Allen West Election Results: Democratic Newcomer Patrick Murphy Prevails
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) isn’t coming back to Congress.
After months of battling through one of the nastiest and most expensive races in the country, the Tea Party freshman was knocked out of his seat, barely, by Democratic newcomer Patrick Murphy.
NBC called the race for Murphy early Wednesday morning. By the time all votes were counted, Murphy came out ahead of West by about 2,400 votes.
“I am humbled by the outpouring of support from the voters of the Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches,” Murphy said in a statement. “I pledge to be a representative who will work across the aisle, listen to all points of views, and work to end the divisiveness in Congress. Our country faces many challenges, and by working together we will continue to move our country forward.”
It was a tight race all night, which paralleled the razor-thin margins polls showed between the candidates over the past few months. West and Murphy were competing for Florida’s 18th Congressional District, an evenly split district that was redrawn in 2010.
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Wild Thing’s comment.………….
Slaughter by the left and handed to them by lazy conservatives.
This is really sad. A true American Hero in the real sense looses to a drunken bar brawler. But, I hear the Republicans in Florida put it to West when they redistricted him and put him in a heavily Democratic population.
Bob, yes your right, they caved in to the dems demand…..so stupid.