When incumbent State Representative Nancy C. Detert was unable to seek re-election in 2006 due to term limits , Holder ran in the Republican primary to succeed her in the 70th District , which included most of western Sarasota County , stretching from Englewood to Siesta Key , and faced Rory Dubin , Jon Kleiber , and Elizabeth Cuevas-Neunder . He spent nearly $ 400,000 of his own money on advertising , " leading some people to accuse Holder ... of trying to buy the office and of ignorance of local issues . " Holder emerged victorious in the Republican primary , winning 42 % of the vote , and moved on to the general election , where he engaged in a contentious campaign with the Democratic nominee , attorney David Shapiro . Though Holder and Shapiro pledged to run positive campaigns , a group supporting Holder , People for a Better Florida Fund , which received a sizable donation from Holder ’s stepmother , attacked Shapiro for being a " millionaire trial lawyer " and for opposing tort reform . Holder narrowly won over Shapiro , winning 51 % of the vote to Shapiro ’s 49 % , a margin of just 756 votes . In 2008 , retired dentist Sam Rosenfeld received the Democratic nomination to challenger Holder ’s bid for re-election , and though Democrats were hopeful that Rosenfeld could defeat Holder , given the closeness of his initial election , Holder easily dispatched his opponent , winning re-election with 61 % of the vote . When Holder ran for re-election in 2010 , his Democratic opponent , Nancy Feehan , attacked him over his vote " to allow the governor and cabinet to permit drilling from 3 to 10 miles from shore , " which had particular resonance given the Deepwater Horizon oil spill , which caused Holder to change his mind on offshore oil drilling . However , despite this fact , Holder managed to repeat his 2008 victory , defeating Feehan with 61 % of the vote
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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