Congressional candidate Ozzie deFaria is not just doubling-down on with his questionable use of a photo-shopped dog collar around DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s neck, he’s actually betting the house that his tactic will win him the Republican congressional nomination in August.

deFaria’s most recent campaign email addresses recipients as “Fellow Patriots” in hopes of convincing them that he is a legit “Tea Party” candidate.  deFaria is not actually someone whom most would consider a Tea Party “activist”, he is actually a wealthy business executive that is self-financing his campaign and ‘banking’ on his  business acumen to win the Republican nomination.

But deFaria is continuing to mislead potential supporters with highly questionable allegations in his campaign solicitations.  The latest- somehow, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz “threatened” him.  Here’s deFaria email-

Wasserman Schultz told a close associate of mine that she was offended by my use of the picture at right, which I used to highlight her as Obama’s biggest Attack Dog (hence the collar).

She then told my associate that, “Ozzie will get what’s coming to him.”

We all know what that means… Debbie and the Obama attack machine are going to spend millions of dollars to destroy my family, my reputation, and my professional life in South Florida.

“We want him (deFaria) to win.” anonymous Democrat operative

What he’s doing here is playing up to the rabid Tea Party base.  And the really sad thing is it just might work.-Local 10, ABC Affiliate

With so many legitimate and significant issues to challange Rep. Wasserman Schultz on, that a candidate (
Ozzie deFaria) is lowering himself to the likes of Liberal Talking-Heads, by using personal attacks. The Tea Party, by and large, refuses to delve into personal attacks and focuses instead upon issues…limited Government, the Constitution and Free Markets…In this race, as with any race across the Country, candidates have more than enough issues to differentiate themselves rather than sinking to personal attacks. I can assure you that the Tea Party does not support candidates who do not conduct themselves with respect and decorum.- Tom Gaitens, FreedomWorks State Director

So now the table is almost set for the Democrats to feast on what will be an indefensible blunder that could very well affect Republicans up and down the ballot- and it’s precisely the opportunity that Democrats always look to exploit.  Rest assured, Democrats are salivating at the opportunity to tie Congressman Allen West, Senator Marco Rubio, the eventual Republican presidential nominee, Republicans, and the Tea Party as racist, sexist, mysogenist and outright “extremists.”

So ask yourselves the following- why has deFaria not rolled out any endorsement from any elected Republican?  According to deFaria, businessman Wayne Huizenga has endorsed him, but for how long?  We reached out to Huizenga, but he could not be reached for comment.   Considering that deFaria is not backing away in the least from his polarizing campaign advertisements, what member of any legislative body would put their career and reputation on the line by backing deFaria?  Supporters of deFaria would be well advised to reconsider all of their options if they are indeed serious about defeating Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Without a doubt Bill Maher is one of the most obnoxious disgusting TV hosts in our Country. He is a blood sucking leach preying on women, religion and those patriots who want to “Take Back Our Country.” Why bother with a person who uses fowl lascivious language – why not let Obama and the Democrats address this “potty mouthed” creep? Obviously they are struggling with this issue.

Bill Maher appeared at the Winspear Opera House and said Sarah Palin was a “c**n” and”there’s just no other word for her.” A real man would not stoop to such levels to increases his viewer ratings.

Obama speaking in Tucson, Arizona 20 January 2011 after the Tucson massacre is demanding a new era of civility. He is absolutely condoning Bill Maher by default, because he has refused to return the million dollars that Maher donated to pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action.

Obama senior campaign strategist David Axelrod who was scheduled on Maher’s show has started back peddling and is now running from Maher with his tail between his legs. Although, David has attempted to soft peddle the million dollars he will not participate in Maher’s kind of sadistic humor.

The Alabama Democratic Party has scrubbed a web page advertising its upcoming fundraiser with HBO’s Bill Maher – the Alabama DEMS don’t want any part of this vulgar mouthed sexist.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/08/alabama-democrats-scrub-bill-maher-fundraiser-off-website/#ixzz1q4EGYLWQ

Maher is using his first Amendment right, which we’re fighting for 24/7 and there really aren’t too many options available at this time. We can quit promoting him and ignore him and not make him headline news. None of us have to listen to him or respond to him, but at this time he’s laughing all the way to the bank, because he knows our hot buttons and how to illicit a response from us.

