Florida's 3rd Congressional District
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There have been recent Congressional District Information diaries where Kos user comments are talking about "how this person will never be beaten," or "even a scandal wouldn't change anyone's minds." To be frank, we're not looking for this kind of feedback. We want real, inside information about the Congressional Districts we cover in our diaries.
We'd like to reach out to any of you Kossacks from Florida's 3rd Congressional District for information. Feel free to add your understanding of the communities, issues, etc.
What issues directly affect people in Florida's 3rd Congressional District? My colleague Augustin and I are working on the Knowledge Democrats project and I've started working on a wiki page for the 3rd Congressional congressional district in order to assist in our long term efforts to promote progressive candidates in that district, whether at the local, state or federal level. We understand this district may in fact have a bit conservative constituency but we're looking to reach out to any Kossacks, Democrats or progressives in the state anyway. It helps for long-term planning.
We also plan on contacting Local and State Democratic Parties that cover each of the Congressional districts for more information. We first want to know what thoughts any of you Kossacks have.
We also know that the current representative of the district is Ted Yoho.
Here's an interesting ad Yoho used when he was running in 2012: His campaign brought in an actor to play President George W. Bush as a means to tell Yoho that the spending is out of control. Seems like Yoho and his campaign must have lived under their bunker since 2001:
Congressman Yoho apparently believes President Obama's actions on gun control infringe on 2nd Amendment rights:
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/...
“Following the president’s remarks today, I am convinced more than ever that we must protect our Second Amendment rights. While I agree with President Obama’s message that we must curb gun violence and protect our citizens, disregarding our constitutional rights is the wrong way to go. Prior to signing 23 executive orders and pushing for unconstitutional legislation in Congress, I would encourage the president to enforce the laws already on the books.
Here are the 2012 election results:
U.S. House, Florida, District 3 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Jacques Rene Gaillot, Jr. 32.5% 102,468
Republican Ted Yoho 64.7% 204,331
Independent Philip Dodds 2.8% 8,870
Independent Michael Ricks 0% 0
Total Votes: 315,669
Source: Ballotpedia
http://ballotpedia.org/...
(Florida Secretary of State Website no longer contains 2012 election data)