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Article: Republican Ric Keller.(Brief Article)
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- November 20, 2000
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House Republicans retained a narrow majority after the Nov. 7 elections, in part because Republican Ric Keller prevailed over Democrat Linda Chapin, with 51 percent of the vote in an open-seat race in central Florida. Keller, a lawyer who never held public office, pulled ahead late in the race after he aired a barrage of attack ads on Orlando TV stations, including one that accused Chapin of providing padded furniture and cable television to prisoners when she was Orange County chairman.
Chapin campaign spokeswoman Kristine Roselius claimed the ad was "totally false," and said cable was installed in a work-release center four years before Chapin was elected ...