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    Dem Candidate Struggles to Hold off Republican Opponent in District Clinton Won by Nearly 20

    Democrats fear the congressional campaign of Donna Shalala, the Democratic candidate for Florida's 27th Congressional District, may be in "sleep mode" and falling behind her Republican opponent's campaign.
    Local Democrats in Florida are worried Shalala is struggling to hold on against Maria Elvira Salazar, a popular former newswoman who worked for Spanish-language networks like Univision and Telemundo, Politico reports.
    Internal polls from both campaigns, obtained by Politico, show Salazar is either ahead or just narrowly trailing the Florida Democrat. Salazar has a lead over Shalala, the former head of the Clinton Foundation, by 7 percentage points in a poll conducted by the Republican campaign. The Democratic campaign also conducted a poll, completed Sept. 1, which concluded Salazar was down by 4 percentage points.

    More at: https://freebeacon.com/politics/flor...rly-20-points/
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    Donna Shalala ‘sleeping on the job?’ NRCC thinks so

    http://floridapolitics.com/archives/...eping-job-nrcc

    10/8/2018



    A new web video from the National Republican Congressional Committee accuses Democratic candidate Donna Shalala of sleepwalking through her campaign in Florida’s 27th Congressional District.

    The NRCC, which aims to help elect Republicans to the House of Representatives, is backing Shalala’s opponent in the race, former broadcaster Maria Elvira Salazar. The group has named Salazar to its “Young Guns” campaign.

    The video from the NRCC, titled “Tired Out,” argues Shalala is falling behind in the contest.

    “Donna Shalala has been sleeping on the job,” reads the text on the screen. “Even Democrats think so.”

    The ad then flashes a Miami Herald headline spotlighting former President Barack Obama‘s endorsement of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum in his newest list of endorsements. That list notably excluded Shalala.

    The video then closes with one more shot at Shalala: “Donna Shalala: Fired up. Ready to go? More like tired out. Ready to snooze.”

    The Shalala campaign criticized the ad, linking the NRCC’s tactics to those of President Donald Trump.

    “Yet another Trump-like tactic from an arm of the Trump Party,” said Mike Hernandez, spokesperson for the Shalala campaign.

    “Donna Shalala is one of the most qualified congressional candidates in U.S. history. Her experience makes her the most qualified candidate in this election. Secretary Shalala looks forward to debating the issues with her opponents.”

    It’s true that Democratic operatives have gone on the record expressing concerns about the CD 27 race. Originally considered a prime pickup opportunity for the Democrats, CD 27 seems to be highly competitive, with polls showing the pair in a tight contest.

    Democrats remain hopeful they can win the open seat, vacated by the retiring Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, but it’s no sure thing.

    However, the ad’s claims that the lack of an endorsement from Obama bears bad news for the Shalala campaign isn’t quite so clear.

    Perhaps he doesn’t fully support her campaign. Or perhaps he feels his endorsement would do more harm than good in a district that has been represented by a Republican for decades. While Obama has earned high approval ratings in his post-presidency, his numbers always showed a sharp split between parties.

    Still, the NRCC is feeling confident in their candidate of choice.

    “Donna Shalala is asleep at the wheel of her own campaign,” said NRCC Spokeswoman Maddie Anderson.

    “Meanwhile, Maria Elvira Salazar is energized, engaged, and interacting with the people of Florida’s 27th District – her soon-to-be constituents.”

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    WTF is up with that fat $#@! at CBS Florida?? Do you know how many hot chicks live in Florida, and they gotta put that dude up on camera?
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    Ex-HHS Sec. Shalala Runs to Represent Florida's 27th District

    Oct.09 -- Donna Shalala, Democratic candidate for Florida's 27th Congressional district, discusses the importance of environmental issues, immigration, and gun control to the district's constituents. She speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power."



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    New poll shows Democrat Shalala trailing GOP opponent in a district Trump lost badly

    https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/pol...219862165.html

    October 11, 2018

    WASHINGTON
    Donna Shalala may be in trouble.

