Direct mail roundup: Fabián Basabe’s mug shots are hitting houses in HD 106
A new direct mail campaign aimed at ousting Republican Rep. Fabián Basabe is sending thousands of voters in House District 106 his mug shots — three of them, to be exact.
Above them, text reads, “If reckless Basabe can’t stop getting arrested, how can he represent our district?”
Below them: “Unqualified, unserious.”
Basabe said the mailer is part of a concerted effort to “smear” him and distract voters from the threat he poses to the local “status quo.”
The group behind the mail buy is FLIC Votes, a Miami-based nonprofit that works to mobilize voters on behalf of Florida’s immigrant community. FLIC Votes spent $8,074 to reach 14,680 households in HD 106, which spans a coastal, northeast port...
