I'd like to tell you about my friend, Rick Ford. He's an attorney from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and a longtime progressive Democrat. He's running for the Florida State House in District 83. District 83 is a very split district. George W. Bush and Al Gore tied at 49% in 2000 and the district has been trending Democrat through the years. It encompasses Jupiter Farms, Jupiter Island, Palm Beach Gardens, Juno Beach, Loxahatchee, and Palm Beach.
Rick reminds me a lot of Jon Tester. He's a Progressive Democrat and proud of it. He served as a co-director in Parma, Ohio for George McGovern's campaign in 1972. He's served as an officer on our local Democratic Executive Committee. He was Palm Beach County Volunteer Director for John Kerry in 2004.
He was an Air Force Captain in the Vietnam Era. He graduated from Howard University in 1976 (cum laude) and is now a solo practitioner and works mostly on public employee rights and workplace discrimination cases. This has won him wide support from labor unions. Now let's look at his opponent...
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