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PRESS ALERT: Allen West Votes to Deny Domestic Violence Protections
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. – Today, supporting a hyper-partisan substitute for the Violence Against Women Act, Rep. Allen West (R-Plantation) voted against protections for Native American victims of domestic violence, members of the LGBT communit ...More
DEMOCRAT PATRICK MURPHY TIED WITH ALLEN WEST IN FIRST DISTRICT 18 POLL
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. – In the first publicly-released poll of the likely November matchup for U.S. Congress in district 18, Democrat Patrick Murphy and Republican incumbent Allen West are tied at 45% each. The ...More
PRESS ALERT: Congressman Allen West Joins Ultra-Conservative Legal Group
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. – Citing the need to protect America from "stealth" internal threats, Rep. Allen West (R-Plantation) announced late last week that he had joined the Thomas More Law Center's Citizen's Advisory Board. The organizat ...More
Letter: West's Wild Rhetoric Shows Someone Allergic to Bipartisan Action
When Republican Congressman Allen West, one of my potential Republican opponents this November, referred to 80 House Democrats as "members of the Communist Party" in Martin County two weeks ago, he again demonstrated how compromise — the concep ...More
Commentary on West’s Outrageous Communism Claims
Joe Scarborough, host of Morning Joe and former Republican congressman: "This is unacceptable... The man's mind went right over the trolley tracks. I'm deeply saddened by this behavior. Any Republican party, local, state or na ...More
The DCCC's Red to Blue Program Highlights Top Democratic Campaigns Across the Country
By Jonathan Mattise at TC Palm
In a race saturated with millions in campaign dollars for two big-money candidates, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will throw even more weight behind Patrick Murphy through TV spots aimed to oust his R ...More
PRESS ALERT: Allen West Sends Official Congressional Email Furthering 'Communist' Attacks
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. – In an official email sent from his U.S. House of Representatives account Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Allen West (R) doubled down on his controversial remarks from last week calling Democrats in Congress members of the Com ...More
BLOG: West's Comments Foster Divisions, Not Progress.
The saying that "politics is the art of compromise" is almost cliché, but for most Floridians its wisdom still rings true. We send leaders to Washington to help solve the country's problems.
When Rep. Allen West (R), my opponent, recent ...More
Sign my petition and demand an apology from Allen West!
We are going to keep up the pressure on Allen West and demand that he apologize for his incendiary remarks. Click the link below and fill out the petition. Tell West that you disagree with his outrageous claim that 80 Democrats in Congress are member ...More
PRESS ALERT: Patrick Murphy Announces $350,000 Raised in First Quarter of 2012 Against Allen West
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. – Jupiter Democrat Patrick Murphy, a CPA and small businessman running in the newly drawn 18th congressional district against Rep. Allen West (R), announced today that he raised $350,000 during the first quarter of 2012 ...More
PRESS ALERT: West: 80 Democrats in Congress are Communist Party Members
REP. ALLEN WEST TELLS CONSTITUENTS THAT 80 DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS ARE COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBERS
- Democratic opponent Patrick Murphy demands apology for dangerous remarks -
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.– At a town hall meeting yesterday i ...More
You Are Cordially Invited to the Patrick Murphy for Congress Headquarters Grand Opening
Join us on Saturday, April 14th, from 10am-12pm at 11380 Prosperity Farms Rd., Suite 209A, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410. Please RSVP to Eric at 561-847-4105 or EricS@patrickmurpjy2012.com. We look forward to seeing you there.
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PRESS ALERT: Congressional Candidate Patrick Murphy To Open Palm Beach Gardens Headquarters Saturday
Palm Beach Gardens, FL – Jupiter Democrat Patrick Murphy, a CPA and small businessman, will hold a grand opening for his congressional campaign headquarters this Saturday, April 14th. Indicating the national significance of the race, ...More
PRESS ALERT: Rep. Allen West Votes To Privatize Medicare
Palm Beach Gardens, FL – Rep. Allen West (R-FL) voted against the interests of seniors and the middle class this afternoon by supporting the Republican budget plan of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). It passed the House on a near-party-line vote.
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IN FOCUS: Should U.S. Rep. Allen West Be VP In 2012?
Confrontational Congressman Allen West Is Not Afraid To Speak His Mind, Or Call Anyone Out For Speaking Theirs
By: Mark Christopher/Sunshine Slate
[Washington, D.C.] During a recent interview on FOX News, former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidentia ...More
PRESS ALERT: West Sides with Lobbyists and Hedge Fund Managers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL - Rep. Allen West, now running in the 18th congressional district, sided with the Wall Street banks and allowed an anemic, watered down version of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act to pass Congress. The ST ...More
Patrick Murphy to Continue Fight Against West in District 18
West Palm Beach, FL: Democratic congressional candidate Patrick Murphy announced today that he will continue his campaign to defeat Tea Party darling Allen West in the newly proposed district 18. As of last quarter, Murphy had raised over ...More
The Extreme Worst of Allen West
West’s Worst Votes
Voted in favor of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which will allow the sharing of private citizens' online information between gov't and private companies. [HR 3523, Vote #192, 4/26/12]
Voted to ...More
On Martin Luther King Day and the days ahead
Today we honor one of our greatest Americans who gave his life in the fight for equality and tolerance.
Martin Luther King, Jr. devoted his life to the African-American Civil Rights Movement and the idea that the fight for equal rights did not have ...More
West Vote Against Payroll Tax Cut Extension Shows Continued Betrayal of the Middle Class
MURPHY STATEMENT ON WEST VOTE:
"Allen West has voted against the interest of middle class Americans again and again, but this - his seventh vote against the payroll tax extension - is a simple betrayal of the vast majority of the constituents that h ...More
PRESS RELEASE: Patrick Murphy's Race for Congress Earns a Spot in DCCC's Competitive Red-to-Blue Program
Fort Lauderdale, FL - Patrick Murphy announced today that his race for Florida’s 22nd Congressional District has earned a spot on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC) highly competitive Red-to-Blue program.&n ...More
Patrick Murphy Raised Over $1.4 Million in 2011
Patrick Erin Murphy, challenging Republican Incumbent Rep. Allen West in Florida's 22nd Congressional District, raised over $300,000 in the fourth quarter and has raised over $1.4 million since announcing in March, placing him as one of the ...More
Wexler helps Patrick Murphy raise $300,000 in quarter for West’s seat
Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler contributed $2,000 during the fourth quarter of 2011 to the congressional campaign of Patrick Murphy, one of two Dems running for the Palm Beach-Broward seat of U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Pla ...More
GUEST BLOG: FL 22 - Patrick Erin Murphy (Allen West's District)
by legalchic
“Evil flourish where good wo/men do nothing” – a paraphrase of one of my favorite sayings. When I think of my district, FL 22 (teabagger extraordinaire Allen West’s district), for some reason, that&r ...More