Steve Southerland
In March, Florida Rep. Steve Southerland had
a men-only fundraiser, with the invitation suggesting that attendees "tell the misses not to wait up." On Election Day, Southerland did not have to wait up to find out that he'd lost his re-election to Democrat Gwen Graham.
Graham's win was narrow, but it still made her one of the very few Democrats to defeat an incumbent Republican in 2014. And Southerland is a good guy to see defeated:
- After that "tell the misses not to wait up" fundraiser invitation, Southerland defended himself with some nonsense about lingerie showers. For real.
- He voted against the Violence Against Women Act, then tried to campaign as a VAWA supporter.
- Southerland was a huge proponent of slashing food stamps, pushing for a work requirement that would have kicked people out of the program even if there were no job training programs available and more than one job-seeker for every job where they lived.
So, yeah. Defeating Steve Southerland is something worth doing, even if Gwen Graham won't exactly be getting much done in John Boehner's House.