Florida Candidate Changes Name To .Com Address

Florida House of Representative contender Eddie Gonzalez realized early in his campaign that without the good graces of the Democrats or Republicans on his side he was going to need a new political tactic to call his own and his final idea was to officially change his name to a .com address.

Eddie is now legally known as VoteforEddie.com and that name under Florida election rules will now appear on Florida election ballots in November.

Speaking to the Associated Press Eddie said of his decision to change his name to such an unconventional option:

“Since I’m not under the wings or good graces of both political parties, I had to find a different way to get my message out there.”

Eddie is running an an independent candidate for the 25th Congressional District in Broward, Collier, and Miami-Dade counties. The chances that VoteForEddie.com will win are rather slim as he competes against five-time Republican incumbent Mario Diaz-Balart. To put the two men’s campaigns in perspective VoteforEddie.com has received $2,400 in campaign donations while Diaz-Balart has earned $608,400.

It is still not clear if VoteforEddie.com will keep his new name after the election, perhaps he’ll just spend the rest of his life running for various political positions so his name always carries a little bit of meaning. If he does win a name change to ReElectEddie.com could be in his future or he could just go back to Eddie Gonzalez.

Would you vote for a candidate who decided to change their name to a .com web address for the sole purpose of grabbing a seat in public office?