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Dan Franzese
Dan Franzese (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 22nd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Franzese completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dan Franzese was born in Mineola, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree from Amherst College in 1984 and a graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business in 1989. His career experience includes working in finance.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Florida's 22nd Congressional District election, 2024
Florida's 22nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)
Florida's 22nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 22
Incumbent Lois Frankel defeated Dan Franzese in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 22 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lois Frankel (D) | 55.0 | 201,608 |
 | Dan Franzese (R)  | 45.0 | 165,248 | |
| Total votes: 366,856 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lois Frankel advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 22.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dean Halper (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 22
Dan Franzese defeated Andrew Gutmann and Deborah Adeimy in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 22 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Franzese | 52.5 | 16,666 |
 | Andrew Gutmann | 25.3 | 8,036 | |
 | Deborah Adeimy | 22.2 | 7,038 | |
| Total votes: 31,740 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- D.B. Fugate (R)
- Paola Branda (R)
Endorsements
Franzese received the following endorsements.
- Former President Donald Trump (R)
Pledges
Franzese signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Florida's 22nd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 22
Incumbent Lois Frankel defeated Dan Franzese in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 22 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lois Frankel (D) | 55.1 | 150,010 |
| Dan Franzese (R) | 44.9 | 122,194 | |
| Total votes: 272,204 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Bianchi (No Party Affiliation)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lois Frankel advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 22.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Curtis Calabrese (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 22
Dan Franzese defeated Deborah Adeimy, Rod Dorilas, Peter Arianas, and Carrie Lawlor in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 22 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Franzese | 34.7 | 11,972 |
| Deborah Adeimy | 34.3 | 11,842 | |
 | Rod Dorilas | 19.1 | 6,594 | |
 | Peter Arianas | 6.0 | 2,082 | |
 | Carrie Lawlor | 5.9 | 2,055 | |
| Total votes: 34,545 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- D.B. Fugate (R)
Endorsements
To view Franzese's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Dan Franzese completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Franzese's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I grew up in a blue-collar town and learned the value of hard work from my father who was a union carpenter. In fact, I worked as a carpenter myself starting at age 16 to help pay for my education. I graduated with honors from Amherst College, where I studied Political Science. And then I went on to earn my MBA in finance from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Throughout my almost 40-year career in finance, I made billions of dollars of successful investments as a portfolio manager and I raised tens of billions of dollars of growth capital for hundreds of companies, which helped create thousands of jobs. I also successfully co-founded and sold an online travel guide company, so I understand what it's like to be a small business owner, too.
I have been married for 38 years to my college sweetheart, Vicky. Together we’ve raised two great children and we have lived the American dream. We share a strong belief in giving back to the community that’s been so good to us, which is why I have been active with youth sports programs and our community church.
I am a problem-solver. I have a decades-long track record of success in a diverse range of real-world leadership roles. I believe all of these things and more make me uniquely qualified to be one of the next leaders of our great country.- I am a businessman who will bring a businessman’s perspective to Washington. I am not a career politician and I believe in term limits. I want to get America Back on Track and make our government work FOR us and not AGAINST us.
- I have an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of Business. I studied economics and I worked for decades helping companies secure funding to build businesses and create jobs. I have a record of success in a wide range of leadership roles, and getting results.
- I believe in the American Dream. I believe that the U.S. is the land of opportunity. I believe that this country still represents the best hope for individual freedom in the world. I believe that all of this is currently under threat and must be protected. And THAT’S why I’m running for Congress!
Tackling Inflation and Strengthening Our Economy – Get back to balanced budgets
Enacting Term Limits
Standing Up For Our Best Ally, Israel
Protecting Our Seniors -- I will not allow Washington to cut Social Security or Medicare
Election Integrity -- Our system for running elections needs an overhaul so voters know their vote counts
Defending Parents’ Rights -- I support school choice and school vouchers
Helping Small Businesses thrive and create jobs
Supporting our military, our veterans, and our law enforcement officers.
Defending the Second Amendment
The Palm Beach County Chapter of The Florida Republican Assembly (FRA)
First, members of Congress should be subject to strict insider trading rules, much like those that I followed when I worked for financial services firms. There have been too many instances of public servants who enrich themselves because of confidential information they acquire during committee hearings, etc.
Second, the House of Representatives needs to focus on single issue bills, rather than the broad omnibus spending bills that have become the norm in recent years, so that a closer look can be given to the discretionary spending that makes up about a quarter of federal government spending.
