New York Times: Black Hopefuls Pick This Year in G.O.P. Races
Among the many reverberations of President Obama’s election, here is one he probably never anticipated: at least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress this year as Republicans, the biggest surge since Reconstruction, according to party officials....
“I ran in 2008 and raised half a million dollars, and the state party didn’t support me and the national party didn’t support me,” said Allen West, who is running for Congress in Florida and is one of roughly five black candidates the party believes could win. “But we came back and we’re running and things are looking great.”
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The Weekly Standard: The Second Battle of Boca Raton. Will Lt. Col. Allen West win a south Florida congressional race rematch?
"No matter what you achieve in 22 years in the military, coming into politics is a brand new game," West told me during a recent interview at a Starbucks in Plantation, Florida.... Over the course of the hour-long interview, it became abundantly clear that while West may be running for political office, he wasn't an ordinary politician.
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Breaking News! Allen West to be interviewed by Hannity on Tue. Dec 15th UPDATE: Video of the interview, in case you missed it
Show airs at 9:00pm on Fox News Channel
West Weekly Wrap-up (W3) Report for the week of Oct. 26, 2009
Here we are again for a West Weekly Wrap-up, as I continue to wonder when will we just have a plain, boring week in America....well, it wasn't this week.
Shifting Political Winds: Rally to Shift Focus from Support to Action
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL - 11/4/2009 - Republican Congressional Candidate Allen West announced today the details of a grassroots rally to be held Wednesday, November 4 at the Boca Raton Embassy Suites beginning at 6:30 p.m.
