FL-18: A Black, female veteran could topple the Republican incumbent in her red Florida district
Pam Keith was sitting in her 2013 Lexus RX hybrid on Aug. 18 when her phone wouldn’t stop buzzing. She knew it was about the results of her primary run for Florida’s 18th Congressional District — a race she ran and lost in 2018.
The retired naval judge advocate-turned-aspiring Florida politician was on her way to a small campaign event where she would meet with her supporters no matter the outcome.
When she got the courage to pick up the phone, it was her senior adviser Roosevelt Holmes on the other end.
“Congratulations, boss lady,” he said, according to Keith in an interview with The Washington Post.
“That’s when I knew I won,” Keith said.
Keith had grasped 80 percent of the vote — a surprise to her — against her opponent and former Florida deputy solicitor general Oz Vazquez. Vazquez had raised more than $450,000 to Keith’s $282,000-plus, and nabbed the endorsement of former U.S. representative Patrick Murphy (D) and other influential unions and political action committees.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/28/black-female-veteran-could-topple-republican-incumbent-her-red-florida-district/
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