Rep. David Jolly says his race wasn’t solely a referendum on Obamacare

Published March 14, 2014 12:00am ET



Newly elected Rep. David Jolly downplayed the role Obamacare played in his campaign and warned fellow Republicans against obsessing about stopping President Obama’s health care law.

Jolly, who narrowly beat Democrat Alex Sink in Tuesday’s special election in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, said the contest wasn’t only a referendum against the Affordable Care Act, nor was it necessarily a bellwether for November’s congressional elections.

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