Fla. GOP picks Foley replacement
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Disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley sought treatment for alcoholism and "other behavioral problems" as Republicans on Monday picked a new candidate to salvage the seat that Foley abandoned after exchanging lurid online messages with teenage boys.
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Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., submitted a letter of resignation from Congress on Friday in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former male page, according to a congressional official.
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The Republican PartyÃ¢ÂÂs effort to reclaim the congressional majorities it lost in the 2006 midterm elections was never going to be easy. But the past month has been a particularly rough patch for Republican campaign officials, with Minnesota Rep. Jim RamstadÃ¢ÂÂs announcement Monday that he will not run in 2008 the latest in a string of almost uniformly unpleasant news for the GOP.
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With just five weeks to go before Election Day, the nationÃ¢ÂÂs political scene Ã¢ÂÂ and most especially the closely contested partisan battle for control of the House Ã¢ÂÂ has been rocked by the scandal surrounding Florida Republican Rep. Mark Foley, who abruptly resigned Friday after reports emerged that he allegedly sent sexually explicit e-mail and instant messages to underage male congressional pages.
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Republicans picked a party-backed state senator Thursday to replace embattled U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, who dropped out of the congressional race amid a corruption scandal.
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Since Representative Foley resigned, gay Republicans in Washington have been under what one describes as Âsiege and suspicion.Â
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Supervisors of elections in former Rep. Mark Foley's district may post signs telling voters that Joe Negron is the Republican candidate even though it will be Foley's name on the ballot, Florida elections officials said Thursday.
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Representative Mark Foley, a Florida Republican, resigned after being confronted with sexually explicit Internet messages he is reported to have sent.
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Jo Ann Davidson, the former speaker of the Ohio House who led President Bush's re-election campaign in a handful of crucial states, has been chosen to be the national Republican Party's second in command.
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Republican voters in OhioÃ¢ÂÂs 18th Congressional District will vote Thursday in a highly unusual special primary election to select a party nominee to replace retiring six-term Republican Rep. Bob Ney Ã¢ÂÂ who in August, in the face of serious ethics controversies, renounced the nomination he had won in a May 2 primary.
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Ohio Republicans picked state Sen.   Joy Padgett on Thursday to replace U.S. Rep. Bob Ney on the   ballot in November, a candidate party leaders said would be   free of the corruption scandal that had dogged Ney.
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Republicans in the US state of Florida prepare to choose their candidate for the presidential elections.
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Here&#39;s an obvious word of advice to Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley as he kicks off another search for the Gators football coach: Get Steve Spurrier on board.
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AD Foley had no choice, they agree, but it&#39;s a sad day for Gator Nation. By Del Milligan. While two influential Gator football boosters in Polk County expressed sadness at the Monday morning firing of head
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President Bush has chosen his campaign manager, Ken Mehlman, as Republican national chairman, the White House said Monday. The selection puts Mr.
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In the latest turn toward controversy in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 16th District Ã¢ÂÂ long represented by resigned Republican Rep. Mark Foley Ã¢ÂÂ Florida Democrats have accused the state Division of Elections of giving unfair advantages to state Rep. Joe Negron, the RepublicansÃ¢ÂÂ candidate to replace Foley, in his bid to prevent a takeover by Democratic nominee Tim Mahoney.
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Officials of the Florida Republican Party are expected Monday afternoon to announce their choice to replace resigned Republican Rep.