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Who needs a party? I'm running for Congress!

By WINK News

FORT MYERS, Fla. - When most of you go to vote for your congressional candidate in November, you'll have your pick of a Democrat and a Republican.

But your choices won't stop there.

In the past week, six people have qualified to run for Congress in Southwest Florida Districts, who are not Democrats or Republicans.

That includes Jeff George of Cape Coral. He's running in the 14th Congressional District, an area that runs the Gulf Coast from the middle of Collier County through Charlotte County.

George tells WINK News, "People are ready for a change. We've seen what the two parties have to offer. We need to get back to re-asserting the Constitution, and making sure America is affordable."

George is running against: fellow no party affiliated, State Senator Burt Saunders; write-in candidate Larry Byrnes; and Democrat Robert Neeld, all trying to un-seat Republican Connie Mack IV.

13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
(Sarasota, DeSoto and parts of Charlotte County)
Baldauf, Don (NO PARTY AFFILIATION)
Buchanan, Vern (REP)*
Jennings, Christine (DEM)
Schneider, Jan (NO PARTY AFFILIATION)

14TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
(Lee County and parts of Collier and Charlotte Counties)
Byrnes, Larry (WRITE IN)
George, Jeff (NO PART AFFILIATION)
Mack, Connie (REP)*
Neeld, Robert (DEM)
Saunders, Burt (NO PART AFFILIATION)

16TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
(Glades, Highlands and parts of Hendry and Charlotte Counties)
Harrell, Gayle (REP)
Mahoney, Tim (DEM)*
Rooney, Tom (REP)
Valeche, Hal (REP)

23RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:
(parts of Hendry County)
Cook, April (WRITE IN)
Hastings, Alcee L. (DEM)*
Sanchez, Ray Torres (DEM)
Thorpe Jr., Marion D. (REP)

25TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
(parts of Collier Counties)
Diaz-Balart, Mario (REP)*
Garcia, Joe (DEM)

*=incumbent
The counties listed for the Congressional Districts only includes the Southwest Florida counties in the district, some Congressional Districts include more counties than the ones listed.
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