FL-08: Bill Posey retiring?

[JMT]

Seems like Posey may retire after the filing deadline to clear the way for his chosen successor, Mike Haridopolos?

https://twitter.com/politics1com/status/1783900314275316154?s=46&t=-r8JGlJno...

[Roll Roons]

Wasn’t there a rumor that a Congressman from Indiana would do this to allow the local GOP to pick his son (a state rep) as his successor?

[Oryxslayer]

https://twitter.com/Fla_Pol/status/1783911945562640589?t=1hM-CLAf-nZE8ApEsvRO2A&...

Unsurprisingly it is confirmed,  and a stitch-up for the former Senate president.

[2016]

https://twitter.com/fineout/status/1783922253194776668

State Senator Debbie Mayfield was viewed as a Contender but with the Filling done so quickly she couldn't file.

[Open Source Intelligence]

Wasn’t there a rumor that a Congressman from Indiana would do this to allow the local GOP to pick his son (a state rep) as his successor?

Baird.

[Nyvin]

Slimy move  honestly.   I think it makes Posey look corrupt.

[Atlas Force]

Wasn’t there a rumor that a Congressman from Indiana would do this to allow the local GOP to pick his son (a state rep) as his successor?

It’s also how Dan Lipinski got to Congress

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Safe R

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Wasn’t there a rumor that a Congressman from Indiana would do this to allow the local GOP to pick his son (a state rep) as his successor?

It’s also how Dan Lipinski got to Congress

And Dan Lipinski was a horrible Congressman

[Bernie Derangement Syndrome Haver]

I wonder if the law could be changed to make it so that incumbents that aren't running again must declare so at least one month before the filing deadline

[Atlas Force]

Wasn’t there a rumor that a Congressman from Indiana would do this to allow the local GOP to pick his son (a state rep) as his successor?

It’s also how Dan Lipinski got to Congress

And Dan Lipinski was a horrible Congressman