HOUSE DISTRICT 91
(Coastal Broward County and a small section of Boca Raton)
Background: In 2006, Democrat Christian Chiari, a political newcomer and business consultant, took on incumbent Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff (R). He garnered 45.2% of the vote to Bogdanoff’s 54.8% despite being outspent 11 to 1 in the heavily Republican district. Chiari, 34, is back this year and says the “district is screaming out for an advocate on property insurance” and other issues in this coastal community. But Chiari faces an uphill battle in his bid to oust the House Majority Whip, who’s already raised close to $240,000 for her re-election. Chiari raised close to $46,000 in monetary and in-kind donations through the end of March. Bogdanoff is running unopposed in her primary. Darin Lentner, a Fort Lauderdale trial lawyer who had entered the race in 2007 when Bogdanoff was a lead negotiator in the Legislature’s controversial attempt to redo the state’s no-fault auto insurance system last year, dropped out of the race to run for city commission instead. Bogdanoff is an early supporter of Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) presidential bid and currently serves as southeast legislative co-chair for his campaign.
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