As expected, Curt Clawson, a Republican, easily won the Florida House seat vacated by Republican Trey Radel, who resigned from Congress in January following a conviction for cocaine possession.
We have a call! 15 minutes after polls close in #FL19, Curt Clawson declared the winner. Will be sworn in this week http://t.co/Ig2AKxiIrM
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) June 24, 2014
#FL19, Trey Radel's fmr district, has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+12. Radel carried 62% in '12. Clawson's winning 67% w/~70% reporting
— Brandon (@Brand_Allen) June 24, 2014
CNN’s Jake Tapper wrote a quick poem/song for the occasion.
There was a Rep named Radel
With feet made out of clay
And now there's been a Special
Curt Clawson wins the dayOh Radel Radel Radel etc
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 24, 2014
@jaketapper Well done.
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) June 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/MuttiNicole/status/481579858766876672
@jaketapper LOL .. Have you been drinking Jake? LOL
— Victor Looklook (@zoomarang) June 24, 2014
Apologies for that dreadful vacation ditty
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 24, 2014
Your next member of Congress, Curt Clawson: http://t.co/MCXfi55Amy Chances are, he won't do drugs.
— Christina Bellantoni (@cbellantoni) June 24, 2014
So do we get that Clawson/Obama one-on-one basketball challenge now?
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) June 24, 2014
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