Congressional Candidate Paul Partyka: The Biggest Concern in District 24 is Issues, not personalities

WINTER SPRINGS - Paul Partyka, Democratic candidate for Congress in Florida’s 24th District, has been talking with voters every day for the past three months in his bid to unseat the district’s freshman incumbent in the Aug. 24 primary election and then a Republican opponent in November.

His conversations have taught him a valuable lesson.

“The biggest concerns voters have in District 24 are issues, Partyka said. “We Americans face tremendous challenges as a nation, and politicians who focus on fear, hatred, mud-slinging and back-biting are going to see that backfire,” he said.

Partyka said his focus on policy issues gives him the edge over incumbent Suzanne Kosmas.

“The four most important issues in District 24 are jobs, the economy, health care and immigration,” Partyka said, “and the incumbent has done nothing but waffle on any of them.”
Partyka said his campaign has focused exclusively on policy issues since he decided to run for Congress last year.

“I won’t attack the integrity of the incumbent,” Partyka said, “nor can she attack mine. We are both honorable people. In District 24, the question comes down to, ‘what have you done for the people of Florida?’ And she has failed in that regard.”

“The only way we are going to get our nation moving forward again is to elect representatives who will act. So far as we can tell, the incumbent has spent most of her energies protecting her seat. That’s not what District 24 wants,” Partyka said, “and that’s not what the nation needs.”

Partyka said he decided to run for office because he is frustrated by political do-nothings.

“I hate posturing,” Partyka said. “America needs action, not poise. We need a lot more pushing and pulling and a lot less primping and posing,” he said.

Partyka said his campaign--called a long-shot by some observers--will create some ripples come Aug. 24.

“The voters are going to surprise the pundits and the party elite,” Partyka said. “While the professional politicians have focused on style, the voters are looking at substance, and that’s where we win,” he said.
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Contacts: Paul P. Partyka, 407-341-0805 PaulPartykaforCongress@Gmail.com; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142 Lvershelco@aol.com

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