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Elizabeth McCarthy to withdraw from HD 28 race
Decision comes weeks after Florida Politics exposed inconsistencies in resume.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/300002-elizabeth-mccarthy-to-withdraw-from-hd-28-race
Democratic candidate
Elizabeth McCarthy announced today she is withdrawing from the state House District 28 contest.
The move comes two weeks after
Florida Politics published a story exposing parts of her résumé that didn’t check out. That included
claims she treated victims of the Pulse shooting in Orlando in 2016.
“These considerations have made it impossible for me to continue forward as a candidate, giving the campaign the attention it deserves, while also being able to provide the attention my work requires.”
In her email, she issues well wishes to both her Democratic and Republican opponents. She also infers that the scrutiny surrounding her candidacy has created professional problems for her.
McCarthy also asks media not to contact her about the decision:
“I ask all to please respect my privacy at this time.”
Immediately after being contacted by Florida Politics about parts of her credentials that did not check out, McCarthy said she would pull her campaign. But then she vowed to stay in the race.
Also the
legislative director for the Florida Democratic Party’s LGBTA Caucus, McCarthy faced growing concern whether her resume included exaggerations or outright falsehoods.
McCarthy
claimed to have received a medical degree from the University of Central Florida in 2014, but the
school had no such record. The
same goes for a bachelor’s degree at Florida State University.
Moreover, the
Department of Health has no record of McCarthy being a licensed doctor.
And despite
claiming to have worked at Orlando Regional Medical Center the night of the Pulse shooting as a cardiologist, Orlando Health had no record of her working there.
She then claimed to have worked at Florida Heart Group at the time of the shooting, but that office also had no record of her.
The University of Florida and Florida State officials also contradicted her
claims to have played basketball for both their teams.