53-47
Broward Sheriff Israel "won" his election in 2012, coming from behind to a 53-47 suprise victory.
The rocker, the rich guy and the new sheriff in town
By Michael Mayo
Nov. 12, 2012
Israel was trailing badly in the race, by 18 points according to his campaign's internal polling, in early October. It looked as if Israel, a Democrat and former Fort Lauderdale cop who lost to Lamberti in 2008, would take another bi-partisan whipping.
But then came a late infusion of attack ad cash that carved up Lamberti and fueled Israel's 53-to-47 percent win, a turnabout so stunning that Lamberti hardly knows what hit him.
"I'm still mystified," Lamberti wrote me in a text last week. "I can't figure it out."
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