EIGHT MILE ROCK

FNM: Verna Grant

PLP: Caleb Outten

This seat was created in 1987 and has been won by the FNM in every election. The closest the PLP came to victory in ’02 when the FNM’s Lindy Russell held off the PLP’s Caleb Outten by less than 50 votes. Mr. Outten is back for another try as the seat while Mr. Russell has chosen to retire, leaving the FNM banner for insurance executive Mrs. Grant. This is fairly close to a write-off, though. The PLP has not earned any support from their handling of hurricane relief in this area and just added in an FNM polling division from West End. Mr. Outten will need to pull a rabbit out of his hat to pull this one off.

Ranking: LIKELY FNM