Escambia Rep. Frank White Files For Florida Attorney General

October 14, 2017

Republican state Rep. Frank White of Pensacola, a general counsel and chief financial officer for a group of auto dealerships, announced Friday he will run for state attorney general in 2018.

White, who was first elected to the House in 2016, joins a GOP primary battle that includes state Rep. Jay Fant of Jacksonville and former Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Ashley Moody. White touted his conservative credentials for the statewide seat.

“In our hometowns, our state, and across the nation, liberals in the courts and our government are working to erode the rights given us by the Creator,” White said in a prepared statement Friday.

The Cabinet post is open next year because term limits prevent Attorney General Pam Bond from seeking reelection.

Democrat Ryan Torrens, an attorney from Hillsborough County, has also filed to run for the seat. Moody has raised more than $1 million for the race through her campaign account and a political committee known as “Friends of Ashley Moody.” Fant has nearly matched Moody’s total by infusing his campaign with $750,000 of his own money.

White’s announcement should open up the state House District 2 contest next year in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.White is the only Republican who had opened a campaign account for the seat. Pensacola Democrat Raymond Guillory has also filed to run. White, who raised $83,600 for the re-election effort, defeated Guillory by more than 20 percentage points in 2016.

Comments

4 Responses to “Escambia Rep. Frank White Files For Florida Attorney General”

  1. Frank Morgan on October 15th, 2017 2:55 pm

    A vote for our Creator,Family,and Country is a vote for Honesty and Moral Values! And a man who has those values ( like Frank White ) gets this ex-Marine ‘Nam Veteran vote and support every time!! SEMPER -FI !

  2. Anonymous on October 14th, 2017 10:10 pm

    Someone thats running now a days that has religious beliefs is enough to peak my interests in what there plan is. Has everybody forgot the phrases “one nation under God” or “in God we trust”. Why must we be so quick to judge in negative ways?

  3. Solomon on October 14th, 2017 5:07 pm

    Mr. White, you will be called upon to defend the Florida and US Constitutions, not your personal religious beliefs.

    I hope you can better inform voters on your platform than this initial statement that simply confuses what you are trying to accomplish by entering the race.

  4. Citizen on October 14th, 2017 2:41 pm

    What happened to Politicians speaking with forked tongue? OK

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