HD 39 candidate Josie Tomkow to hold fundraiser Nov. 30

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Republican Josie Tomkow is holding a fundraiser Nov. 30 for her campaign to take over for exiting Rep. Neil Combee in House District 39.

The event is set to run from 6 PM to 9 PM at Sunny Acres Lodge in Polk City, 7290 Hacienda Trail, and the host committee features quite a long list of names.

Among them are Senate Majority Leader Wilton Simpson, HD 58 candidate Lawrence McClure, U.S. District Court Judge James Moody. Plenty of Tomkows and Combees are also on the list, which includes well over a hundred names.

Those looking to attend the fundraiser can send an RSVP to [email protected].

Combee, who will step down from his seat Friday to take a new job as Florida’s State Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency, was quick to endorse Tomkow after she filed for the seat.

Since then, many reports of her candidacy latched on to her being 22 years old, which Combee deflected with an opinion piece he submitted to the Lakeland Ledger.

Gov. Rick Scott has not yet announced special election dates to replace Combee, and Tomkow is currently the only candidate filed to run in the district.

HD 39 covers parts of Osceola and Polk counties, including Polk City, Auburndale, and the outskirts of Kissimmee at its eastern border and northern Lakeland along the district’s southwestern edge.

The fundraiser invitation is below.

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