Anne Geggis- Allen West
- Andrew Pollack
- Betty Castor
- Boca Raton
- Broward County
- CD 23
- Christine Scott
- Club 45 USA
- democrats
- Donald Trump
- economy
- Florida's 23rd Congressional District
- Fort Lauderdale
- gun control
- Hakeem Jeffries
- Hillary Clinton
- Jared Moskowitz
- Joe Biden
- Joe Budd
- Joe Liberman
- Joe Negus
- Larry Snowden
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
- Mark Napier
- Mary Drank
- master of disaster
- Matt Isbell
- MCI Maps
- oil and gas leases
- Republicans
- Ron DeSantis
- state Division of Emergency Management
- state's worst school shooting
- Ted Deutch
- Tom Sheehan
Democrat Jared Moskowitz appears poised to pack his bags for Congress and succeed Democratic U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch in representing South Florida in Washington.
Not only does Moskowitz’s election to the seat for Florida’s 23rd Congressional District have the full-throated endorsement of both the Sun-Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post, his 16 years of public service have made him well-known to many and he’s outraised his Republican challenger 10-to-1.
Added to all that, CD 23 — which extends from Boca Raton to Fort Lauderdale, straddling Broward and Palm Beach counties — is in the habit of electing Democrats. President Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump among the district’s voters by 13 percentage points, according to Matt Isbell, an elections data analyst with MCI Maps.
The latest Federal Election Commission report shows that Moskowitz passed the $1 million mark for outside money raised during the quarter that ended Sept. 30. That’s in contrast to his Republican rival, Joe Budd, a Boca Raton financial planner, who just passed the $100,000 threshold in outside money.
Two no-party candidates, former CIA agent and military veteran Mark Napier and businesswoman Christine Scott, are also in the race for this open congressional seat. But they’ve raised a negligible amount of money.
Budd was the Republican nominee to take on Deutch in 2010, which he lost, and now he’s hoping that Biden’s unpopularity will be enough to flip this Democratic stronghold to the Republican side. He blames current economic woes on Democrats’ “absence of any good business sense and punitive measures against corporate America” along with the lack of new oil and gas drilling leases.
Moskowitz, meanwhile, says his chief concern is preserving democracy. He wants to make Election Day a national holiday and apply national standards to certify elections to stop state Republicans from invalidating them, according to his website.
Moskowitz, an alum of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, was elected to the Parkland City Commission while he was in law school, at age 25. Later, he represented northwest Broward County in Tallahassee when his alma mater became the site of the state’s worst school shooting, leaving 17 dead.
His speech for passing gun control measures is widely credited for putting Florida ahead of most states in stopping those younger than 21 from buying weapons. Putting those measures in place throughout the whole country is one of his congressional priorities.
Moskowitz has endured criticism from the more progressive parts of his party for working with Gov. Ron DeSantis. He received national attention after DeSantis appointed him to be the state’s Director of Emergency Management. Moskowitz earned the nickname “Master of Disaster” for crafting the state’s response to a lineup of hurricanes and then the state’s rollout for vaccine distribution in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Moskowitz, now serving on the Broward County Commission after DeSantis appointed him to fill an unexpired term there, has declined to debate with Budd, saying he did not want to allow Budd a platform to advance his “inflammatory rhetoric and dangerous disinformation.” Budd, however, says he does not deny Biden is the duly elected President of the United States.
If Budd doesn’t deny Biden’s election, he certainly is in a club with those who do.
In the last stretch of the campaign, it was announced Budd would be stepping down as president from the organization he founded, Club 45 USA, an organization “formed to support the agenda of our 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.”
Twelve days after a forum during which Budd told reporters that Biden is the duly elected President, Larry Snowden was announced as the new president of Club 45 USA. His ascension was announced in a memo in which Snowden stated, “Unequivocally, we agree with President Trump that he truly won the 2020 election and that there is no doubt whatsoever that the election was stolen from him and his supporters!”
Budd said he is currently the vice president of the club. But another candidate in the race says that Budd was “removed” from leadership roles at the club.
“Joe Budd is not an America First candidate,” wrote Scott, one of the two no-party candidates for the seat, in an email. The phrase is used liberally throughout Budd’s campaign website. “He uses that label hoping he will get the ‘America First’ crowd to vote for him, yet he doesn’t even believe there is election fraud. Seriously!”
Budd’s website lists endorsers such as Tom Sheehan, president of the Sheehan Companies; the Broward County police union; Andrew Pollack, father of Meadow Pollack, who died in the MSD shooting; and Mary Drabik, president of the South Florida Bible College in Deerfield Beach.
Moskowitz’s list of endorsers, meanwhile, reflects his experience working at several levels of state and local government along with his opportunity to rub shoulders with Democratic Party stars at the national level. His father was a fundraiser who hosted events at his Parkland home for President Joe Biden (then Vice President), former Democratic U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, former U.S. Sen. Joe Liberman and former Florida Education Commissioner Betty Castor.
