Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here. Leading Off: ' FL-26: The Miami Herald reports that both the FBI and the Miami-Dade police are now investigating the campaign of "Democrat" Justin Lamar Sternad, whose fake candidacy'unsuccessfully aimed at hurting real Democrat Joe Garcia'was almost certainly propped up by corrupt GOP freshman David Rivera. Rivera of course denies everything and alleges a massive conspiracy between the vendors who did work for the penniless Sternad, the Herald, and Garcia. Most mind-blowing is this:
Rivera'who denies ever knowing Sternad'also produced a copy of a new campaign report for Sternad that purported to show, for the first time, that the Democrat's campaign had paid Rapid Mail. Earlier in the day, a reporter for América Tevé said the congressman called her and told her to go to see Sternad's lawyer, where she would get a scoop on the new campaign report. The lawyer never gave it to her.I'm not even sure Encyclopedia Brown ever busted Bugs Meany for being this stupid.Rivera didn't explain how he got the report and Federal Elections Commission officials told The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald on Wednesday that the document had not been received yet by the FEC.
P.S. If Rivera winds up getting nailed and the GOP wanted to replace him... well, it looks like they can't. As it so happens, Florida's elections board just certified the results of last week's primary on Thursday morning, and if you remember the Mark Foley race from 2006, you may recall that his name had to stay on the ballot because the whole congressional page scandal only came to light after Foley's own primary results were rendered official. So Republicans may well be stuck with Rivera.
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