Ric Keller In The News
August 27, 2008 Army Vet Rooney, Rep. Keller Come Out On Top In Florida's Republican Primaries (AHN)
Tallahassee, FL (AHN) - Army veteran Tom Rooney and four-term Rep. Ric Keller (R-FL) won Republican primaries in Florida's 16th and 8th congressional districts by razor-thin margins Tuesday night. Rooney bested State Rep. Gayle Harrell, 37 percent to 35
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August 27, 2008 Rep. Keller survives tough Fla. primary
Florida Rep. Ric Keller has survived a tough Republican primary despite an opponent's claim he is violating a term-limit pledge. Radio talk show host Todd Long challenged the four-term congressman, recalling Keller had used the same issue to defeat
Source: Webindia123
August 27, 2008 Primary Election Shakes Up Central Fla.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tuesday's primary election will shake up Central Florida. One of the biggest surprises of the election was that incumbent Rep. Ric Keller narrowly won the chance to fight for a fifth term. Keller defeated self-funded opponent Todd Long
Source: Local6.com
August 27, 2008 Republican Keller barely holds off rival (FL-8)
Source: Orlando Sentinal U.S. Rep. Ric Keller barely held off a lesser-known and mostly self-funded opponent in the Republican primary Tuesday, raising questions about whether the four-term incumbent could survive his Democratic challenger in November.
Source: Democratic Underground
August 27, 2008 Republicans Get Their Man in Florida
Lawyer Tom Rooney narrowly won the Republican primary in Floridas 16th district Tuesday, setting him up for what is likely to be a close and hard-fought match-up with freshman Rep. Tim Mahoney (D), one of the GOPs top targets for November. Rooney edged
August 27, 2008 Florida Rep. Keller Gets Primary Scare
Alaska wasn't the only site of a close primary Tuesday, as GOP Rep. Ric Keller got a surprising scare in Florida's Orlando-based 8th district. Keller beat radio talk show host Todd Long, 53 percent to 47 percent, in a contest that was unexpectedly
Source: The Washington Post
August 26, 2008 Election Features Battle To Replace Sheriff Beary
ORLANDO, Fla. -- One of the hottest races during Tuesday's Florida primary election is the battle to replace Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary -- who is not seeking reelection. Retired Sheriff's Capt. Bill Armstrong and former Edgewood Police Chief
Source: Local6.com
August 25, 2008 Florida primary will set congressional races
TALLAHASSEE Republicans have been waiting almost two years to try to take back the congressional seat they lost after Rep. Mark Foley resigned in disgrace and Tuesday night they'll have a candidate to take on Democratic Rep. Tim Mahoney. Republicans
Source: Naples Daily News
August 22, 2008 Vote, then fill your belly
A concerned reader just sent us a copy of a flier from Alan Grayson's campaign for Ric Keller's US House District 8 seat. The flier encourages people to ...
August 21, 2008 The Other Political Drama Next Tuesday Night
There will be political drama the night Sen. Hillary Clinton gives her salutatorian speech to the Democratic National Convention, but it will be far from Denver and isn’t likely to get much notice. On that same Tuesday, actual voters will be casting
Source: CQ Politics
August 20, 2008 Grayson, Stuart spend big on TV ads in U.S. House race
With less than a week before the primary election, two Democrats vying for Congress are flooding the airwaves to reach Central Florida voters.
Source: Orlando Sentinel
August 20, 2008 Grayson, Stuart spend big on TV ads in US House race
Alan Grayson and Charlie Stuart, two of the five candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for the US House seat now held by Republican Rep. Ric Keller ...
August 18, 2008 CCAGW Cheers Closure of Pell Grant Sex Offender Loophole
2008-08-18 23:46:03 - inexcusable for the federal government to be providing any money to sex offenders," said CCAGW President Tom Schatz. "The elimination of this loophole in the Pell Grant program that had allowed convicted child predators
Source: PR-Inside.com
August 17, 2008 State House District 40
He was a political aide to former US Rep. Bill McCollum, R-Orlando, and worked for Orlando US Rep. Ric Keller and US Sen. Mel Martinez. ...
August 16, 2008 Rep. Keller calls promise on term limit a mistake
By Jim Ross OCALA - The biggest news in US Rep. Ric Keller's race is the fact that Keller is in it. When he first won office, in 2000, Keller said he would ...
August 16, 2008 Campaign 2008 Today's race: The primary battle for the 8th ...
The six men fighting to take US Rep. Ric Keller's job squared off Friday in what will likely be the last debate before the primary election. ...
August 16, 2008 Todd Long (REP)
Ric Keller and the Republican Congress should have been helping build nuclear power plants, more refineries, drilling offshore and better utilizing our ...
August 16, 2008 Ric Keller (REP)
Two Republicans will face off in the Aug. 26 primary for the US House in Florida District 8. US representatives make federal law and serve two-year terms. ...
August 15, 2008 Drawing straws
US House district 8 saw Todd Long upset incumbent Ric Keller and five Democratic challengers. Straw pollers used electronic touch-screen voting machines for ...
August 15, 2008 A 5th term, or a fresh face: Keller, Long face off in Republican ...
By Mark Schlueb | Sentinel Staff Writer Central Florida Republicans will decide in 12 days whether they think US Rep. Ric Keller deserves a fifth term. ...
August 15, 2008 For Democrats, there's no dearth of candidates to unseat U.S. Rep ...
By Mark Schlueb | Sentinel Staff Writer There's never been a wider, more competitive field of Democrats fighting to kick Republican US Rep. Ric Keller out ...
August 12, 2008 Political Notebook For Aug. 12
It is a crowded race with one Republican and five Democrats challenging incumbent Ric Keller. Then, at 8 pm, the candidates for State Senate District 19 ...
August 10, 2008 Congress Bans Pell Grants for Sex Offenders
By INGRID NORTON When Rep. Ric Keller, a Florida Republican, read in the St. Petersburg Times in 2003 about a twice-convicted rapist who was receiving Pell ...
August 10, 2008 Holier than thou?
And I can recall few things as jaw-dropping as the political haymaker US Rep. Ric Keller recently landed against his primary opponent, Todd Long. ...
August 08, 2008 Five want Democratic nod in US House Dist. 8 race
Five Democrats say they're the men to take over Ric Keller's US House District 8 seat in November. n Alexander Fry wants some change in Washington. ...
August 08, 2008 Politicos press flesh -- with one another
Just days earlier, Todd's mug shot had filled mailboxes all over Central Florida, courtesy of US Rep. Ric Keller. The four-term incumbent apparently ...
August 05, 2008 Keller: GOP rival has booze history
Long doesn't dispute flier's contents but says GOP race should be about issues U.S. Rep. Ric Keller put his re-election campaign on the attack this weekend, sending his opponent's mugshot and arrest record to voters across Central Florida.
Source: Orlando Sentinel
August 05, 2008 Congress Bans Pell Grants for Sex Offenders
When Rep. Ric Keller, a Florida Republican, read in the St. Petersburg Times in 2003 about a twice-convicted rapist who was receiving Pell Grant money for computer classes, he was appalled. The man, who had served 24 years in prison, had been awarded
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
August 05, 2008 See a movie, support a congressional candidate
In his campaign to unseat Republican US Rep. Ric Keller, Democrat Alan Grayson has touted his success suing contractors in Iraq for gouging American ...
August 05, 2008 Long doesn't dispute flier's contents but says GOP race should be ...
US Rep. Ric Keller put his re-election campaign on the attack this weekend, sending his opponent's mugshot and arrest record to voters across Central ...
