Posey opts not to run and backs successor just before deadline
GOP Rep. Bill Posey said he would not seek a ninth term in the House and quickly backed a successor just before Florida's filing deadline.
Source: rollcall.com
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GOP Rep. Bill Posey said he would not seek a ninth term in the House and quickly backed a successor just before Florida's filing deadline.
Qualifying is over for federal elections, and most of the people who represent the Central Florida area will have to fend off primary challenges in their congressional districts.
Congressman Bill Posey, the Republican who represented Brevard County in the U.S. House since 2009, will retire at the end of his term and is throwing his support behind another prominent Brevard County Republican for the seat.