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"He has been active in contested elections especially the current one in Florida."

This seems to have been added in January 2007 - to which contested Florida election is this referring? Hutchie6 (talk) 12:10, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If memory serves, there was a close election with some irregularities where a recount was requested but not performed before the start of the 110th congress, so the apparent winner was sworn in. Holt brought the issue to the floor immediately after the congress started. No clue if anything came of it, but I doubt it. Hazydan (talk) 20:09, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The election referenced is Florida's 13th congressional district race in 2006 between Christine Jennings and Vern Buchanan. A great deal of research and information did come of this controversy, much of which is covered in other sections in WP. --Electiontechnology (talk) 21:26, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Altered wording in article to reflect this. Hutchie6 (talk) 10:41, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Did he produce the 'My congressman IS a rocket scientist' bumper stickers, or did his supporters? Hutchie6 (talk) 11:00, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The lead section says "He is currently the only Quaker in Congress". In whar sense is he a Quaker? No further mention in the article". Did his membership pre-date his job at Swarthmore? Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 15:54, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The current page says: "... Holt increased limits on governmental power with respect to counterterrorism efforts." which is ambiguos. Did he limit the goverment's powers, or the opposite? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.182.96.92 (talk) 19:56, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The "Policy Positions" section was edited by a 2012 AP U.S. Government and Politics student for a project. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amyhhua (talk • contribs) 18:38, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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