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Will Florida Congressman Tim Mahoney be re-elected despite accusations of adultery?
Settled as No
OK...maybe this isn't as bad as the guy Mahoney replaced, remember Republican Congressman Mark Foley and the male intern scandal....But when you're elected to replace someone like that, shouldn't you keep your pants on for a couple of years, or at least until you get re-elected one time?
News reports indicate that not only did first-term Democratic Congressman Mahoney have an affair with a staff member, he may have also paid her $121,000 to keep quiet. This was already going to be a tough battle to win re-election as a Democrat in a normally Republican district, but these latest revelations may have tipped it more in the favor of his Republican opponent, former Army officer Tom Rooney of the famous Pittsburgh Steeler Rooney family.
Congressional seats are usually won by the incumbents, but this one may well go back to the Republican side.
More Info:
Mahoney denies paying allege mistress hush money
http://www.wflxfox29.com/Global/story.asp?S=9174678&nav=menu98_2
West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney allegedly fired volunteer Patricia Allen after affair
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/10/13/2008-10-
13_west_palm_beach_congressman_tim_mahoney_.html
Fla. congressman seeks probe after affair reports
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j8SjoKSFxLQVMVHRTLj6tq6DwgfgD93Q09200
News reports indicate that not only did first-term Democratic Congressman Mahoney have an affair with a staff member, he may have also paid her $121,000 to keep quiet. This was already going to be a tough battle to win re-election as a Democrat in a normally Republican district, but these latest revelations may have tipped it more in the favor of his Republican opponent, former Army officer Tom Rooney of the famous Pittsburgh Steeler Rooney family.
Congressional seats are usually won by the incumbents, but this one may well go back to the Republican side.
More Info:
Mahoney denies paying allege mistress hush money
http://www.wflxfox29.com/Global/story.asp?S=9174678&nav=menu98_2
West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney allegedly fired volunteer Patricia Allen after affair
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/10/13/2008-10-
13_west_palm_beach_congressman_tim_mahoney_.html
Fla. congressman seeks probe after affair reports
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j8SjoKSFxLQVMVHRTLj6tq6DwgfgD93Q09200
Settlement details:
As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Activity: H$21,536
Settled as No on Thu 6th Nov 7:55am PST
Suspend date: Mon 3rd Nov 11:59pm PST Settlement date: Thu 6th Nov 7:55am PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 3rd Nov 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 40%
Action history:
Created Tue 14th Oct 8:50am PDT by bayoubear
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Suspended Mon 3rd Nov 11:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
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Settlement requested Thu 6th Nov 7:12am PST by 
joaoxxx: FL-16 called for Rooney, not Mahoney: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/main.results/#val=H
joaoxxx: FL-16 called for Rooney, not Mahoney: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/main.results/#val=H
Settled as 'No' Thu 6th Nov 7:55am PST by 
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score: 10
Miami Herald 5 weeks ago
-- a sex scandal. Foley had been caught sending ''inappropriate'' e-mails to young men who'd worked as congressional pages, which is to say he was basically trolling online. Yet even as Foley was being pummeled by those tawdry revelations, his Democratic
score: 10
NewsMax.com 5 weeks ago
Sid Dinerstein, the Republican Party chairman of one of the Florida counties embattled Democrat Tim Mahoney serves, says the U.S. Representative should resign. 'Tim Mahoney, while he was running against Mark Foley on his family values issue, had family
score: 10
San Francisco Chronicle 6 weeks ago
court asks for a dissolution of the marriage and for dividing assets, but does not give a reason. Florida is a no-fault divorce state. Mahoney's campaign had no comment, calling it 'a personal matter' and the congressman did not return a telephone call
score: 10
Washington Post 6 weeks ago
MIAMI -- The wife of a Florida congressman embroiled in an adultery scandal filed for divorce Monday. U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney admitted last week to having at least two affairs, including with an aide he paid
score: 10
UPI 6 weeks ago
it has launched a broad investigation of Mahoney, a move that came after a news report indicated the Florida congressman had paid $121,000 to a staff member to settle allegations that he fired her because she ended their extramarital affair, The
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