Ex-Senate President Rules Out Congressional Run For Miller’s Seat

March 16, 2016

State Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, ruled out the possibility Tuesday that he will run for a Northwest Florida congressional seat that opened last week when Republican incumbent Jeff Miller said he would not seek re-election.

Gaetz, a former Senate president who will leave the Legislature this fall because of term limits, said in an email that he had been encouraged to run for Congress but will not.

“It has never been my goal to be in Washington, D.C.,” Gaetz wrote. “It has been my honor to be Northwest Florida’s senator in Tallahassee. And we’ve had a pretty good run. But my home and my heart are in Northwest Florida. Gratified as I am by the many offers of support, I will not be a candidate for Congress.”

Gaetz’s son, state Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, is seeking to replace him in the Senate.

by The News Service of Florida

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