Allen Boyd Voted Against Health Care Reform, Now He’s Losing His Primary

6:12 pm EST November 19th, 2009 | Democrats | 3 Comments

A shot across the bow.

In one of the few announced primary races on the Democratic side, Rep. Allen Boyd, a Florida Blue Dog who voted against the House health care bill, is already trailing state Senate Minority Leader Al Lawson in a two-way race.

Lawson leads Boyd 35-31 in the poll, conducted by The Research Network, with the rest undecided. Allen Boyd’s re-elect number is just 39%, and his job approval number is 44.5%. While Boyd has generally good favorability numbers, Lawson’s numbers are sky-high, with a 47.5% favorability and just 12.4% unfavorable. By contrast, Boyd is up to 38% unfavorable. The poll screened for likely voters, and has a fairly large margin of error of ± 4.6%.

If you’re a Democrat, you vote for health care reform, period. If you vote no, the Democratic party will abandon you and the GOP will blow you up anyway.

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3 Responses to “Allen Boyd Voted Against Health Care Reform, Now He’s Losing His Primary”

  1. jr says:
    November 19, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    everything is socialism to Boyd except his 174k salary and federal employee health benefits

  2. cj says:
    November 19, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    Lets really hit Allen Boyd in the guts and donate to Al Lawson http://www.allawsonforcongress.com/ .

  3. Indeed says:
    November 19, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    Plus Boyd’s on the Wrong Side of History. That’s one thing I don’t really get about Health Care Reform or Gay Marriage (or Medicare or Civil Rights or anti Iraq Invasion etc. etc.). I guess some legislators are too far gone wingnut or live in too far gone wingnut districts/states or have too much dough coming in from Big Money, but sheesh, History will come calling at some point. Do the Right Thing.