“Together, we implemented initiatives to engage new voters and mobilize this enthusiastic team of county leaders and volunteers in order to win elections,” said Ingoglia.
He added that their “momentum is building.” Polk and Volusia counties are “proof that RPOF remains hard at work, even during an off-year.”
Under his leadership, the RPOF already 12 majority Democrat counties already became majority Republican. These counties include Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Gulf, Hardee, Holmes, Okeechobee, Pinellas, Polk, Suwannee, Volusia and Washington.
There is strong possibility that third-term Democratic Senator Bill Nelson will seek re-election for a fourth term.
Florida Governor Rick Scott is a potential Republican candidate to challenge Nelson during the mid-term election in 2018. Scott’s term as governor of the state is set to end on January 2019 because term limits.
Republicans Latersa Ann Jones and Marcia Roberta Thorne are seeking the party nomination to run against Nelson.
