Florida Medical Association Likes Anyone But Vasilinda in State HD 9

The Florida Medical Association's endorsement list of legislative candidates was a compendium of the status quo. Where incumbents were running, the FMA backed every one -- except one.

Rep. MichelleRehwinkel Vasilinda, D-Tallahassee, was the lone incumbent failing to get the FMA's support in the upcoming primary.

FMA would not specify why the first-term lawmaker was singled out, except to say that endorsement decisions were made by local physicians based on each candidate's record on "pro-patient, pro-medicine issues."

Instead, the 20,000-member group backed Rick Minor in the 9th District Democratic primary.

Vasilinda did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.