NFIB/Florida wrapped up primary election night with a host
of big wins that put us in a good position for the general election in
November. That doesn’t tell the whole story though.
This primary election cycle will go down as one of the
bitterest election cycles in recent history. It featured candidates
spending millions of dollars of their own money, only to get walloped at the
ballot box. It had former friends running attack ads against each other. It had the business community and the trial
lawyers at war with each other in TV ads.
One of the biggest wins for small businesses came in the
form of a Southwest Florida legislator winning higher office by being elected
to the Florida Senate: Rep. Kathleen Passidomo was a tort reform champion for
us for the past few years, earning her the Guardian of Small Business Award earlier this month.
As you can see in the list below, NFIB/Florida had a very
good night. The full list of wins and
losses:
NFIB/Florida House of
Representatives Primary Endorsements
HD 3 – Jayer Williamson (R) Won
HD 5 – Brad Drake (R) Won
HD 8 – Ramon Alexander (D) Won
HD 9 – Loranne Ausley (D) Won
HD 10 – Elizabeth Porter (R) Won
HD 12 – Clay Yarborough (R) Won
HD 16 – Jason Fischer (R) Won
HD 19 – Bobby Payne (R) Won
HD 21 – Wenda Lewis (R) Defeated
HD 22 – Charlie Stone (R) Won
HD 31 – Jennifer Sullivan (R) Won
HD 50 – Rene Plasencia (R) Won
HD 51 – Tom Goodson (R) Won
HD 54 – Lange Sykes (R) Defeated
HD 80 – Byron Donalds (R) Won
HD 87 – David Silvers (D) Won
HD 106 – Bob Rommel (R) Won
NFIB/Florida Senate
Primary Endorsements
SD 12 – Dennis Baxley (R) Won
SD 17 – Ritch Workman (R) Defeated
SD 23 – Doug Holder (R) Defeated
SD 27 – Lizbeth Benacquisto (R) Won
SD 28 – Kathleen Passidomo (R) Won
SD 29 – Kevin Rader (D) Won
SD 30 – Bobby Powell (D) Won
SD 34 – Jim Waldman (D) Defeated