Maher’s response is that we need to learn to coexist and says that’s pretty easy to do… I think what’s important to look how far we’ve allowed our Nation to go down the road of immorality and that is a result of the evolution of the “norm.”

Over a span of many years we have watched the morality of our Nation disintegrate. The “Spock” theory that advocated setting our children free was one of the most crippling eras of our lifetime.

Children assumed the dominate role in families and parents became the gophers. Parents struggled to keep up with the “Joneses” to buy their kids love not mentor them – it’s so easy to put the blame at the feet of the parents. Actually the rapid advancement of technology can be viewed as the culprit here…

The high tech age was suppose to free the working population up – instead it was the ravenous monster that created longer working hours, more commuting and less time to attend to a family. Millions of children fell victim to this freedom and lacked discipline and mentoring – teenage pregnancies, youth crime and a lost generation evolved. But, it’s not all doom and gloom – parents are starting to assume their roles as parents and a new generation is on the horizon.

So the real problem isn’t people like Bill Maher, the Chris Matthews or Debbie Wasserman Shultz they’re only senseless distractions – the real problem for 2012 is taking back our White House, removing the Obama Administration, taking over the Senate majority and removing the Old Republican establishment.

As I’ve said many times “God” is alive and well if we but ask he will help us restore our beautiful America. FYI Obama’s money can’t buy “God” he’s not for hire!
May God Bless America
As Always,
Little Tboca

Let me rephrase that: she abjectly, amazingly, incredibly stupidly forgets comparing Voter ID to Jim Crow laws, to the point of huffily walking off when reminded about that particular bit of hyper-partisan stupidity. Watch.

Watch.

For those without video, that shows a clip of… Debbie Wasserman Schultz claiming that she ever made the above comparison, followed by a clip of… Debbie Wasserman Schultz explicitly making the above comparison, followed by a clip of… the meat of the first clip again, largely because mrctv apparently could not believe that the chair of the Democratic National Committee was this incapable of even remembering what specific fumble-fingered attempts to [incite] racial hatred were shambling about under her name. So they themselves had to go back and make sure that yes, she said this; and they must have decided that since they had to do a double-take, then so would their viewers, so they might as well make it easy for them.

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Let me rephrase that: she abjectly, amazingly, incredibly stupidly forgets comparing Voter ID to Jim Crow laws, to the point of huffily walking off when reminded about that particular bit of hyper-partisan stupidity. Watch.

Watch.

For those without video, that shows a clip of… Debbie Wasserman Schultz claiming that she ever made the above comparison, followed by a clip of… Debbie Wasserman Schultz explicitly making the above comparison, followed by a clip of… the meat of the first clip again, largely because mrctv apparently could not believe that the chair of the Democratic National Committee was this incapable of even remembering what specific fumble-fingered attempts to [incite] racial hatred were shambling about under her name. So they themselves had to go back and make sure that yes, she said this; and they must have decided that since they had to do a double-take, then so would their viewers, so they might as well make it easy for them.

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By Javier Manjarres

Congressional candidate Ozzie deFaria raises questions about the integrity of his campaign when he photo-shopped  a dog collar around Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s neck for one of his advertisements, before stating on video that she “needed to be sent back to the pound.” Ozzie deFaria has now double-downed on his own ignorance by unapologetically repeating the ‘pound’ statement again.(Original post on deFaria)

At the recent Southwest Broward Republican Organization (SWBRO) monthly meeting which featured deFaria as the keynote speaker, deFaria referred to Wasserman Schultz to a “dog” and that she “needed to go back to pound.”  deFaria may believe that this kind of shock-value remark will  give his campaign a boost,  but in reality it is a sheer lack of character on his part that could be used by the  Democrat Party to paint all Republicans as “extremists” and “sexists” who are unfit to represent Americans in the U.S. Congress.

Watch the short video here

deFaria’s lapses in judgement are being talked about across the state and in Washington, D.C., as political insiders and Members of Congress have scoffed at deFaria’s tactics and are expressing the same concerns that his actions play right into the Democratic Party’s  media narrative. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) placed deFaria in their ‘Young Guns’ program, but because of his actions, more members are beginning to distance themselves from the embattled congressional candidate and the race all together.