Moskowitz has the support of more high-profile Democrats, such as former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, the fifth-highest ranking Democrat in the House; and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse. That’s in addition to a raft of state lawmakers, local elected leaders and groups advocating for tightening gun control laws.
10 comments
Joe Budd
November 5, 2022 at 1:51 pm
Another puff piece devoid of the real pocketbook issues facing many families in the district struggling to pay their bills and put food on their tables while democrats continue to withhold serious solutions to these real problems. Namely, energy independence and returning gas prices to less than $2 a gallon. You also fail to mention the liberal Democrat raised and spent all of his money during the primary. Nothing left and he’s caught flat-footed in the face of angry voters knowing exactly who to blame… him and his mentor Joe Biden!
We will be celebrating victory Tuesday night, while the media cheerleaders will be wondering what happened! CD 23 will be spared from a self-serving politician.
Christine Scott for Congress
November 6, 2022 at 4:15 pm
So Budd the Dudd, maybe you can explain how you justify taking down my signs? When your crew does it, its the same as you doing it and you are responsible for their actions.
If you and your crew are willing to steal signs to get into office, what will you and your staff be willing to do to stay in office?
Enough is Enough! NO MORE PUPPETS! NO MORE DEEP STATE STOOGES! NO MORE CORRUPTION!
My understanding is that if you have a problem with my signs, you can go to court and ask for an injunction, but you’re not doing that. Instead, you are acting like a petty thief by stealing my signs. People honk and wave when they see the BUDD THE DUDD signs go up! They know you are taking them down. They know it is illegal. How do you think that reflexs on you?
BTW, Maskowitz’s team does the same thing. The Uni-Party of Criminals. YIKES!
Christine Scott for Congress
November 5, 2022 at 9:26 pm
Talk about a puff piece. Budd the Dudd is predictably full of it.
Both Budd the Dudd and self-titled ‘Maskowitz’ are career politicians. That is not what the people of D23 want. They want someone who is there for them, not their for themselves. Both the the Dudd and Maskowitz will do and say whatever it takes to get and stay in office. That sort of behavior is precisely what got our country where we are today – in a crisis!
I’m against forever war. All of us are energy independence. I want abortion set federally at 12 weeks, with exceptions. The Dudd is ‘Pro-Life’ (as long as it’s not the woman’s life that matters) and Moskowitz: ‘The Master of Disaster’ wants FULL TERM ABORTIONS, which the media refuses to address.
There are more NPAs in my district then there are Republicans and nearly as many NPAs as Democrats. Voters are falling off both parties. They are tired of the uni-party. They want someone who is there for them and will fight for them, rather than be bought off to fill their own coffers. They people rightfully trust that I will faithfully represent them.
I’m running for congress because it is the only place I can fix the problems that are happening in this country. Congress makes laws and has oversight of federal agencies – like the IRS, CDC, FBI, C_A, FTC, FCC, etc. Congress is weak and largely corrupt. We can only fix this through accountability and congressional oversight. We must audit gov spending, finish the wall, decouple from China, end tech visas, bring manufacturing home, protect and promote small businesses, end trafficking, hire Americans first, improve education and health care and protect social security.
If we don’t act NOW, we will lose our country. The Dudd and Maskowitz are playing politics for self-interest. We can’t fix ANYTHING we corrupt players in congress. The MSM may be ignoring my run, but the People are not. They are very concerns and are fully aware of who I am and that I will protect and defend them. They are tired of the division and want someone who will fight for them. They know I will. United We Stand.
Budd’s polls are ridiculous. He bases everything on some delusion that NPAs in D23 don’t exist and don’t matter. He has virtually NO chance of winning. He’s not well-liked in his own party. He’s not a Trump supporter. Like he said, he started Club45 for the Snowden Rolodex of Trumpsters, which sounds like a FBI/CIA stooge tactic. He is irresponsibly deluded if he thinks our elections are secure and that in-his-basement Biden who couldn’t draw 20-people to a rally somehow got 81M votes. We can’t have intellectually incompetent placaters in office. It’s simply too dangerous at this point and we have too much at risk.
Moskowitz was endorsed by Killary. Seriously, who has 52 friends that died mysteriously? Maskowitz doesn’t know how to do anything but be a politician. He has no connection to real life and what we go through. He’s got so many endorsements because he’s a puppet and will do exactly what he’s told. He’s a far-left extremist who locked us down and masked us up and now wants to federalize ‘no limit’ abortions, which technically means you can kill the child after giving birth at full-term. He is totally out of touch with reality and does not think like an American. His values do not represent us.
I am a moderate with common sense values who is in touch with the people of my district. I’ve met tons of them! I love the people of my district. I will always do my absolute best to protect and serve them! I can’t be bought. Money isn’t everything… but freedom and liberty are. I will protect and re-establish the American way of life. I am an America First candidate!
I am a Constitutionalist, a Patriot and a Nationalist. That means I love my country and am devoted to it.
A Republic If We Can Keep It.
I need your vote! Let’s take our country back. It’s not a party issue. It’s a people issue. We do not have a dictatorship. I will always vote with the People, not a Party. You vote me in. You vote me out. Neither party can pressure me.
