Six Republican candidates are seeking to succeed U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida’s newly redrawn 25th Congressional District.
The candidates are Scott M. Singer, Daniel J. Franzese, George R. Moraitis, Raven Harrison, and Joe Kaufman, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Singer, 49, is the Republican at the top of the campaign finance list with more than $1.99 million in total receipts, according to the data submitted to the commission on June 30, records show.
“I’m a proud American, a proud Jewish Republican, and I’m going to appeal to swing voters that we need,” said Singer, a Georgetown Law grad who was born in Miami Beach and was a three-term Boca Raton mayor.
Franzese, who earned his MBA at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 1989, follows Singer on the list with more than $1.47 million in total receipts, according to the data.
“I know from talking to voters that there’s a strong sentiment that that’s what they want to see this year,” Franzese, who was born in New York, said about his experience as a retired finance executive and a portfolio manager.
Moraitis, 55, a retired Lt. Comdr. in the U.S. Navy Reserve who was born in Fort Lauderdale, followed Singer and Franzese with more than $839,000 in total receipts, according to the data.
“I’m going to fight in Congress to reduce fraud, to reduce wasteful spending, and cut the size of the federal government,” said Moraitis, a real estate attorney who represented District 93 in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018.
Harrison, a Temple University grad who was born in Texas, follows Moraitis with more than $778,000 in total receipts, according to the data.
“What’s happening is we have people who’ve been there for decades, and they kick the can down the road, which is why we need a reset and to get true representation into Congress and get things done,” said Harrison, a military spouse and mother of two.
Kaufman, a counter-terrorism expert known as the “Terrorist Hunter,” follows Harrison with more than $631,500 in total receipts, according to the data.
“My background is in national security and counterterrorism. I have been involved in the shutdown of terrorist charities and imprisoned terror-related individuals,” said Kaufman, a self-proclaimed defender of the U.S.–Israel alliance.
The mail-in ballot request deadline is Aug. 6, the Democratic primary is Aug. 18, and the general election is Nov. 3.
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