Congressman Pete Sessions, Majority Whip Eric Cantor, and Congressman Mark McCarthy did not want to comment on the matter and referred all media requests on this issue to the NRCC.  NRCC’s Regional Press Secretary Nathaniel Sillin responded to our media request in true D.C. form and probably the smartest way to deal with this embarrassing situation- he punted the ball by not answering any direct questions about deFaria.

This is a smart play by the NRCC, because if they openly distances themselves from deFaria, it is essentially admitting that they made a mistake in judgement about deFaria.  If the NRCC were to come out and defend deFaria, they make the case for the Democrats that the entire Republican Party is filled with those same extremists, misogynists and sexists.  Needless to say, the Republican Party is in quite a pickle here- it’s a lose-lose situation for them.

We posed the following question to the NRCC:

Does the NRCC approve of such rhetoric, and is this what Americans are to expect from the new breed of Republican ‘Young Guns?’

This is Nathaniel Sillin’s official NRCC response to my question:

This race is a referendum on Debbie Wasserman Shutlz’s relentless pursuit of a job-destroying tax and spend big-government agenda.  Gas prices are skyrocketing in South Florida. Rather than fight for energy independence and lower gas prices on behalf of Florida families,  Wasserman Schultz appears committed to pursue the same failed policies that only benefits the anti-job interest groups who are bankrolling Democrat campaigns.” – NRCC Spokesman Nat Sillin

It will be interesting to see if the state and local Republican Party organizations will follow suit and turn their back on deFaria were he to come knocking for their support. One Florida State legislator told the Shark Tank,”What an embarrassment, does he even think that he has a chance?”  The Broward County Republican Party (BREC) led by Richard DeNapoli is said to be quietly supporting deFaria’s campaign.

deFaria’s opponents in the Republican primary are Juan Eliel Garcia, Joe Kaufman, Gineen Bresso and Karen Harrington, who ran against Wasserman Schultz in 2010, and is considered the favorite to win the primary.

Since the NRCC refused to directly answer our questions about deFaria, what do you think about deFaria’s actions?

 (Cross-posted at The Shark Tank)

First we must identify the enemy in the fight to take back our Country. Next, we must be able to get into their heads, think the way they think in order to formulate a winning strategy. We are surrounded by those who wish to destroy the America we love.

One of the greatest military strategists of all times was Chief Joseph a Nez Perce American Indian. His greatest treasure was a copy of the New Testament given to him by his father, Old Joseph. Chief Joseph did attend Christian Schools, but his mentor was his father. He was taught to treat all men as they treated him; never be the first to break a bargain and that it was a disgrace to lie; only the truth should be spoken.

He developed his generalship by observing those who were fighting against him; he studied his enemy excelling as a military strategist. He fought for his people’s freedoms and rights; Chief Joseph said, “Let me be a free man — free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to think and talk and act for myself.

Americans are facing the same problems that Chief Joseph faced and it’s our job to defeat the enemy because they are taking our Country from us. We must fight for limited Government, secure borders, freedom of speech, our Military, our 2nd Amendment and our children and grandchildren.

What do our enemies have in common, what are their weapons of choice, what are their weaknesses and who are their real leaders, the strategists and the workabees (troops)?

Like their Commander in Chief, they’re all Sociopaths having little concern for others lying incessantly to get their selfish way. They don’t have respect for others feelings or concerns; they use their social skills to manipulate others in order to reach their goals of a “New World Order.” Like Obama many of them are suave, charismatic and well- educated.

Other like Chris Matthews, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Reverend Wright, Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters lack charisma and appeal, but make up for their obvious flaws via their uncanny ability to dominate and control others.

Their weapon of choice is the “Almighty dollar;” they believe everything and everyone has a price on their head. They are unable to have an intelligent civil discussion so they utilize the blame card, the race card, the Church card, the Bush card and of course the Republican card in an effort to distract, disrupt and confuse their opponents. Their mission is to distract and divide.

Their most powerful ammunition is their reedited, regurgitated information – it all comes from the same can written by one person or a select group. They use the same mode of operation as the advertising agencies – lie, repeat the lie and keep repeating it until people start to believe it. Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s propagandist, (apocryphally) said, “If you repeat a lie often enough, people are bound to start believing it.”

