Scott Powers
Democratic state House candidate Lee Mangold has received the endorsement of the Florida AFL-CIO in his quest to be elected in Florida’s House District 28.
Mangold, who founded and runs a cybersecurity business and is an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida, is a unionized member of the United Faculty of Florida, Florida Education Association, National Education Association, and AFL-CIO.
He offered a strong advocacy of unions.
“I’m honored to receive this endorsement from Florida AFL-CIO, and I’m proud to be a voice for the hard-working men and women in this state,” Mangold stated in a news release issued by his campaign. “Unions ensure that employees have a collective voice in the organizations they serve; unions ensure that employees are treated fairly; unions ensure that employees get a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work. To suggest otherwise ignores the positive impacts unions have had on this country and the lives of working people and families across the US. I’m looking forward to voting against any attempts to compromise our unions here in Florida.“
Mangold, of Casselberry, faces Republican David Smith of Winter Springs in the HD 28 contest, covering northeast Seminole County. The incumbent, Republican state Rep. Jason Brodeur, is not seeking re-election.
Through the end of May Mangold has raised about $20,000, including $10,000 he lent to his campaign, and has spent all but about $5,000 of that, according to the latest campaign finance reports posted by the Florida Division of Elections. Smith has raised nearly $200,000, and had about $150,000 of that in the bank at the end of May.
