Scott McKeel may be out of race for Adam Putnam’s congressional seat
January 30, 2009 at 10:32 am by Jim Johnson
In an interesting turn of events, it seems State Rep. Seth McKeel likely won’t be running for Congress. McKeel was among those publicly considering running for Congressman Adam Putnam’s seat when (if?) Congressman Putnam announces his bid for Commissioner of Agriculture.
At least one person looking at the race and a handful of business community members say the McKeels, who recently had their second child, have already decided that Seth will stay in the Legislature where he is posed to become a rising star.
The Ledger indicates other potential candidates would be State Rep. Baxter Troutman and former State Rep. Dennis Ross for the GOP. On the Democrat side, former State Sen. Rick Dantzler (who has also been rumored as considering a US Senate run) and former candidate Doug Tudor who lost to Putnam in 2008 are mentioned.
When Putnam does announce his return to Florida politics, this will be an interesting race to watch.