    Shalala, a Democrat running in a district that President Donald Trump lost by nearly 20 percentage points in 2016, is trailing Republican TV journalist Maria Elvira Salazar by 2 percentage points in a Mason Dixon-Telemundo 51 poll. The independent poll’s margin of error was 4 percentage points and included a pro-Trump non-party candidate who could siphon votes from Salazar.

    Salazar’s unique background as a journalist in a party dominated by President Donald Trump and her appeal with older, Spanish-speaking voters has enabled the GOP to remain competitive. Shalala, one of the most experienced first-time congressional candidates, won a competitive Democratic primary by less than 5 percentage points and has faced criticism from liberal Democrats and Republicans alike for her tenure leading the University of Miami, when campus janitors went on a hunger strike over low wages and the school acquired Cedars Medical Center.

    “The numbers look good, they’re great,” Salazar campaign manager Jose Luis Castillo said. “She’s focused on job creation, healthcare, the environment and education. These numbers really reflect that her message, her ideas and vision are continuing to resonate throughout with voters in District 27.”

    The poll of 625 registered likely voters was conducted from Oct. 1 to Oct. 6, before Shalala began airing a TV ad that attempts to tie Salazar to Trump. Forty-three percent of respondents approve of Trump while 46 percent disapprove, according to the poll, while Salazar has a net favorable rating of 22 percentage points and Shalala has a net favorability rating of 4 points, though more voters recognize her than Salazar. Forty-two percent of voters support Shalala while 44 percent support Salazar, with 13 percent undecided.

    “In our view, the Mason-Dixon poll is an outlier,” Shalala spokesperson Mike Hernandez said. “It does not match our internal polls both in terms of what the electorate will be or voter intention.”

    Shalala’s campaign noted that Trump’s approval ratings in the district in the poll are much higher than expected and that a 2012 Mason Dixon poll sponsored by the Miami Herald showed Barack Obama winning Miami-Dade by 9 points when he ended up winning the county by 24 points.

    “It’s difficult for our campaign to accept that this is the only congressional district in the country that Trump is becoming dramatically more popular,” Hernandez said.

    No-party candidate Mayra Joli received just 1 percent in the poll, noteworthy because she’s positioned herself as the pro-Trump candidate in a race where the Republican candidate is trying to cast herself as independent from the president.

    As evidence increases that the race is tightening — and that Shalala is the one behind — the Democrat’s campaign has sought to frame the contest as one of qualifications; with their take being that Shalala has more.

    But in what may be her first and possibly only chance to differentiate herself, Shalala appears to have done little to knock Salazar back.

    The three candidates faced each other for the first time Wednesday night in a taped Spanish-language debate that will air at 1 p.m. Saturday on Telemundo 51. The station released a transcript Thursday.

    Having spent her entire career on Spanish-language media and in front of the camera, Salazar appears to have treated the hour-long event like it was on home turf. She advocated for a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants, criticized the inadequacies of Obamacare (in the district with the most enrollees in the country) and touted the economy — all between jabs at Shalala’s record.

    When Shalala countered Salazar’s praise of the economy by calling for higher wages and mentioning struggling union workers at Miami International Airport, Salazar evoked the janitors’ hunger strike in order to win higher pay from a university contractor, when Shalala led the University of Miami. And when questioned about their qualifications, Salazar went on the attack by ripping Shalala’s role in UM’s purchase of Cedars Medical Center, a decision criticized for its cost and its consequence of bringing the university into competition with the public Jackson Memorial Hospital.

    “So, that type of leadership, that type of initiative is not what we need to represent us in Washington,” said Salazar, who worked in a dig about Shalala sleeping in the president’s mansion and owning four beds for her dog, Sweetie, while janitors were hunger striking.

    Shalala, whose comments will be translated to viewers who watch the program, insisted that both UM’s hospital and Jackson are healthy, and noted that the union behind the janitors’ hunger strike has endorsed her campaign. But at that point, she was the one defending her qualifications, not Salazar.

