FL State CFO Running To Replace Gaetz: I Don’t Live In That District Because Of “Republican Gerrymandering”

Florida Politics reports:

Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis said he doesn’t live in Florida’s 1st Congressional District because of partisan gerrymandering. But that insinuation upset Joel Rudman, a former state lawmaker who faces Patronis in a Special Election to represent the district in Congress.

Patronis made the remark at a debate for candidates running in the Special Election to succeed former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz in Congress. The Panama City Republican has faced criticism from opponents because he does not live in the Pensacola-centered district.

“Let me give you a little civics lesson. Do you know why District 1 is where it is?” Patronis said at the Niceville debate. “It’s because a Republican Legislature is in charge right now, and this is what we’ve done since Daniel Webster was Speaker

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