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Baxter Flip-Flop Briefly Upends County Race
UPDATE: Earlier this week, Sara Baxter announced that she was dropping her bid for re-election to the Palm Beach County Commission in favor of a congressional run. However, after the Town-Crier went to press, she changed her mind and qualified for the county race ballot, rather than U.S. House Seat 22. This story will be [...] The post Baxter Flip-Flop Briefly Upends County Race appeared first on Town-Crier Newspaper .
Palm Beach County Mayor Sara Baxter abruptly pulled out of the District 22 U.S. House race only four days after entering it on Monday, June 8.
Baxter, an Acreage resident, said as late as Wednesday, June 10 that she would not defend her District 6 seat on the Palm Beach County Commission in the Aug. 18 Republican primary.
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