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...facing the prospect of losing its 12-year majority in the House, and other G.O.P. incumbents in the state, such as Representative Clay Shaw, are already fighting intensely close races. On Monday,in a 90-minute closed-door meeting at Orlando International Airport, they anointed state Representative Joe Negron as Foley's replacement. But Negron faces a tougher task than a late-starting candidate would ordinarily; by law, Foley's name must remain on the Nov. 7 ballot, and though a vote for Foley would count as a vote for Negron, the chances of getting enough voters to drop their...
...Negron, 45, a conservative and fast-rising Florida pol from the coastal town of Stuart, Fla., who recently chaired the House budget committee in Tallahassee, was brought in largely because he still has a sizable war chest, about $1.5 million, left over from his aborted run this year for state Attorney General. But he's making it dramatically clear that distancing himself as harshly as possible from Foley - and even calling for the heads of congressional (read G.O.P.) leaders who may have covered up for Foley - will be key to his come-from-behind prospects...
...Saying he was "shocked" and "outraged" by the revelations about Foley - who this week returned to Florida to enter rehab for alcoholism - Negron visibly choked up on Monday when he was reminded that the pages involved in the Foley scandal were about the age of his own teenage children. And he insisted that "we need to know what happened, when it happened, who knew about [Foley's conduct]. If people knew about it and didn't report it, they should be held accountable... It's very offensive...
...Mahoney, of course, won't let Negron have the Foley outrage platform all to himself in the race. "The salacious part I have no interest in talking about, though I pray for Foley and his family and the people he involved in this," says Mahoney. "But trust in government is a genuine issue here. We need to have the Speaker [of the House] and the House leadership address this, from the perspective of parents and not politicians - and if we find out there were calculated decisions made to protect seats and power, then the chips need to fall where they...
...Florida statute also dictates that a vote for Foley becomes a vote for whoever gets the G.O.P. nod. A likely replacement for Foley is Joe Negron, a state representative from the same Treasure Coast with a squeaky-clean reputation who has a $1 million campaign chest and key state supporters built up from a bid for state attorney general that he aborted earlier this year. Negron confirmed to TIME late Friday that he is "running" and spent much of Friday afternoon trying to get the party's blessing...