Christine Scott for Congress
November 6, 2022 at 3:26 am
Moskowitz has $94K left. Budd has $5K left. Yet Budd claims Moskowitz has ‘nothing left’? When the Dudd will lie so blatantly, can you believe anything he says?
Both Moskowitz and Budd the Dudd are career politicians, which voters don’t want and have no faith in.
Yes, people want lower gas prices and decreased inflation. They also want secure borders, fair elections and the supply chain fixed. They want the U.S. to decouple from China and they do NOT want WWIII or for their kids to be drafted into yet another forever war. They want government and corporate corruption and overreach to come to an end. They want to be represented by a trusted public servant, not treated like slaves of the system.
Budd never had the votes to win even before it came out that he doesn’t believe Trump won 2020 and doesn’t have an understanding of the election fraud issues that plague all seats up and down the ballot. Now, he’s lost the Trump voters.
There are more NPAs in the district than Republicans and nearly as many NPAs as Democrats. Voters are disenchanted with both parties. I’m a moderate NPA. The People vote me in. The People vote me out. I have no corporate money behind me, only voters. Neither party nor any other entity can pressure me. I will work for the People. As it should be.
Budd the Dudd doesn’t have the votes to win. ‘Maskowitz’ Mr. Full Term Abortion, Loving The Lockdowns isn’t connecting with his base although the MSM is trying desperately to hide that fact. I have a very good chance of winning and properly representing the wonderful people of my district and country!
Christine Scott for Congress
November 6, 2022 at 3:28 am
Part 1 of 2
Moskowitz has $94K left. Budd has $5K left. Yet Budd claims Moskowitz has ‘nothing left’? When the Dudd will lie so blatantly, can you believe anything he says?
Both Moskowitz and Budd the Dudd are career politicians, which voters don’t want and have no faith in.
Yes, people want lower gas prices and decreased inflation. They also want secure borders, fair elections and the supply chain fixed. They want the U.S. to decouple from China and they do NOT want WWIII or for their kids to be drafted into yet another forever war. They want government and corporate corruption and overreach to come to an end. They want to be represented by a trusted public servant, not treated like slaves of the system.
Christine Scott for Congress
November 6, 2022 at 3:30 am
Part 2 of 2
Budd never had the votes to win even before it came out that he doesn’t believe Trump won 2020 and doesn’t have an understanding of the election fraud issues that plague all seats up and down the ballot. Now, he’s lost the Trump voters.
There are more NPAs in the district than Republicans and nearly as many NPAs as Democrats. Voters are disenchanted with both parties. I’m a moderate NPA. The People vote me in. The People vote me out. I have no corporate money behind me, only voters. Neither party nor any other entity can pressure me. I will work for the People. As it should be.
Budd the Dudd doesn’t have the votes to win. ‘Maskowitz’ Mr. Full Term Abortion, Loving The Lockdowns isn’t connecting with his base although the MSM is trying desperately to hide that fact. I have a very good chance of winning and properly representing the wonderful people of my district and country!
Christine Scott for Congress
November 6, 2022 at 3:32 am
Part 2 of 3
Budd never had the votes to win even before it came out that he doesn’t believe Trump won 2020 and doesn’t have an understanding of the election fraud issues that plague all seats up and down the ballot. Now, he’s lost the Trump voters.
There are more NPAs in the district than Republicans and nearly as many NPAs as Democrats. Voters are disenchanted with both parties. I’m a moderate NPA. The People vote me in. The People vote me out. I have no corporate money behind me, only voters. Neither party nor any other entity can pressure me. I will work for the People. As it should be.
Tjb
November 6, 2022 at 4:09 pm
I am not a big fan of Jared, but after reading the ridiculous comments of Scott and Budd, I am wondering if they are living in a failed alternate universe were too many wackos are running for elected office.
Christine Scott for Congress
November 6, 2022 at 4:20 pm
I will say that the moderators kept holding my post back as if it wasn’t posting. So I tried to put it up in parts, and I tried to rewrite it. Then, FloridaPolitics which generally refuses to acknowledge that I’m running and certainly doesn’t give each candidate equal running time, chooses to put all the posts up likely in an effort to make me look bad. That’s not proper moderating… but then, that’s not their goal, is it.
I’d liek to knwo who TJB is,… and if it’s anything more than just Anne or the equivalent stirring nonsense.
I’m not opposed to losing anonymous posts altogether and making everyone accountable for their words.
Christine Scott for Congress
November 6, 2022 at 4:20 pm
I will say that the moderators kept holding my post back as if it wasn’t posting. So I tried to put it up in parts, and I tried to rewrite it. Then, FloridaPolitics which generally refuses to acknowledge that I’m running and certainly doesn’t give each candidate equal running time, chooses to put all the posts up likely in an effort to make me look bad. That’s not proper moderating… but then, that’s not their goal, is it.
I’d liek to knwo who TJB is,… and if it’s anything more than just Anne or the equivalent stirring nonsense.
I’m not opposed to losing anonymous posts altogether and making everyone accountable for their words.
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