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Andrew Learned
Andrew Learned (Democratic Party) was a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing District 59. He assumed office on November 3, 2020. He left office on November 8, 2022.
Learned (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 69. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Learned was a 2018 Democratic candidate for the same seat.
Biography
Andrew Learned was born in Sarasota, Florida,[1]and lives in Brandon, Florida.[2] Learned graduated from Fort Myers High School.[3] He served in the U.S. Navy and serves in the U.S. Navy Reserve. Learned earned a B.A. in economics and government and world affairs from the University of Tampa in 2009.[2] Learned's career experience includes owning the Valrico GradePower Learning Center.[3]
Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Learned was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2022
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 69
Danny Alvarez defeated incumbent Andrew Learned in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 69 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Danny Alvarez (R) | 56.7 | 35,123 |
 | Andrew Learned (D) | 43.3 | 26,824 | |
| Total votes: 61,947 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Andrew Learned advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 69.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 69
Danny Alvarez defeated Megan Petty in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 69 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Danny Alvarez | 85.1 | 10,937 |
| Megan Petty | 14.9 | 1,921 | ||
| Total votes: 12,858 | |||
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2020
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 59
Andrew Learned defeated Michael Owen in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 59 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrew Learned (D) | 50.7 | 45,683 |
 | Michael Owen (R) | 49.3 | 44,413 | |
| Total votes: 90,096 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Andrew Learned advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 59.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Adam Hattersley (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 59
Michael Owen defeated Danny Kushmer in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 59 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Owen | 53.8 | 6,625 |
 | Danny Kushmer | 46.2 | 5,680 | |
| Total votes: 12,305 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 15
Ross Spano defeated Kristen Carlson in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 15 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ross Spano (R) | 53.0 | 151,380 |
 | Kristen Carlson (D) | 47.0 | 134,132 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 20 | ||
| Total votes: 285,532 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 15
Kristen Carlson defeated Andrew Learned and Raymond Pena Jr. in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 15 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristen Carlson | 53.4 | 24,498 |
| Andrew Learned | 31.6 | 14,509 | |
 | Raymond Pena Jr. | 15.1 | 6,912 | |
| Total votes: 45,919 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Gregory Pilkington (D)
- Jeffrey Rabinowitz (D)
- Greg Williams (D)
- Cameron Magnuson (D)
- Phil Hornback (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 15
Ross Spano defeated Neil Combee, Sean Harper, Danny Kushmer, and Ed Shoemaker in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 15 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ross Spano | 44.1 | 26,904 |
 | Neil Combee | 33.8 | 20,590 | |
 | Sean Harper | 9.9 | 6,018 | |
| Danny Kushmer | 6.7 | 4,067 | |
 | Ed Shoemaker | 5.5 | 3,379 | |
| Total votes: 60,958 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Curt Rogers (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Andrew Learned did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Andrew Learned did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Andrew Learned participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 28, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Andrew Learned's responses follow below.[4]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Stand up for my fellow veterans, active duty service men and women, and our military families living here in Tampa Bay and Central Florida as the only veteran member of Congress from the region. I'll fight for working families like mine that live paycheck to paycheck trying to get ahead. I'll protect our healthcare from right wing attacks and move our community away from the good ol' boy networks and the divisive politics of the past.[5][6] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | As someone who's served eight years as an officer in the US Navy including three Middle East deployments I'm personally incredibly passionate about military and foreign policy. I also was a student of Economics at university and feel passionate about rebuilding our middle class.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[6]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Andrew Learned answered the following:
Is there a book, essay, film, or something else that best describes your political philosophy?