    It’s possible that Joli’s presence interrupted Shalala’s ability to parry, or that the format — which required Shalala to wear an earpiece through which her opponents’ words were translated into English — complicated the debate. But Shalala seemed to treat the debate as if she were the frontrunner, even though she isn’t. She didn’t once refer to Salazar or attempt to put her on her heels. And she did little to try to contrast herself with her Republican opponent or to undercut the former journalist’s platform. At one point, she referred to herself in the third person.

    “I have deep roots in this community, and I love Miami. But Miami is about people. I’ve educated thousands of students who’ve come from this community,” she said. “And each one of those students will tell you that Donna Shalala cares about them.”

    It’s unclear if Shalala and Salazar will debate in English, or again at all. The two candidates have sniped over debate dates the last week and an English-language debate has not been confirmed as of Thursday.

    Shalala’s campaign, who announced that they raised more than $1 million in the latest fundraising quarter, will likely maintain a pace capable of sustaining a TV campaign through Election Day. Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, a close friend of Shalala’s, will be raising money for Shalala in Miami on Oct 24.

    Salazar’s campaign has not released fundraising numbers yet but said her haul has been “steady and growing.”

    Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson also holds a 4 percentage point lead over Gov. Rick Scott in the race for Nelson’s Senate seat while Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum holds a 4 percentage point lead over Republican Ron DeSantis. The poll’s results are only within Florida’s 27th congressional district, which includes parts of Miami Beach, Kendall, downtown Miami and Little Havana, a district that is more Democratic-leaning than the state as a whole.

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    Maria Elvira Salazar: New dawn for the Cuban people


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    Pelosi having hard time stumping for Shalala in Miami




    Last edited by timosman; 10-27-2018 at 09:16 PM.

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    Florida candidate: Pelosi, Obama 'traitors' to Hispanics


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    Democrats are capitalists.


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    Quote Originally Posted by timosman View Post
    Democrats are capitalists.
    They try to capitalize on stupidity, does that count?
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    Sanctuary city laws making Hispanics look like imbeciles

    Salazar, last year in June, before she was running:




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    ˇ'No-Show' Shalala!


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    Donna Shalala demands to see Trump birth certificate -- at Obama rally


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    Democrat Donna Shalala beats Republican Maria Elvira Salazar in hotly contested Florida House

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem...house-race.amp

    Democrat Donna Shalala won a House seat in Florida's 27th district on Tuesday in a hotly contested race to replace retiring Florida Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

    The 77-year-old Shalala -- who served as secretary of Health and Human Services during the Clinton administration -- defeated GOP challenger, Maria Elvira Salazar, in a mostly Republican district, with 51.7 percent of the vote with 86 percent of precincts reporting.

    Shalala and Salazar -- a first-time candidate and former television journalist -- sparred on a number of issues, including the economy, health care and immigration.

    "I think the voters are upset with the way the country is going," Shalala said Tuesday as she cast her vote in Coral Gables, according to local station WFOR-TV.

    “I think this administration is making war on pre-existing conditions and Obamacare. One hundred thousand people in this district have Obamacare and they want to keep it."

    “I am also concerned about our standing in the world," she added. "We need to continue to be a country that cares for human rights and cares for workers and their opportunities and that they be able to fulfill their dreams.”

    Shalala is a former president of both the University of Miami and University of Wisconsin and was Health and Human Service Secretary under President Clinton for eight years.

    Shalala's victory is a key win for Democrats. The district was represented for decades by GOP Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who is retiring. It is also a district where nearly 60 percent of registered voters are Latino. Shalala does not speak Spanish but managed to beat Salazar, 56, a Cuban American and former long-time TV news anchor with Telemundo.

    During the campaign, Republicans sought to highlight a string of controversies at the University of Miami when Shalala was president. Shalala was also criticized by opponents last month after a congresswoman who praised the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was seemingly invited to campaign with her.

    Without mentioning President Donald Trump by name, Shalala had a clear message for the White House in her victory speech.

    "Mr. President, here we come," she said to loud cheers. "Bringing us together is absolutely crucial. Some people would like to divide us. We just can't let that happen, because it's un-American."


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    Interview With Rep. Donna Shalala




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