November Elections Will Be Critical in Florida
All eyes will be on Florida this election year; a US Senate race, the Governor and Cabinet – all up, as well as many other critical legislative campaigns. The future of Florida politics will be determined on November 6, 2018. Our Florida State Senate should remain under Republican control, but the margins may tighten and the Florida House of Representatives will remain a near super-majority. The US Senate race and Cabinet races will grab the spotlight.
FPMA Supports… The following candidates have received support from the Florida Podiatric Political Committee. Their August 28th Primary results are set forth below. SENATE
Jacksonville District Aaron Bean (R) 4 WINNER – 87.36%
Clearwater
District Strong supporter of Ed Hooper (R) 16 FPMA
WINNER – 79.43%
1 SENATE (cont.)
Brandon District Tom Lee (R) 20 WINNER – 84.86%
West Palm Beach
District Solid Democratic Bobby Powell (D) 30 supporter
WINNER – 75.27%
Fort Lauderdale District Gary Farmer (D) Friend of FPMA 34 WINNER – 70.23%
HOUSE Gonzalez
Panhandle open seat District candidate; Rebekah Bydlak (R) 1 Race is a toss-up
LOST – 45.19% (lost by 543 votes)
2 HOUSE (cont.)
Gulf Breeze
District Panhandle open seat Alex Andrade (R) 2 candidate
WINNER – 60.49%
Lake City District Marc Vann (R) Open seat candidate 10 LOST – 44.51%
Jacksonville District Wyman Duggan (R) Open seat candidate 15 WINNER – 40.24%
Orlando
District Solid vote for Rene Plasencia (R) 50 Podiatry
WINNER – 63.78%
3 HOUSE (cont.)
Indialantic
Strong supporter of District Thad Altman (R) FPMA; has a tough 52 primary
WINNER – 55.83%
Bartow District Melony Bell (R) Open seat candidate 56 WINNER – 66.59%
Tampa
District Important member in Jamie Grant (R) 64 Tampa region
WINNER – 64.99%
Madeira Beach District Ray Blacklidge (R) Open seat candidate 69 WINNER – 57.75%
4 HOUSE (cont.)
Venice
District Congressman Vern James Buchanan (R) 74 Buchanan’s son
WINNER – 59.19%
Ft. Myers
Has strong support District Spencer Roach (R) from local FPMA 79 members
WINNER – 58.72%
West Palm Beach District David Silvers (D) 87 WINNER – 62.71%
Boca Raton District Matt Spritz (R) Open seat candidate 89 LOST – 43.8%
5 Unopposed SUPPORTED Candidates
The Following Florida Podiatric Political Committee Candidates were elected on June 22, 2018. The Senate Candidates were elected for 4-year terms and the House candidates were elected for 2-year terms. We look forward to working with each during the 2019 Legislative Session.
SENATE
District Senator Audrey (D) Winner 6 Gibson
HOUSE
District Representative Halsey (R) Winner 7 Beshears
District Representative Ramon (D) Winner 8 Alexander
6 HOUSE (cont.)
District Representative (D) Winner 9 Loranne Ausley
District Representative Travis (R) Winner 18 Cummings
District Representative Sam (R) Winner 41 Killebrew
District Representative Kamia (D) Winner 45 Brown
7 HOUSE (cont.)
District Representative Ben (D) Winner 68 Diamond
District Representative Mike (R) Winner 75 Grant
District Representative Evan (D) Winner 99 Jenne
District Representative (D) Winner 101 Shevrin Jones
8 HOUSE (cont.)
District Representative Jose (R) Winner 110 Oliva
District Representative Kionne (D) Winner 117 McGhee
The 2018 Florida Podiatric Political Committee line up for the November 6, 2018 General Election…
Senate District 4 Aaron Bean R Fernandina Beach
District 8 Keith Perry R Gainesville
District 18 Dana Young R Tampa
District 28 Kathleen Passidomo R Naples
House
District 4 Mel Ponder R Destin
District 12 Clay Yarborough R Jacksonville
9 House (cont.)
District 24 Paul Renner R Palm Coast
District 27 David Santiago R Deltona
District 34 Ralph Massullo R Lecanto
District 36 Amber Mariano R Hudson
District 40 Colleen Burton R Lakeland
District 42 Mike La Rosa R St. Cloud
District 44 Robert Olszewski R Winter Garden
District 48 Amy Mercado D Orlando
District 55 Cary Pigman R Avon Park
District 60 Jackie Toledo R Tampa
District 71 Will Robinson R Bradenton
District 72 Margaret Good D Sarasota
District 76 Ray Rodrigues R Estero
District 87 David Silvers D West Palm Beach
District 111 Bryan Avila R Hialeah
District 112 Nick Duran D Miami
District 116 Daniel Perez R Miami
District 118 Robert Asencio D Miami
District 120 Holly Raschein R Key Largo
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