Kweisi Mfume lost a primary campaign for the United States Senate seat that was being vacated by which American politician and attorney?
Kweisi Mfume Kweisi Mfume (born Frizzell Gerald Gray; October 24, 1948) is an American politician and the former President/CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as well as a five-term Democratic Congressman from Maryland's 7th congressional district, serving in the 100th through 104th Congress. On September 12, 2006, he lost a primary campaign for the United States Senate seat that was being vacated by Maryland U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes.
David Jolly David Wilson Jolly (born October 31, 1972) is an American attorney, former lobbyist, and former U.S. Representative for Florida's 13th congressional district. A Republican, he previously served as general counsel to his predecessor, U.S. Rep. Bill Young. He won the race for Young's seat in a 2014 special election against Democrat Alex Sink. He was subsequently re-elected in November 2014, winning 75 percent of the vote, but was unseated in 2016 by former Governor Charlie Crist. Jolly has become a prominent Republican critic of U.S. President Donald Trump.