Williamson Moves Up Run For Broxson House Seat

April 21, 2016

With state Rep. Doug Broxson, R-Gulf Breeze, now planning to seek a Senate seat, Milton Republican Jayer Williamson has moved up his plans to run for the Florida House.

Williamson (pictured) had opened a campaign account to run in 2018, but filed paperwork Tuesday to run this year in House District 3, which includes parts of Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties.

An announcement this week by Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker, that he will run for Congress set off a political chain reaction in the Panhandle. Broxson and state Rep. Mike Hill, R-Pensacola Beach, quickly confirmed they would seek to replace Evers. That opened up their House seats

. Williamson, a Santa Rosa County commissioner, had raised $28,668 as of March 31 and had about $26,000 in cash on hand, according to a finance report. He can use that money for this year’s race. No other candidates had opened campaign accounts as of mid-day Wednesday to run in House District 3.

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2 Responses to “Williamson Moves Up Run For Broxson House Seat”

  1. tg on April 24th, 2016 7:49 am

    The Establishment just keeps getting bigger.

  2. JJ on April 21st, 2016 6:34 am

    Williamson and every sitting politician are scrambling for vacant seats, in order to “move up”. All of them have raised tons of money, in such a short period. Why is it that all of these “influential” (rich) people crave these political positions? They are coming out of the wood work. Now, Sandy Sansing’s son-in-law is running for a seat.

    However, we never hear about the people that have filed to run that are regular citizens in our own community. Maybe because they are not rich and powerful. We have a few good neighbors that have stepped up. Good!

    Personally, I am going to vote for somebody who is a nobody!

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