Joceline Berrios becomes third Democrat challenger to file against John Rutherford

Joceline Berrios downtown jax

John Rutherford is a favorite to win re-election in Florida’s 4th Congressional District.

After all, he was elected in 2016 with 70 percent of the vote. He already has $183,000 cash on hand.

Yet Democratic candidates are lining up to run against him.

A third Democrat in the CD 4 race, Joceline Berrios, filed to run this month.

Berrios wants tougher gun laws, Medicare for All, and the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

Berrios will have a competitive primary.

Ges Selmont, a lawyer making his home in Ponte Vedra Beach, rolled out his campaign recently.

A third candidate in the race, author Monica DePaul, has been running for several months.

All three campaigns lack a real structure currently, and have yet to report fundraising; with this in mind, the quarterly reports due next month bear watching.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. He writes for the New York Post and National Review also, with previous work in the American Conservative and Washington Times and a 15+ year run as a columnist in Folio Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


2 comments

  • kort

    March 21, 2018 at 10:20 am

    her assine leftist views will not play very well in Rutherford’s district

  • Tom Cullen

    March 21, 2018 at 5:44 pm

    Hopefully Ges will emulate Conor Lamb. Need to know the voters in your district.

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