**FILE** Cara Jennings joins a Nov. 8, 2012, demonstration outside the Palm Beach Circuit Court building in West Palm Beach, Fla., where people demanded Republican Rep. Allen West stop his battle to keep his congressional seat. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** This Oct. 4, 2011 photo shows Rep. Allen West, Florida Republican, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. West is still fighting for votes two days after Election Day. But now, he's doing it in the courtroom. West is the tea party idol from South Florida who found himself 2,456 votes behind Democratic rival Patrick Murphy in Tuesday's unofficial tally. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
** FILE ** This Oct. 4, 2011 photo shows Rep. Allen West, Florida Republican, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. West is still fighting for votes two days after Election Day. But now, he's doing it in the courtroom. West is the tea party idol from South Florida who found himself 2,456 votes behind Democratic rival Patrick Murphy in Tuesday's unofficial tally. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
ASSOCIATED PRESS Patrick Murphy is director of training at Sunrise Aviation flight school in Ormond Beach, Fla. Ten years after the Sept. 11 attacks, federal government screening has made it harder for foreign students to enroll in U.S. civilian flight schools.
Traders crowd the post of specialist Patrick Murphy (right) on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., speaks during a news conference on the House vote to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/)
Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., speaks during a news conference on the House vote to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/)
