Campaigning Democrat robbed outside North Miami church
One of nine Democrats running to replace U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek in Congress was robbed at gunpoint while waiting to go into a Miami-Dade church on Saturday, police said. Marleine Bastien, 51, was preparing to speak at a campaign event at The House of the Living God at 13700 NE 10th Aveneu in North Miami. Police said a gunman approached the candidate and her sister, Tahira Bastien, as they sat in their car before the scheduled appearance.
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