November Elections Will Be Critical in

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 (R) 4 WINNER – 87.36%

Clearwater

District Strong supporter of (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 (R) Open seat candidate 15 WINNER – 40.24%

Orlando

District Solid vote for (R) 50 Podiatry

WINNER – 63.78%

3 HOUSE (cont.)

Indialantic

Strong supporter of District (R) FPMA; has a tough 52 primary

WINNER – 55.83%

Bartow District (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 (R) from local FPMA 79 members

WINNER – 58.72%

West Palm Beach District (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

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

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 R Gainesville

District 18 R Tampa

District 28 R Naples

House

District 4 Mel Ponder R Destin

District 12 R Jacksonville

9 House (cont.)

District 24 R Palm Coast

District 27 David Santiago R Deltona

District 34 R Lecanto

District 36 Amber Mariano R Hudson

District 40 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 R Tampa

District 71 Will Robinson R Bradenton

District 72 Margaret Good D Sarasota

District 76 R Estero

District 87 David Silvers D West Palm Beach

District 111 R Hialeah

District 112 Nick Duran D Miami

District 116 Daniel Perez R Miami

District 118 D Miami

District 120 Holly Raschein R Key Largo

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