jobs- a code name for evironment wackos, who has not condemmed the attampt by CAIR to become a member of BREC and also the attempt by CAIR to get Islamic Training in our public school systems. Karen also wants to change the constitution and make a representative serve 4 years instead of 2 which term limits of 8yrs. This is left wing thing tank group who supports left wing candidates. And don’t forget that LeMieux was chosen by Charlie Christ also a very left wing governor.
As an FFRW member,Joe, I find your comments offensive and ridiculous. You continually spend your time attacking true conservatives with baseless claims.
FFRW is a group of some of the hardest working focused women in America who continually strive to support ONLY candidates that will follow thru on promises made on the campaign trail. FFRW does NOT endorse candidates until after the primary. Lemieux won a straw poll vote after participating in a Senate Candidate Forum. Your decision making process is so full of biased and false claims, I wonder how you would handle the very serious issues that face our nation as a potential US congressional candidate.