Their greatest weakness is this; they are incapable of distinguishing right from wrong believing the “ends justifies the means.” They have been brainwashed since childhood by leaders like Saul Alinsky, Ayers, Cloward Piven, Cloward – Piven, Reverend Wright and other Marxists and Communists from the 60’s and before. They’re robotic in nature incapable of functioning or thinking on their own.

The Liberal News Media, the Unions, some special interest groups, Soros organizations and Obama’s cabinet and Czars are the workabees – these are the people that tell the lies, repeat the lies and keep repeating the lies until people start to believe it.

The odds are 31% are incapable of changing but there are 69% out there who deserve to know the truth and that will be our job the remainder of 2012. We must replace those holding office who are actively trying to destroy our Nation and forcing a false ideology on our children and grandchildren. Most of all we must ask “God” for wisdom and spiritual guidance in this fight to “Take Back Our Country America (T B O C A.)

May God Bless America
As Always,
Little Tboca

(Cross-Posted at The Shark Tank)

Republican congressional candidate Karen Harrington, the front runner in the primary race to unseat Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is being targeted by a smear campaign that has crossed line from between being juvenile to possibly being a matter of public safety for law enforcement.  Over the past several months, the reported smears against Harrington’s character and campaign have been posted on the free public website Craig’s List. Until now, the rants have been nothing more than harsh but unsubstantiated political rhetoric aimed at damaging Harrington’s good name.

Today a note was posted on Craig’s List asking for Muslims to attend a ‘Bible Burning’ event at one of Harrington’s restaurants. The post lists the restaurant’s address and states that the ‘burning’ will take place on Saturday February 25th between 1-3pm.  The Pembroke Pines police have been notified and they are treating this as  serious public safety issue. The Pembroke Pines Police Department will have a presence between those hours listed in the post and they have opened up an investigation into the author of the post.

We can speculate that the author of this post is either one of Harrington’s competitors in the primary race or one of their misguided loyal supporters.  Several of the candidates in the race could be brought into question since some of them have a history of making false and demeaning remarks toward Harrington or towards women.

Joe Kaufman has been going around telling Rabbis and anyone who will listen that Harrington is a supporter of Hamas and has actually hired an CAIR/Hamas sympathizer to her campaign.  Joe Goldner has called Harrington a “Political Whore” on many occasions and also spews the same Hamas rhetoric about Harrington as Kaufman has.  Ozzie deFaria has also taken a leap onto the fringe, proclaiming that a certain female elected official whose initials are ‘DWS’ needed to be sent back to the pound and featured a political ad that drew a dog collar around her neck.

It remains to be seen who is actually behind smear campaign.  Here is the Craig’s List post in question:

ATTN: FELLOW MUSLIMS – PLEASE ATTEND OUR BIBLE BURNING

Date: 2012-02-24, 11:12AM

 

Salaam Aleikim

The Muslim Brotherhood of South Florida is pleased to announce our first BIBLE BURNINGAll believers in the TRUE GOD ALLAH are encouraged to attend & participateSaturday,

Feb 25, 1 – 3PM

xxx NW xxth Ave
Pembroke Pines, FL xxxxxBYOB
(Bring your own bible…TO BURN)

• Location: ALL BELIEVERS IN ALLAH ARE WELCOME
• it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Original URL: http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/pol/2868355694.html

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Congressional candidate Ozzie deFaria is beginning to melt under the political spotlight, as he once again is displaying a lack judgment and temperament that be able to sustain the rigors of a congressional campaign.   The Shark Tank recently questioned deFaria’s campaign advertisements as well as certain aspects of his background, a scrutiny which all congressional candidates should expect.  But deFaria’s knee-jerk reaction to our story is unfortunately revealing- rather than deal directly with our documented and legitimate criticisms, he chose to malign your humble correspondent and the Shark Tank.  This response shows that deFaria is not only thin skinned, he wound up embarrassing the Republican Party and his campaign.

