Found in the Cape Coral News is information about how former local congressional candidates Jim Oberweis and Catalina Lauf–both unsuccessful–are being attacked for their recent residency along with other transplants.
This is the district which Byron Donalds is stepping down to run for Governor of Florida.
The 19th District is solidly Republilcan.
The paper notes the following seven out of thirteen non-natives and others whose political background is not local are running
- Jim Oberweis
- Catalina Lauf
- Chris Collins
- Madison Cawthorn
- Ola Hawatmeh
- Linda Sawyer
- John Strand
One ad states about Oberweis, Lauf, Collins, Hawatmeh, “Failed politicians from Chicago and New York couldn’t get elected in their own state, so they moved here.”
Here is an AI ad attacking three of the transplants:
Here is campaign finance data through March::
