GOP Letter Says Party Pulled Support of Harris
The state Republican Party told Rep. Katherine Harris that she couldn’t win this fall’s Senate election and that the party wouldn’t support her campaign, a confidential letter obtained by Associated Press shows.
The May 7 letter from Party Chairwoman Carole Jean Jordan and two other party officials was a last-ditch effort to force Harris out of the race for the nomination to challenge Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson. But the next day, Harris turned in paperwork to get her name on the Sept. 5 Republican primary ballot.
Harris contended that all three were pressured into signing the letter by “the party elite.”
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