Mark Schlueb and Rachael Jackson | Sentinel Staff Writers
November 5, 2008
Voters swept Republican incumbents Tom Feeney and Ric Keller out of Congress on Tuesday, electing Democrats in districts once seen as GOP strongholds.
Former state Rep. Suzanne Kosmas beat Feeney to win Florida's 24th District. And attorney Alan Grayson beat Keller in the 8th District.
"I got licked," Feeney said in a short concession speech to supporters, some of whom were in tears.
"There are differences between me and Kosmas, but I wish her well."
Kosmas painted herself a moderate, essential in an east Central Florida district that leans Republican.
Feeney helped draw the district, which includes parts of Orange, Seminole, Volusia and Orange counties, for himself when he was state House speaker. But his Republican advantage shrank this year as more Democrats and independents registered to vote.
In the 8th District, Grayson outdistanced Keller after hammering the incumbent for breaking a promise to serve only four terms and tying Keller to President Bush and the troubled economy.
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