| We mentioned in May that the Whigs had a congressional candidate in Florida. Well now they've got three: The Whig Party announced on October 19 that it will have at least three candidates on the Florida ballot for U.S. House in 2010. They will be Paul McKain, who is running in the 2nd district and had already announced; John Annarumma in the 3rd district, and Clayton Schock in the 20th district.
Annarumma is a member of the Florida National Guard, has been to Iraq, and is scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in May, 2010. His campaign will continue while he is overseas. According to their web site, these 3 are the first Whig candidates for Federal office since the 1800's. Will polls out today showing the GOP is more and more not being seen as a credible national political party (GOP identification is down to 20%, the lowest number in at least 25 years), and with the obvious significant independent candidacies in NJ and NY-23, the rise of third party candidates will be very important to watch in the coming years. |
