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Two New Candidates Announce Runs For Congress
April 21, 2016
Two candidates, Republican John Mills and independent Elizabeth Schrey, announced Wednesday that they will seek the Congressional seat currently held by Rep. Jeff Miller. Miller will not seek re-election.
John Mills, Republican
John Mills, retired U.S. Navy pilot and Florida Governor’s Hurricane Conference Emergency Management Award recipient, has announced his candidacy as a Republican for Florida’s 1st Congressional District, a seat being vacated by retiring Representative Jeff Miller.
“While faithfully serving 26 years in the U.S. Navy, I commanded two Naval Security Force Units, and directed Navy regional and local emergency management operations. I learned to handle crisis situations quickly and effectively. I will carry those crisis management skills to Congress, where so many seem to be unaware of the dire situation that surrounds them,” said Mills.
“America is in crisis. I am prepared to face our country’s challenges head on. We face unprecedented and unsustainable debt, our economy is in limbo, our relationships abroad are tense, and our military is strained, meanwhile Washington bureaucrats continue to squabble. I intend to build on Florida’s 1st Congressional District legacy of strong, conservative values as we reach a turning point and begin to move our great nation forward once again.
“I was honored to receive the Florida Governor’s Hurricane Conference Emergency Management of the Year Award in 1998 for innovative thinking. I worked with DoD, Escambia County Emergency Management, Escambia County School Board, and American Red Cross making significant accomplishments in sheltering, a common need for all entities involved.”
Mills currently works in the aerospace defense industry, and resides in Miramar Beach with his wife, Trina, and daughters, Julie and Nancy.
Elizabeth Schrey, No Party Affiliation
Elizabeth Schrey, a certified planner, announced Wednesday that she filed to run for U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, Florida. Her filing papers indicated she will be running with no party affiliation.
Schrey has spent the majority of her life in Northwest Florida, both of her grandfathers being stationed at NAS Pensacola. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Florida State University and a master’s in public administration from Troy University. Schrey worked her way through college, mainly in the retail and banking sectors. She then spent almost 10 years working in the panhandle as a land use and transportation planner. Schrey is also a mother to three children that she refers to as her “life’s biggest blessings”.
In regards to campaign financing, Schrey said she would be doing some fundraising, but she “would much rather have people volunteering than writing checks. There is already too much money being wasted on this election.”
She added that “we need balanced budgets and we need to prioritize spending so that the money goes where it makes the most impact. We need to increase spending for Veterans’ services, infrastructure, education, and mental health programs. We need to reform our tax code to close the corporate loopholes. We also need to reform our criminal justice and prison systems.”
Schrey said the list of issues to be addressed in Washington is extensive but that the thought of effecting real change is exhilarating and a challenge she is prepared to face.
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2 Responses to “Two New Candidates Announce Runs For Congress”
All career politicians start off as nobodies but they all learn to play the same game its not the people but the system that need to be corrected to weed out the same problems.No matter what you vote for if the systems is rigged to fail it will.
Alright! Some real people in the race. This is great news. No more career politicians. No more legacies. No more “rich and influential” people trying to improve their pocket book instead of our communities.
I’m voting for somebody that is a nobody!