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Albert Chester
Albert Chester (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 18, 2020.
Chester completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: Florida's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
Florida's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 18 Republican primary)
Florida's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 18 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 5
Incumbent Alfred Lawson defeated Gary Adler in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alfred Lawson (D) | 65.1 | 219,463 |
 | Gary Adler (R) | 34.9 | 117,510 | |
| Total votes: 336,973 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 5
Incumbent Alfred Lawson defeated Albert Chester and LaShonda Holloway in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 5 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alfred Lawson | 55.7 | 52,823 |
 | Albert Chester | 25.9 | 24,579 | |
 | LaShonda Holloway | 18.3 | 17,378 | |
| Total votes: 94,780 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 5
Gary Adler defeated Roger Wagoner in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 5 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gary Adler | 52.1 | 17,433 |
| Roger Wagoner | 47.9 | 16,012 | ||
| Total votes: 33,445 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matthew Lusk (R)
Endorsements
To view Chester's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2020
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Albert Chester completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Chester's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Washington is broken & we are experiencing the effects of it
- We can't trust the career politicians to solve these problems they've allowed to linger
- Albert Chester is a professional, not a politician, and he is running on a progressive platform because he works for the people
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
