Iowa Avenue (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
Tom Rooney replied to the discussion Will banning Fast Food advertising reduce Childhood Obesity?
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
STUART - Married Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, embroiled in an adultery scandal, has lost his race for re-election.Republican challenger Tom Rooney, a lawyer and former Army officer, had trailed early in the campaign until news broke last month about Mahoney's affairs.Rooney quickly gained ground and handily won Tuesday night to replace Mahoney representing District 16, covering parts...
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Tom Rooney (R FL 16) to Replace the Democrats’ Own Florida “Foley”? For a Conservative Congress (U.S. House), Part 13 This will be part of an on-going series, which will identify key races where we either need to retain strong conservatives or to elect strong conservatives. My personal feeling with being faced with two inferior candidates for [...]
A Good Choice . . . for Ohio et al. (Free subscription) | 10/25/2008
... love the power too much, or he must feel that the Ten Commandments do not apply to him. THE RATING Tom Rooney , a republican, claims to be a conservative, who says on his website that he is pro-life and pro-one man, one woman marriage. He also enumerates a number of other conservative issues on his web site. The major “problem” with Rooney is that his family has had some past ownership...
Blast Off! (Free subscription) | 10/25/2008
I hate to throw Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-Fla.) under the bus, but this is getting ridiculous. First, the guy admits to "multiple affairs," but pledges to stay in his campaign for reelection in Florida's 16th congressional district against millionaire Republican challenger Tom Rooney ... now, because (I guess) he was afraid of television coverage, he skipped a scheduled debate today . Mahoney and...
Iowa Avenue (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
Tom Rooney replied to the discussion Have you changed?
The Buzz Florida Politics (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
... the get-out-the-vote effort. Most recently, he served as a senior consultant to Congressman-elect Tom Rooney and helped him win a hotly contested primary election and go on to unseat incumbent Democrat Congressman Tim Mahoney, who was embroiled in a sex scandal. Andy also has extensive experience working on House campaigns in Florida.
Blog @ MoreWhat.com (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Now, for another installment of The Downside of Elections as Term Limits the featured freshman is GOP Congressman-elect Tom Rooney in Florida’s 16th district. Above all it is hoped that Mr Rooney will not follow the examples provided by his two predecessors. GOP Congressman Mark Foley caused a scandal by sending emails [...]
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
... about these issues. People trust RedState to pick solid, viable candidates. We were out front on Tom Rooney in FL-22 before most others. We got behind Pete Olson in the primary. We must maintain our integrity in dealing with candidates and politicians. Building the media narrative against Obama and the Democrats. We have a unique position to do this. We have a number of people on the front...
Florida Progressive Coalition Blog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
... do and this will become a solidly Democratic district. District 24: Suzanne Kosmas (D) 57.2%, Tom Feeney (R) 41.1% Kosmas isn’t quite as progressive as Grayson or as many bloggers would like, but she’s still light years ahead of corrupt Tom Feeney. Hopefully her landslide here means that this district is turning blue and isn’t just a artifact of Feeney’s scandals. District 16: Tom Rooney...
~ Pollywog Creek ~ (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
All was not lost. Of all the post-election day chores we had to do today, packing up Tom Rooney's campaign signs and material was clearly the most satisfying. Emily with Tom Rooney at Flora and Ella's November 1, 2008 As I mentioned in a porch post , we believe that it speaks highly of Rooney's character that he would choose Emily to represent his campaign in Hendry County, and...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
First-term Democratic Florida Rep. Tim Mahoney, dogged by sexual scandal, lost his seat Tuesday. Republican Tom Rooney, a lawyer from Tequesta, claimed victory accompanied by his wife and three sons, The Palm Beach Post reported.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- First-term Democratic Florida Rep. Tim Mahoney, dogged by sexual scandal, lost his seat Tuesday. Republican Tom Rooney, a lawyer from Tequesta, claimed victory accompanied by his wife and three sons, The Palm Beach Post reported. Rooney, whose family owns the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Palm Beach Kennel Club dog track, was making his first run...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
First-term Democratic Florida Rep. Tim Mahoney, dogged by sexual scandal, lost his seat Tuesday.Republican Tom Rooney, a lawyer from Tequesta, claimed victory accompanied by his wife and three sons, The Palm Beach Post reported. Rooney, whose family owns the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Palm Beach Kennel Club dog track, was making his first run for office.Mahoney was elected by a narrow...
Real Clear Politics (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
With 72% of precincts reporting, Obama leads 51%-48% in Florida. Three House seats have so far flipped party control: FL-8 -- Alan Grayson (D) defeated 4-term Rep. Ric Keller (R) 52%-48% FL-16 -- Tom Rooney (R) defeated freshman Rep. Tim Mahoney (D) 60%-40% (with 62% reporting) FL-24 -- Suzanne Kosmas (D) defeated 3-term Rep. Tom Feeney (R) 57%-41% [...]
