David Smith files to run in House District 28

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Republican businessman David Smith announced Tuesday he has filed to run for Florida’s House District 28 in 2018, seeking the seat that will be vacated by the term limit of state Rep. Jason Brodeur.

Smith, 56, of Winter Springs, is a retired Marine Corps colonel and former director of the Marines simulation and modeling center in the University of Central Florida’s Research Park.

He ran against then-U.S. Rep. John Mica in the 2014 Republican primary, finishing second in a four-way race, with 19 percent. Mica got 72 percent.

Smith is the second candidate to enter the race for Brodeur’s seat, following 19-year-old Devin Guillermo Perez, a Democrat.

“Serving this country for over 30-years in the U.S. Marine Corps was one of the greatest honors of my life,” Smith stated in a news release. “During my time in the service, I saw firsthand how important it is to fight for democracy and defend our way of life.

“Now, I’m ready to continue my service as Central Florida’s conservative voice in the Florida House of Representatives, where I’ll fight to reduce veteran homelessness and unemployment and protect our conservative values,” said Smith.

Scott Powers

Scott Powers is an Orlando-based political journalist with 30+ years’ experience, mostly at newspapers such as the Orlando Sentinel and the Columbus Dispatch. He covers local, state and federal politics and space news across much of Central Florida. His career earned numerous journalism awards for stories ranging from the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster to presidential elections to misplaced nuclear waste. He and his wife Connie have three grown children. Besides them, he’s into mystery and suspense books and movies, rock, blues, basketball, baseball, writing unpublished novels, and being amused. Email him at [email protected].



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