Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 191
Blue Wave Update
April Freeman (D), who was running for a House seat in a heavily Republican district in Florida, has died a little more than six weeks before the November elections, Reuters reports.
She had been due to face state Senator Greg Steube (R) in the Nov. 6 elections to succeed Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL), who decided not to seek a sixth term in Congress. State law allows party officials five days to convene a meeting to name a replacement candidate.
Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL) announced “he will not seek reelection, making him the latest in a growing list of incumbent Republicans who are not going to compete for their House seat,” Politico reports.
He did not cite a specific reason for not running for reelection, but only said he was looking forward to “serving Florida again in the future.”
Donald Trump won the district by 27 points in 2016.
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