Attempt to unify around one Black candidate against Wasserman Schultz in Florida's 20th District falters
Source: Sun-Sentinel
Efforts by Black congressional candidates and political leaders to coalesce around one challenger to U.S. Debbie Wasserman Schultz apparently have failed.
Elijah Manley, one of four Black candidates in the Broward County 20th Congressional District, officially qualified as a candidate on Wednesday, dealing a blow to the unity effort.
A second blow to the effort came later in the day when another of the four candidates, former U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, said she, too, would qualify as a candidate in the Aug. 18 Democratic primary. “I will be qualifying,” she said via text, but didn’t say when.
Finally, candidate Dale Holness said he would officially qualify to get on the ballot. “It seems as if everybody’s going to qualify,” he said. “We’ll see where it goes.”
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