State Senate hopeful Merchant taps Mark Foley for host committee for Palm Beach fund-raiser

by George Bennett | March 22nd, 2010

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Former Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned in a 2006 Internet sex scandal that helped bring down the GOP majority in Congress, is on the host committee for a Palm Beach fund-raiser next week for Republican state Senate hopeful Sharon Merchant.

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Foley has been raising his public profile — a weekly local radio show, a recent Forum Club lunch appearance, last week’s Radio and TV Correspondents dinner in Washington — but this is the first time a political candidate has publicized Foley’s support to try to raise campaign cash. Merchant is running in a GOP primary against former Wellington councilwoman Lizbeth Benacquisto.

Read about it in this week’s Politics column.

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Tags: Lizbeth Benacquisto, Mark Foley, Sharon Merchant

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3 Responses to “State Senate hopeful Merchant taps Mark Foley for host committee for Palm Beach fund-raiser”

1. Bob Says:
   March 22nd, 2010 at 7:01 am

   Double Taxation could be an issue for Benacquisto.

2. Lee Lady Says:
   March 23rd, 2010 at 1:55 pm

   I see someone had all the comments here scrubbed off. I guess its too much heat for Sharon and disgraced Foley to handle.

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