Cleo Townsend Jr.
Cleo Townsend Jr. (Democratic Party) (also known as CL) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 58. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Townsend completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Townsend was born in Sopchoppy, Florida. He earned a master's degree from The University of Florida in 1956 and a master's degree from the University of North Carolina in 1975. Townsend's professional experience includes working as a pharmacist. He has also been a small business owner.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 58
Incumbent Lawrence McClure defeated Cleo Townsend Jr. in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 58 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lawrence McClure (R) | 55.8 | 40,873 |
 | Cleo Townsend Jr. (D)  | 44.2 | 32,435 | |
| Total votes: 73,308 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Cleo Townsend Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 58.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lawrence McClure advanced from the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 58.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Cleo Townsend Jr. completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Townsend's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
- I'm Running to start the Fight Against Climate Change.
- I want to expand coverage and affordability of Health Care for all Floridians
- In my first term, I will work to assure fair, non gerrymandered (by party), voting districts for all of Florida
I'm also passionate on: improving our public education system especially Pre-K.; expanding availability and affordability of health care; assuring fair voting districts in next year's redistricting;
But immediately behind that is the fight against climate change. Florida is particularly vulnerable to damage from climate change.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 14, 2020
