Any location "pin" on the map that you click will provide a brief summary in the hover text and more detailed information in the table below. To see more, visit WFSU.The table below displays general information about each of the SkillBridge/Career Skills Programs that are currently active with industry partners and employers. "I respect him and his lengthy service to the community."Ĭopyright 2022 WFSU. “I look forward to the coming months where we will have an opportunity to talk about those policies, and I am confident the voters in this district are far more aligned with my views than Al Lawson’s."ĭunn also noted that he's known Lawson many years. “Inflation is at a 40-year high, gas and energy prices are skyrocketing, and businesses are struggling to overcome supply chain and workforce woes," he wrote. for the nation’s current economic struggles. In a statement, Dunn blamed Democrats in Washington D.C. "I’m going to be successful in this race because I’m going to be working hard." Lawson says his campaign is working on hiring a manager and assembling hundreds more volunteers. With that deadline fast approaching, Lawson says he doesn't believe he'll face a primary challenger. The candidate qualifying period in Florida ends at noon on Friday. "That said, Al Lawson is by far the strongest Democrat the party could possibly hope for.” “Republicans still have the very strong advantage in the district," he said. "It's hard to believe when you look at all the resources that you got that you've got an opponent who voted against all of it."įormer President Donald Trump won the newly-drawn district by 11 percentage points in 2020, said redistricting data analyst Matthew Isbell. include: securing COVID-relief dollars for small businesses and families and funding for Florida State University and Florida A & M University. Lawson says some of his accomplishments in Washington D.C.
Ron DeSantis signed into law places two congressional incumbents - Lawson and Dunn - into the same district ahead of the November midterm elections. Lawson's district was adopted by the state Supreme Court in 2016 after voting rights groups successfully challenged the 2012 map. Republican lawmakers carved the district into four separate districts earlier this year, as part of the once-a-decade map-drawing process. Lawson's district stretches from Gadsden County to eastern Duval County, picking up voters in parts of Jacksonville and in Tallahassee, where he resides. "It’s about: What have you done for families? What have you done for education? What have you done for infrastructure? What have you done for small businesses?” “It shouldn’t be that it’s a difference between Democrats and Republicans," Lawson said. In an effort to win over GOP voters, Lawson is highlighting his accomplishments over the course of his decades-long career in public service. The newly-drawn Panhandle district favors Republicans, unlike Lawson's Congressional District 5. Screenshot Florida's newly-drawn 2nd Congressional District covers the entirety of 14 counties in the Panhandle, including Bay and Leon Counties.
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