Another congressman endorses in the 2nd: Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart for Loyola
By JR Hoeft | Monday, January 4th, 2010 | PoliticsRep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Florida) has endorsed Ben Loyola in his bid to win the GOP nomination in the 2nd District. Balart cited Loyola’s strong support of small businesses, belief in the strengths of free enterprise, and his admirable life story and background.
“I am proud to support Ben Loyola for Congress. Ben knows the importance of freedom and democracy. His family fled totalitarianism in Cuba for a life of freedom in America. And Ben has served our Nation with distinction in the Armed Forces,” said Diaz-Balart. ”
Loyola was certainly happy to receive the endorsement.
“It’s humbling to have the early support of a Republican House member, since they know what it takes to win and to serve effectively” announced Loyola. “We share a great deal about what it means to be American and how far we’ve gone off that track in recent months. The voice of free enterprise can‘t be muddled with mixed messages. Our red, white and blue message needs to be bold and clear.”
Loyola is the second 2nd District candidate to receive the endorsement of a sitting congressman today. Earlier Scott Taylor announced he was receiving support from Rep. Dan Burton (R-Indiana).
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9 Responses to "Another congressman endorses in the 2nd: Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart for Loyola"
It’s starting to shape up as a telling story where sitting members of Congress are endorsing Conservative 2nd District candidates they would like to to work with.
Great to hear of the endorsement! The 2nd is shaping up to be quite the contest…will we nominate a conservative or a moderate? There are many interesting candidates lining up for the GOP in the second to consider. Make sure to do the research and ask the hard questions. We must take back the 2nd from Glen Nye in November of this year!
Or you could read that Benito Loyola had to travel over 900 miles to find a fellow Cuban-American willing to endorse him. Personally, I think local endorsements from local officials that have actually run, walked and represented Hampton Roads matter more than a Congressman from a far flung district with no ties to the area.
Bryan R
Well considering you have a lovefest for the automobile guy you would poo-poo any endorsement anyone else receives. If you discount the endorsements that have received contributions for your idol, the list isn’t long at all or impressive. And now you play the ethnic card! That’s some piece of work!
I don’t know the district well enough to know how large the Cuban-American population may be and how much weight they have to throw around during a nomination. Anyone with an objective view of this? The Diaz-Balart brothers are heavy hitters in South Florida and their un-endorsement of Crist recently was big news for the Rubio campaign.
Bryan, it looks like you cut and pasted your comment about Taylor going over “200 miles” for an endorsement in this thread about Loyola’s “900 miles”. The election this year is going to be more a referendum about the direction of the country rather than the 2nd, 5th or any one district. You are carrying water for Rigell and its increasingly obvious you think it’s Holy Water.
I agree with Tim and Ken. I mean, isn’t it a National position?? Yes, the Congressman is representing VA but I’m pretty sure it is a National position so of course they would want support from other states. It really should be about the direction of our country and that is why I am sticking with Scott Taylor. I hope he gets support from all over the country while representing VIRGINIA.
Loyola has received an interesting endorsement from Diaz-Balart as has Taylor has from Dan Burton. It appears that Diaz-Balart served as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee during his first term, and retains his seniority in that committee. He also is a senior member of the House Rules Committee, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, and the Co-Chairman of the Florida Congressional Delegation. Burton also has ranking status in several key committees. These critical committees will be the vanguard of reform as Conservatives move to take back the House in 2012. These types of endorsements and others will provide the 2nd District with sitting Congressional partners to work at undoing and repairing the damage being done to our economy, security and society.
No one cares about these silly out of state endorsements. They’re pointless. Burton and Diaz Balart have no ability to motivate undecided GOP voters in a primary in VA-2.
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