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MySideOfTown

(225 posts)
Fri Jul 22, 2022, 01:27 PM Jul 2022

Polk County Florida primary

I just received my democratic primary mail in ballot and I have questions.

Who are these people?

By shear weight, Val Demings for US Senator. has sent me 500 emails asking for money. No one else on the ballot has. She is a former Orlando Chief of Police and really doesn't say what her position on abortion, gay rights, marriage rights, birth control, or voting rights are or else I just missed it . She makes it clear she really doesn't like Marco Rubio, DeSantis, and Scott though. That's enough for me to vote for her in the general. I don't know who Richard De La Fuentes, Brian Rush, or William Sanchez are, though they are Democrats.

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Polk County Florida primary (Original Post) MySideOfTown Jul 2022 OP
There is a lot more to this ballot than that MySideOfTown Jul 2022 #1
For Representative in Congress District 15 MySideOfTown Jul 2022 #3
I'm voting for Val demming. She's got a real chance. jimfields33 Jul 2022 #2
For Governor and Lieutenant Governor MySideOfTown Jul 2022 #4
For Attorney General MySideOfTown Jul 2022 #5
Nikki squeaked out a win by a mere 7,000 votes for Phoenix61 Jul 2022 #6

MySideOfTown

(225 posts)
1. There is a lot more to this ballot than that
Fri Jul 22, 2022, 01:32 PM
Jul 2022

I'm hoping there are enough people on this forum to go through the ballot line by line and comment on the various candidates and why I (or you) have not heard about them.

MySideOfTown

(225 posts)
3. For Representative in Congress District 15
Fri Jul 22, 2022, 01:40 PM
Jul 2022

We have: Gavin Brown
Alan M. Cohn
Eddie Geller
Cesar Ramirez
and Robert L Willis

Any body?

jimfields33

(18,656 posts)
2. I'm voting for Val demming. She's got a real chance.
Fri Jul 22, 2022, 01:40 PM
Jul 2022

I’m voting for Nikki Fried. Crist lost his last statewide election. Nikki didn’t. She’s the only statewide democratic candidate to win recently.

MySideOfTown

(225 posts)
4. For Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Fri Jul 22, 2022, 01:47 PM
Jul 2022

Charlie Crist
Candance Daniel
Nicole "Nikki" Fried
Robert L. Willis

I'm kinda favoring Nikki because I like her name.

edit: I don't know how it works, is first place governor and second place Lieutenant?

Phoenix61

(17,575 posts)
6. Nikki squeaked out a win by a mere 7,000 votes for
Fri Jul 22, 2022, 01:56 PM
Jul 2022

for the illustrious office of Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. That is the only political office she’s held. If Florida wouldn’t back Gwen Graham they won’t back her. I’m not a huge fan of Christ but IMHO he’s got a much better chance of beating DeSatan than Fried.

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