Rep. Amesty, running while indicted and increasingly alone Commentary

With two weeks until the election, we’re going to check in on several campaigns.

That includes a freshman legislator who’s running while under indictment, a Brevard County legislator recently ordered by a judge to attend anger management classes, multiple lawmakers running malarkey-filled ads about insurance “reform” and details about the teeny-tiny print you’re seeing on your sample ballots.

Let’s start with Carolina Amesty , the freshman GOP rep from Windermere who’s struggling to run for re-election after being indicted by a grand jury.

Her campaign contributions have dried up and, as the Orlando Sentinel reported , the Republican Party of Florida seems to have largely abandoned her. (Note the lack of TV ads.)

The starkest statistic: Since Sept. 1, the “ Friends of Carolina Amesty ” political committee’s donation total is negative $12,500.

Yes, she actually had to return more donations than she took in. Quite the “Friends.”

GOP support for indicted Rep. Amesty may be waning in tight Orlando-area race

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