Ken Miller, a Republican House candidate who had been running against freshman Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL), has announced that he’s switching out of that race — and will instead be seeking the GOP nomination in an adjacent district, to go up against none other than Rep. Alan Grayson.
Miller said that he made his decision after the previous top GOP prospect for the Grayson race, former state Sen. Dan Webster, opted against running. “I have tremendous respect for Dan Webster and when he announced that he would not run against Alan Grayson, I decided that I could not let Grayson go without a credible challenge,” Miller said in a statement, also adding: “My decision was influenced by Grayson’s incendiary and disingenuous comments relative to Republican plans for healthcare reform.”
The Orlando Sentinel speculates that Miller’s decision might have also been influenced by the GOP rallying around two other candidates in the Kosmas race, Winter Park Commissioner Karen Diebel and state Rep. Sandy Adams, and also that the lack of a big-name candidate in Grayson’s district made the nomination there much more inviting for Miller, a political unknown.
Either way, Grayson now has another opponent, in addition to real estate developer Armando Gutierrez Jr.
