From the Miami Herald
State Senator Jeff Clemens
(D-Lake Worth) announced that he will remain focused on his re-election
to Senate District 27, eschewing a run for the open Congressional seat
in Florida District 18.
“Why would I run for Congress, when
Tallahassee has become so entertaining lately?” asked Clemens, who has
been mentioned as a future Minority Leader candidate in the Senate.
“Besides, I have a tremendous amount of confidence that we’ll have a
fantastic candidate who will keep that seat in Democratic hands.”
Clemens, who while in the House was
named by Florida Trend magazine as one of the three most promising
rookie lawmakers (interestingly, with Rep. Richard Corcoran, R-Happy,
and Matt Gaetz R-Bashful), represents a solidly Democratic district in
central Palm Beach County that includes West Palm Beach, Riviera Beach,
Lake Worth and Palm Beach, amongst others.
He has made his mark in the
legislature as a proponent of reforming the criminal justice system,
expanding voting rights, protecting the middle class and allowing
terminally ill people to get really high. This year, Clemens’
legislative success extended to the passage of his bills regulating
sober homes and creating an online voter registration system, not to
mention an appearance on The Daily Show when he tried to coerce a state
employee into saying the words “climate change.”
“I still have a lot of things I want
to accomplish in Tallahassee, and I’m hoping that some of them will
involve getting more people to be afraid of words,” Clemens said. “Oh,
and climate change. It would be good for them to fear actual climate
change, too.”
"Why would I run for Congress, when Tallahassee has become so entertaining lately?”
ReplyDeleteClemens should know about entertaining things in Tally- he's the head clown.
Jeff has done an outstandingly job representing us in "Tally." I'm glad he sticking around!
ReplyDeleteDo you mean for the citizens as a whole or Lake Worth specifically? hopefully we will get those sober homes registered.
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