A.G. Gancarski
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has been rolling out his leadership teams around the state this week, and Thursday was the Jacksonville/Gainesville markets’ turn.
Ahead of an Aug. 30 challenge from Manatee homebuilder Carlos Beruff, Rubio’s team is intending to flash all of the institutional support a popular incumbent typically would have.
Prominent names include Congressmen Ron DeSantis and Ander Crenshaw; State Sens. Aaron Bean and Travis Hutson; and State Reps. Janet Adkins, Travis Cummings, Charles McBurney, Elizabeth Porter, Paul Renner, and Cyndi Stevenson.
Local leaders from Jacksonville, including Mayor Lenny Curry, Sheriff Mike Williams, and Jacksonville City Councilman Sam Newby also back Rubio’s re-election bid.
Curry was a very enthusiastic supporter of Rubio’s presidential bid, and though he’s since become comfortable with the GOP nominee for president, he still backs his longtime friend for re-election.
In fact, Curry was very vocal in urging Sen. Rubio to run for re-election after he exited the presidential race.
In addition to these aforementioned leaders, each county has its own leadership team, mostly comprised of reliable party regulars and officers.
A county-by-county list is below:
Alachua County
Kailyn Allen
Stafford Jones
Lucas Lopez
DeLena May
Mildred Russell
Baker County
Carla Coward
Gedone Prachar
Bradford County
Donna Solze
Richard Solze
Clay County
Dee Landsford
Latanya Peterson
Judy Wolfersberger
Columbia County
Buddy Hines
Dixie County
Skip Lynar
Duval County
Alicea Alves
Hunter Anderson
Matt Brockelman
Ed Callao
Carlo Fassi
Kevin Hanley
Karyn Morton
Lyndsay Rossman
Flagler County
Patrick Juliano
Michael P. Randazzo
Gilchrist County
David Biddle
Nassau County
Cherie Billings
DeeDee Corbin
St. John’s County
Cameron Coward
Elizabeth Amato
Union County
Kathryn Rich
Mike Rich
Vincent Brown
