Black leader to run in white majority district

The Democratic side of the ledger is no longer empty in the District 91 house race. Freda Sherman Stevens filed paperwork on Friday to run for the seat to replace Ellyn Bogdanoff who is running for state senate.

District 91, which spans Dania Beach to Boca Raton, is an overwhelmingly white district. Stevens lost a previous race against state Rep. Evan Jenne. She is the press secretary of the Black Democratic Caucus which is embroiled in its own election dispute.

School board chair Maureen Dinnen could not be reached for comment today regarding whether she has decided to run.

On the Republican side, Shane Strum, Gov. Charlie Crist's deputy, did not return the umpteenth message about whether he plans to run. So far, two young activists and businessmen, David Maymon and Yomin Postelnik, have launched campaigns. Maymon has loaned his campaign $50,000 and raised about $18,000 while Postelnik has raised less than $2,000 including inkind donations and a loan.

Comments

[Ann]

I guess Freda is just going to keep trying every house district she can find.

Has she moved from House-100 into House-91 yet?

[debbi in Delray]

not sure why it is news- since when does ethicity matter? Are you saying that only a non-black can win this seat?? We have several black Democrats in the Legislature that have won non-minority districts. I wish the media would stop making race the issue and focus on the real issues like gov't spending and our unemployment rate.