| “ | Strength to Love by Dr Martin Luther King Jr.[6] | ” |
| “ | A service mindset and grounded ethics knowing that the elected owes more to the folks who elected him/her than a few donors who bankroll too many elections.[6] | ” |
| “ | I work hard and I'm authentic in my motivations and desire to bring about change in Congress.[6] | ” |
| “ | Answer first and foremost to the people who vote, not the donors who write big checks.[6] | ” |
| “ | A vibrant middle class, an I-4 corridor that is booming, and an American on Mars.[6] | ” |
| “ | I raked bunkers at the local golf course.[6] | ” |
| “ | I brought a girl to BBQ who then turned out to be vegetarian... She had coleslaw for dinner.[6] | ” |
| “ | Christmas, because I'm an American.[6] | ” |
| “ | Sam Seaborn[6] | ” |
| “ | My triathlon bike; I'm big into Ironman triathlon and bought myself my dream bike after getting my personal best time at Ironman Dubai in 2017.[6] | ” |
| “ | Carry On by Fun[6] | ” |
| “ | The hollowing out of our middle class and the debt my generation is inheriting[6] | ” |
| “ | I've spoken to tens of thousands of local families and the ones that stand out are the moms who's kid's lives depend on access to affordable healthcare and our gold star families who've lost loved ones overseas or at home to the opioid epidemic.[6] | ” |
Campaign website
Learned's campaign website stated the following:
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Create the Jobs of tomorrow here at home We must invest in the jobs of tomorrow here at home. We cannot continue to look backwards and allow opportunities to literally drive right by. I’ll make sure we invest in education, infrastructure, and growth-industries to make the I-4 corridor a hub for development, innovation, and activity. I’ll always prioritize working folks over corporate giants, Wall Street, and the insurance industry. There’s no excuse why it’s so hard for regular working folks, like you and I, to save and get ahead. If you work full-time hours you should be able to support a family here at home. PERIOD. I’ll make sure we make that goal priority #1. Stand for our values These are the values I was raised under, they guide my decision-making processes, and I’ll continue to live by them as your representative in Congress. Gone are the days where we’ll allow Polk County to be the second worst county in America for food-insecurity with no help from your Congressman. Gone are the days where our representative tries to harm sick people to give a 700 billion bailout to the richest 1%. And gone are the days where we use race, gender, sexual orientation, and all the other social wedge-issues to divide us. We are Americans, and we’re united in our goal of creating a better community for our kids and grandkids. End the era of Divisive Politics It has to stop; we’re better than this. Send me to Washington and I’ll work with Democrats and Republicans alike to find ways to build bridges, not walls. Division, partisanship, and the politics of the past are not working; it’s time for a new generation of leadership in Washington committed to progress. Healthcare One thing is certain though, we have to address the underlying cost problems in healthcare. We cannot continue to spend two-times what the rest of the world pays and expect to be able to find an insurance solution to the problems. On day one I would get to work protecting the ACA by fixing its problems. We should work to protect and expand Medicare which would lower insurance premiums for workers and employers alike. And we must leverage the power of our bulk-buying-power to negotiate better rates for pharmaceuticals and procedures. Once we agree that we should not take from the sick to give even more to the richest 1%, we can finally fix this broken system. Defense I served our country for 8-years as an officer in the US Navy including 3-deployments to the Middle East. I’ve served on active duty and in the reserves, I have had to deal with the VA as a veteran and I know the uncertainties that our families at home go through when we serve in harm’s way. Frankly, I know the strain that our 17 years of war-footing has put on our hardware, our people, and our families. If elected, I’d be the only member of Congress from Tampa Bay who is a veteran. With Central Command, Special Operations Command, and the larger MacDill AFB located here we deserve a representative who can best fight for the needs of our military community. Education Make no mistake about it, I am where I am because my parents worked tirelessly to make sure I always attended the best public school available. That schooling put me in position to earn a full-scholarship, paid for by the US Navy, to attend a great university. And the fact that I graduated debt-free is the only reason I was able to afford to start a business. That should be a path available to ALL of our children. Education should be the great equalizer, not another tool to separate the hav’s from the have-nots. The jobs of tomorrow demand a great education. We must invest more at all levels, including early childhood which statistics overwhelmingly prove direct correlation from increased investment to future productivity and career success. K-12, including pathways towards trades and high-paying local union jobs that are already in demand here at home. Higher-ed, and decreasing the staggering burden of debt we place on our youngest workers. We can do better than this. Environment How is the Sunshine State only 13th in the nation for solar jobs, behind states like New Jersey? That’s unacceptable. We’re forfeiting our future to other states, and other countries, simply because our politicians are looking backward while the world moves onward. We need to start preparing for increasingly powerful hurricanes, rising sea levels, and a plethora of other environmental threats. But just as important, we should be creating jobs, leveraging entrepreneurship and problem-solving, to find the solutions to those problem. Equality |
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| —Andrew Learned[7] | ||
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2022
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2021
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In 2021, the Florida State Legislature was in session from March 2 to April 30.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Florida House of Representatives District 69 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Andrew Learned: Representative Florida House District 59, "About Andrew," accessed January 1, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Florida House of Representatives, "Andrew Learned," accessed January 1, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Andrew Learned for U.S. Congress, "About Andrew," accessed April 11, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Andrew Learned's responses," May 28, 2018
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Andrew Learned for U.S. Congress, "On the Issues," accessed April 11, 2018
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Adam Hattersley (D) |
Florida House of Representatives District 59 2020-2022 |
Succeeded by Berny Jacques (R) |
