Alex Sink running for Bill Young's old house seat

[Zioneer]

Billy Young Jr. is out

Good. We wouldn't want voters to vote for a Bill Young just because his name is on the ballot.

[Zioneer]

New poll has Jolly up 11 on Bircher, 13 on Peters.

Too bad they're not testing Jolly/Bircher/Peters vs Sink.

[Zioneer]

Wow, that's worse than Rasmussen. Young's wasn't too far off base, but maybe that was just luck.

[Zioneer]

Beverly Young had some things to say about the Tampa Bay Times on FB.

That's an understatement.

[Zioneer]

50% Sink
48% Jolly
2% Overby

This seems like a reasonable guess. Maybe switch .5% somewhere, though I couldn't tell you where.

[Zioneer]

So does Sink join Coakley in your Hall of Infamy, Dems?

Definitely.

Absolutely disgusting. The Florida Democrats need to be razed from the ground up.

This is exactly what I've been thinking.

Even if it was an off-year election...even if the district was a bit gerrymandered...you were still ahead in the polls when this started.

Sorry, Florida dems, you guys really fucked up this time.

They're not the only state party that needs to be rebooted...

[Zioneer]

The democrats really need to do something about turnout in midterms. Hopefully they can win a big in 2016 and take the house back with a large enough majority to not lose it in 2018. Although 2018 needs to be at least a decent year for the Democrats they need to get at least partial control of state governments for redistricting purposes. Even forcing fair maps will help.

I really don't understand why equally as partisan Dems don't vote at the same rate as partisan Republicans in midterms and special elections.

[Zioneer]

Sink will not run in the General

My fellow Democrats can now begin cheering because it was COMPLETELY her fault and she deserves to die in a hole for losing /borderline-misogynist

Nah, I just think she was a bad candidate. I think Charlie Justice will be a much better candidate in the general. Or even Ehrlich.

[Zioneer]

Ehrlich is in.

Deep breaths, Democrats. We've got redemption on our hands.

Cue rage-fit from Beverly Young.

[Zioneer]

Ehrlich is in.

Deep breaths, Democrats. We've got redemption on our hands.

Justice or Ken Welch (Walch?) would be far better.

I've heard that Justice was a lazy campaigner when he ran against Bill Young, but he otherwise seems pretty good.

[Zioneer]

Rev. Sykes is in. He's the President of the St. Pete NAACP and the pastor of Bethel Community Baptist (the most influential African-American church in the city). Military background too.

Does he have any notable policy positions besides those mentioned in the article?