Edward Lynch – Florida District 19

On December 26, 2009, Kathleen Baker writing for the Denver Conservative Examiner noted:

…online activists are chattering about two more special elections, one in Florida and the other in Massachusetts. Whether or not this online dialogue will bring about the same type of attention as the NY-23 race is too early to be determined. However, it does deserve some consideration.

I have to give her credit, her sources must have been better than mine, because at the time, I was monitoring some of the most popular conservative blogs and while almost all of them picked up the Scott Brown race in Massachusetts, to my knowledge, none of them said anything about the Florida race in District 19. I was introduced to the candidacy of Allen West in District 22, but nothing about Edward Lynch in District 19.

And that is a shame, because on February 2, 2010, Edward Lynch won the Special Republican Primary Election in FL-19 and is running a strong race to replace Robert Wexler, the Democrat who resigned from Congress on January 3, 2010 to become president of the Washington-based Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation. Wexler called for impeachment hearing for Dick Cheney & George Bush in November, 2007 and made news again in June, 2008 when he signed on to Dennis Kucinich’s articles of impeachment for George W. Bush for abuse of power.

However, just one month later in July, 2008, Bill O’Reilly reported that while Wexler claimed his mother-in-law’s home in Delray Beach as his official residence, but actually lived in a Marylan suburb for most of the year. The information came from Edward Lynch who had been researching Wexler and took his findings which included the fact that the home in Delray Beach was a 55 and older community that Wexler didn’t qualify to live in because Wexler was born in 1961. Wexler tried to cover by saying that he stays there when in Florida on average twice per month. The “arrangement” as a “Florida Resident” allowed Wexler to pay no personal income tax despite living almost permanently near Washington D.C.

It was not clear whether the residency issue had anything to do with Wexler’s resignation from my research, but it was clear that Edward Lynch stood up and forced the issue. Lynch took his case to the people of South Florida and it must have resonated because even as a Conservative running in a very Democratic District (just like Scott Brown!) Lynch is running a very strong race in the District.

Lynch has picked up endorsements from D.C. Works For Us, several retired Military Officers, local elected officials and even comedian Jackie Mason. Lynch supports free market health care reform, not a government takeover of health care. He believes the primary role of the government is to protect it’s citizens with a strong military and strong national security. His approach to energy is to “use it all”: oil, nuclear, wind and other alternatives. He believes in a single state solution for Israel and unwavering support for Israel. Taxes and government spending should be cut aggressively to reign in government and return our Country to free market solutions to our most pressing problems. He supports either the Flat Tax or Fair Tax, but either way our tax system needs serious reform. He is strongly in favor of the 2nd Amendment and any citizen’s right to free exercise of this right. And finally, even as a proud Hispanic American, Edward Lynch believes that immigration policy should include no amensty. Period. You can read up on all his positions here.

On April 13, 2010, Edward Lynch will be the Republican candidate in the Special Election for District 19. We highly encourage you to take a look at Edward Lynch as a candidate and then decide for yourself if you feel his campaign is worthy of some support.

PS: Watch the Red Eye video below you’ll find that he has a pretty good sense of humor as well.