Our report cited the following facts:

• deFaria’s posting of DNC Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz wearing a dog collar
• deFaria stating that Wasserman Schultz needed to be “sent back to the pound.”
• deFaria untruthfully stating the reason why Congresswoman Allen West tore into Wasserman Schultz in an email last year
• deFaria’s admittance that he used a phony ‘Tea Party’ organization to promote his campaign
• a list of public record court cases in which deFaria is named as a Defendant or a respondent

deFaria took issue with our criticism that asserts that his own words and deeds are questionable and will diminish his campaign- did he not take the time to think that his line of attack against Wasserman Schultz not only isn’t very original, but that it could be potentially used against him if he were the Republican nominee?  (Shark Tank- original deFaria story here)

deFaria is actively promoting this ‘Doggie Debbie’ website and told the attendees of the recent SRLC convention in Charleston that ‘DWS’ “needed to be sent back to the pound.”continuing with the “Debbie is a Doggie” motif.  We simply questioned if deFaria’s repeated caricature of Debbie as a dog with an aggressive looking dog collar is really a smart way to criticize her and broadly appeal to the masses of people in her congressional district.

deFaria’s feeble response to our criticism was made in an obscure Broward website that has a history of running cover for the embattled Broward Republican Executive Committee (BREC), and the site that has done all but endorsed deFaria.  It’s also the same website that Redstate’s Erick Erickson smacked down last year for its lack of journalistic integrity and hack reportage.

What’s most humorous about this sad saga is that deFaria’s official statement claims that he was the victim of a “vicious attack” that he posted on his campaign website:

We’ll never know who paid for his most recent attack on Ozzie, but it’s not a coincidence that Debbie Wasserman Schultz said ‘Ozzie will get what’s coming to him’ and then a local paid political blogger launched a full front assault on Ozzie’s character.  The charges made on the hit piece are either false or extremely misleading.

The Shark Tank blog has lost all credibility as a legitimate source of information.  As explicitly outlined on the website truthaboutjaviermanjarres.com, the blog’s owner, Javier Manjarres, is nothing more than a political bounty hunter who consistently and regularly attacks the conservative opponents of the people who pay to advertise on his website.- Ozzie deFaria

That’s right dear readers, deFaria thinks that the Shark Tank’s criticism of his campaign tactics comes at the behest of and is paid for by none other than DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.  In addition to this LOL implication, deFaria also cites an anonymous and libelous website which targets yours truly- a site which was authored by the same Charlie Crist-supporting establishment Republicans in Broward County who are his chief supporters.  Beginning to see the bigger picture here?

Unfortunately, knee-jerk reactions like deFaria’s tend to be devoid of rationality, and his response isn’t one that will reassure voters about his judgement.  How can deFaria call our “charges” (his characterization) “false or extremely misleading,” when we’re simply calling attention to and questioning his own campaign advertisements and statements?  Whether it is what he said to the SRLC (on video below), his depiction of Debbie with a dog collar around her neck, or his public records, did the Shark Tank fabricate or distort any of these?  You be the judge.

deFaria tweeted that he has “nothing to hide,” yet he’d rather disparage his critics rather than provide a coherent response to his supporters that is grounded in fact.  Instead of showing the requisite character, discipline, and leadership with his response, deFaria decided to attack the messenger rather than intelligently respond to the message.   What’s to hide, right?

By Javier Manjarres

Businessman Ozzie deFaria has garnered ‘On the Radar’ status with the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), a significant boost to his campaign  for the Republican nomination in Congressional District 20.  When the congressional redistricting is completed, most of what now comprises the 20th congressional district will become the 23rd congressional district.

While 2010 nominee Karen Harrington enjoys significant name recognition and strong grassroots support, deFaria could pose a real threat because of his ability to self-fund, and his new found support from the Republican establishment in Washington, D.C. will likely assist his fundraising.

But while deFaria has proven that he is a successful businessman and is showing a glimmer of a fundraising prowess, he’s also at times shown that he lacks the discipline and judgment needed to serve in Congress.

Case in point- deFaria inexplicably posted an image on his website in which he super-imposed a dog collar around the neck of Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.  It’s understood that political candidates use gimmicks and stunts to bring attention to their campaign, but the denigrating depiction of Wasserman Schultz as a dog isn’t very smart, and it’s likely that most women won’t be amused.

deFaria’s  move is reminiscent of an incident back in 2009 in which another Republican congressional candidate who was looking for attention scribbled the initials ‘DWS’ on a gun range target and then proceeded to fire at it- right in the presence of the assembled media.  The actions of that night gave the GOP a black eye, and deFaria’s actions are likely to have a similar effect.

