What Chris Van Hollen Doesn’t Want You to Know

As mayor of Hialeah, Raul Martinez was indicted on eight counts of racketeering and seven counts of extortion.

When it was revealed that Jennings did not pay her taxes, instead of stepping up and accepting responsibility like a real leader, she forced a staff member to take the heat. If Jennings can’t even run her own campaign without embarrassing mistakes, how can she manage a Congressional office? (“Jennings pays IRS, could pay again in election,” Jeremy Wallace, Herald Tribune)

Joe Garcia has campaigned with and accepted money from corrupt Manhattan Congressman Charlie Rangel, who was recently caught in two separate scandals: a sweetheart deal for his four rent-controlled New York City apartments and using his position in Congress to raise money for a building bearing his own name. (Miami Herald, 4/9/08; FEC)