Stanley Campbell, Navy Pilot and Healthcare Technology Pioneer, is launching his campaign for United States Senate from the Florida Treasure Coast on Wednesday November 15. With news of his campaign breaking (LINK TO TCP ARTICLE) voters from across the state are already voicing their enthusiastic support.<\/p>\n
Dr. Raymond Dunn, a retired educator in Port St. Lucie, Florida, said that he feels Campbell will do things to improve the lives of youth. \u201cI am an educator, retired, and I know he is a man of many talents and interests. He just excites me because I know he spends so much time with the youth and higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is an institution of higher education, Florida A&M University, where the first spark of the campaign was lit. Stanley and his wife Cheryl Campbell attended the FAMU Homecoming weekend with the intention of sharing his announcement with Stanley\u2019s friends and fellow alumni. The news spread like wildfire. Stanley Campbell was welcomed on stage in front of tens of thousands of students at a local concert, hosted by Rattlers from around the country, and included in a parade through Tallahassee.<\/p>\n
Voters and supporters of all ages are also expressing a relief that Stanley Campbell is a formidable opponent to incumbent U.S. Senator, Rick Scott. Florida Democratic Party Chair, Nikki Fried, believes that Rick Scott can be defeated. \u201cRick Scott\u2019s support from Floridians is underwater,\u201d said Fried, \u201cand it couldn\u2019t be more clear why. Florida is in an economic crisis. Inflation is double the national average, and rent and property insurance are through the roof \u2014 but Rick Scott is championing his plan to take away your Social Security and Medicare, enact a national abortion ban and cut his own taxes at your expense. He is only looking out for one person \u2014 himself \u2014 not the people of Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n
In contrast, Stanley Campbell says that he is running for Senate to make sure that the opportunities he had in his life and his career are available to all. \u201cI can\u2019t see my ten-year-old self becoming the man I am today given the challenges of education, immigration, business, a woman\u2019s right to choose, voting rights, and unequal justice\u2026I know who Florida is. I believe in its creed. And I believe in the creed of this great nation.\u201d<\/p>\n