When you couple this substantial gaffe with a statement he made at the recent Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC) in South Carolina where he stated, “we must send her back to the pound,” it’s clear that deFaria is fixated on the ‘Debbie is a Doggie’ motif, but is that really an intelligent way to critique her?

deFaria hypocritically calls Wasserman Schultz a sexist on the website (see picture), and fails to understand that his depiction of ‘DWS’ can be interpreted as exactly that, sexist.

Unfortunately for deFaria, it doesn’t end there. In the same video clip (below), just before he states that ‘DWS’ must be sent back to the pound, deFaria, reading from a scripted speech, untruthfully states why Congressman Allen West called Wasserman Schultz ‘vile and despicable.’ deFaria states that West called her ‘vile’ specifically because Wasserman Schultz blamed the Tea Party for the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords.

http://youtu.be/wdUnTCWL4FE  <<<<Video

This type of shameless pandering is nothing more than a stunt to create the perception that deFaria is aligned with West.

West  called out Wasserman Schultz after she spoke out against him on the House floor inWashington,D.C.

Late last year, the Shark Tank called out deFaria for using a phony Tea Party organization to solicit funds from activists.  The organization in question, National Tea Party Alert.com depicted him as a ‘Tea Party’ candidate. deFaria told me that it was only a mail program he purchased, in essence confirming that this National Tea Party.com was not really a tea party organization but a for-profit business that had nothing to do with the Tea Party movement. This organization actually attacked Governor Sarah Palin. (Source: Phone Tea Party)

When you run Congress or any office for that matter, most everything is going to be on the table.  deFaria, like many other Americans, has had run-ins with the law and has been party to several litigations that have been made public- some good, some bad. Here is a short list of deFaria’s public court records:

CACE11005287 -2011 Auto Negligence(Pending) (Circuit)

DVCE05007368 -2005 Repeat Violence (Domestic Violence)

COCE05011501 -2005 Civil litigation (Circuit)

06011986MM10A-Misdemeanor (Circuit)

09033561TI30A -Traffic Infraction (Circuit)

COWE07027615 - 2007 Small Claims litigation (Circuit)

Now either the NRCC didn’t bother to closely vet deFaria or they are fine with deFaria’s “colorful” background- which do you think is most likely?

Were deFaria to win the Republican nomination to take on Wasserman Schultz, you better believe that the Democrats will use his unfortunate lack of judgment to label all Republicans as extreme sexists- and deFaria would be the proverbial Republican punching bag .

(Cross-posted at the Shark Tank)

Following a week of musical chairs where Congressman Allen West announced his intent to move north into a proposed 18th Congressional District while former House Majority Leader Adam Hasner departed the Republican primary race to unseat Democratic incumbent Senator Bill Nelson and run for West’s vacant Congressional seat, yet another race faces a challenge.

Former presidential appointee and elections attorney, Gineen Bresso, is set to announce Monday her candidacy to represent Florida’s 20th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Bresso, 39, is challenging Democratic National Committee Chair and incumbent Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.

“I am prepared to work to restore fiscal responsibility, remove barriers to economic growth, and take the voice of the people to Washington D.C,” stated Bresso.  “Currently, the nation is facing significant troubles with a debt in excess of $15 Trillion and a staggering $1.1 Trillion deficit.”

Bresso was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S Senate on October 2, 2008 to serve on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC).

In 2009, Bresso served as Chair of the EAC.  In contemplation of a Congressional run, she resigned recently after asking President Barack Obama to withdraw his nomination of her to serve a second term.

Prior to her appointment to the EAC, Bresso served as the Director of Legislative Operations and Counsel for the Committee on House Administration in the U.S Congress. Previously, she served as a policy advisor to former Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., and worked as an attorney-advisor for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where she reviewed and processed applications for federal trademark registration.

Bresso has also served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Arrie W. Davis, in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

Bresso received her Juris Doctor from Western New England College School of Law in 1999 and her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1995.

“Even with a late entry into an already crowded field, thanks to her vast governmental experience, Bresso immediately becomes a top contender,” stated Tom Lauder of RedBroward.  “Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has never faced such an impressive group of GOP candidates.  She’s in for the political fight of her life.”

Bresso faces Ozzie Defaria, Juan Eliel Garcia, Joe Goldner, Karen Harrington, and Joe Kaufman in an August Republican primary.

“It’s time to govern responsibly and lead the nation to a more prosperous future,” concluded Bresso.