Appearing Friday evening in Palm Beach County, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meeek told supporters and party activists that the turmoil in the race shouldn’t raise doubts about his candidacy.
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek stood at Capt. Anderson’s Marina and saw what struggling local fisherman are up against: the docks.
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek was in Pensacola on Sunday listening to concerns about the BP oil spill.
Meek is the first statewide candidate to get enough signatures to enter the U.S. Senate race. He spoke to about 100 supporters Saturday evening at the Solomon Calhoun Community Center.
Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) performed the Heimlich maneuver on Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) last month to keep her from choking on a turkey sandwich.
Congressional Democrats are pushing their first legislative response to the Gulf Coast oil spill, proposing to vastly raise the liability cap on companies that are responsible for offshore disasters.
“The long-term impact of this spill and potentially others on Florida could be absolutely devastating. An immediate moratorium is the only way to go,” said Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.).
Rep. Kendrick Meek Wednesday backed two tough anti-oil industry bills, as the spill in the Gulf of Mexico began to emerge as a political dividing line in the U.S. Senate race.
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek met Tuesday with long-time friends Rhea Chiles and her two sons, Bud and Ed, whose names still carry some cache in state Democratic politics.
One of the top three contenders for the U.S. Senate seat in Florida picked up a key endorsement on Tuesday.
