Scott Powers
Gov. Rick Scott has set a special election for 2018 to fill the seat vacated by former state Rep. Neil Combee in House District 39, serving parts of Polk and Osceola counties.
Scott set a primary election for Feb. 20, 2018, and a general election for May 1. That would keep the seat open until after the 2018 Legislative Session, which runs from Jan. 9 through March 9.
Combee left his seat last week to take a federal appointment as Florida’s State Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency.
One candidate has filed, 22-year-old University of Florida political science student Josie Tomkow, a Republican, who actually filed for the regularly-scheduled 2018 election but is expected to refile for the special election. Combee is backing Tomkow, even over another potential Republican candidate, Polk County Commissioner John Hall, who expressed interest in running. No Democratic candidates have emerged yet.
One comment
Larry Gillis (Cape Coral)
November 28, 2017 at 6:28 pm
It would really add to the dialogue here if you were to mention whether there is a Libertarian candidate or not. You have got to get out of the mindset that thinks there are only two flavors of political party.
The Libertarians are fiscally conservative and socially liberal, which actually describes a lot of people you might know.
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