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Campaign website
Franzese's campaign website stated the following:
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Tackling Inflation Rising prices hurt all of us, especially seniors on fixed incomes. Runaway inflation is a product of all the bad economic policies brought to us by Joe Biden and Radical Left members of Congress like Lois Frankel. We must fight inflation by ramping up domestic energy production, de-politicizing the Federal Reserve, and we must never again pay workers to stay at home and not work. In addition, we absolutely must end government deficit spending, which is why I support a balanced budget amendment. Immigration & Securing Our Borders Without secure borders, you no longer have a country. Legal immigration helped make our country great, and it should be preserved in a way that makes our country stronger. We need to build the Wall, and give our brave border enforcement officers all the resources they need to keep out the illegals, the terrorists, the gangs, the criminals, the drugs, and the human traffickers. Standing Up for Israel I will always stand 100% with our best ally. Israel must always be allowed to defend itself in times of war. We should keep the US embassy in Jerusalem, continue our longstanding security and military assistance, prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and continue building on the success of the agreements reached between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco (known as the Abraham Accords). We should continue to work toward solutions that will allow for a secure Israel which is fully recognized by the international community. Protecting Our Seniors I will not allow Washington to cut Social Security or Medicare. Our Seniors built our country, defended it in wars, and always paid their taxes. We owe so much to this generation and we must honor our obligations to them. I will fight every day to protect their rights under Social Security and Medicare. The states and the Federal government should stop taxing Social Security Benefits. Election Integrity Our system for running elections needs an overhaul so that voters know their vote counts. I support Seth Keshel’s common-sense ten-point plan that will ensure fair elections: ✔ Clean Up The Voter Rolls ✔ Ban Ballot Harvesting ✔ Ban All Electronic Elections Equipment ✔ Implement Drastically Smaller Precincts ✔ Require Voter ID With Paper Ballots Only ✔ New Reporting Requirements for Transparency ✔ Ban Mail-In Voting ✔ Ban Early Voting ✔ Make Election Day a Holiday ✔ Heavy Prison Sentences for All Who Commit Fraud. Here is proof that it can be done: France recently conducted a successful national election with results in one day using only paper ballots. Improving Education Parents should always be in control of the curriculum and the books used in their kids’ classrooms. They have every right to stop the teaching of Critical Race Theory and other divisive rhetoric. Parents must never again be treated as terrorists if they exercise their God-given First Amendment right to disagree with school boards and administrators. I support school choice and school vouchers. Enacting Term Limits Implementing limits on the number of terms elected officials and bureaucrats can serve is the best way to get government by the people, rather than government by a ruling class. I have signed the Term Limits pledge. Helping Small Businesses As a former small business owner myself, I know that small businesses are the biggest job creators in our country and must be protected. Eliminate excessive regulations that burden small companies, and simplify the tax code to help stimulate more job creation. Protecting Second Amendment Rights The Second Amendment is about more than just hunting. It preserves our fundamental right to protect ourselves and our families from danger. Taking away our legal guns does not make America safer, but instead makes us more vulnerable to criminals and those who wish to do us harm. Lowering Taxes Our tax code needs to be simplified and made more fair for working Americans. Eliminate tax loopholes and the SALT deduction, which forces Florida residents to subsidize high tax states that have out-of-control spending. Abortion I oppose a national abortion ban.[2] |
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| —Dan Franzese's campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
2022
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Dan Franzese completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Franzese's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I offer experience and knowledge gained from a lifetime tackling problems, and getting results. I have a businessman’s perspective; voters tell me that’s exactly what we need in Washington. I’m committed to term limits and have pledged to serve no more than 6 years.
I was co-founder and president of a company that I successfully sold, CFO of a not-for-profit corporation, a portfolio manager, and a managing director in multiple leadership roles. I’m also a parent (2 adult children), a husband (married for 36 years), a baseball coach (8 seasons) and a church leader (10+ years). I believe the diverse range of my life experiences will allow me to connect with, and effectively represent, the people of Florida’s CD-22.
- Voters tell me that their number one issue is inflation and the economy. I draw on 40+ years of experience living and breathing finance and economics every single day, dating back to when I was in college, and then throughout a successful business career. Here is my plan to fight inflation: • Deregulate and ramp up domestic energy production to lower gas prices. • End government deficit spending and pass a balanced budget amendment. • Reduce regulations on small businesses and overhaul the tax code to create more job growth. • Review the structure and function of the Federal Reserve to ensure that it keeps working for the best interests of the American people. • Never again pay workers to stay at home and not work.
- Our system for running elections needs an overhaul so that voters know their vote counts. Seth Keshel, who has endorsed me, has created a common-sense plan that will ensure fair elections. I support his plan: • Clean Out The Voter Rolls • Ban All Electronic Elections Equipment • Require Voter ID With Paper Ballots Only • Ban Mail-In Voting • Ban Early Voting • Implement Drastically Smaller Precincts • Ban Ballot Harvesting • Make Election Day a Holiday • New Reporting Requirements for Transparency • Heavy Prison Sentences for All Who Commit Fraud Here is proof that it can be done: France recently conducted a successful national election with results in one day using only paper ballots.
- Securing our borders is also one of my top priorities. Never again should people die while trying to come into America, like they did this summer in an over-heated smuggler’s truck. We need to emphasize legal immigration with a clear path to citizenship for those who qualify.
• Pro-Life
• Pro-2nd Amendment
• Pro Constitution
• Pro Small Business
• Pro Term Limits
• Pro-Israel
• Pro Balanced Budget
• Pro Strong Military
• Pro Senior Rights
• Pro Election Integrity
• Pro Secure Borders
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.
Campaign website
Franzese's campaign website stated the following:
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Stopping Inflation Inflation hurts all of us, especially seniors on fixed incomes. It is all a product of bad economic policy brought to us by President Biden and the Radical Left. We must fight inflation by ramping up domestic energy production, ending government deficit spending, allowing interest rates to rise to natural levels, and we must never again pay workers to stay at home.
They built our country, defended it in wars, and always paid their taxes. We owe so much to this generation and we must honor our obligations to them. I will fight every day to protect their rights under Social Security and Medicare.
Without secure borders, you no longer have a country. Legal immigration helped make our country great, and it should be preserved in a way that makes our country stronger. We need to build the Wall, and give our brave border enforcement officers all the resources they need to keep out the illegals, the gangs, the criminals, the drugs, and human trafficking.
It is the best way to get government by the people, rather than government by a ruling class. I have signed the Term Limits pledge, and I have gone a step further by vowing not to serve more than three terms.
They are the biggest job creators in our country and must be protected. Eliminate excessive regulations that burden small companies, and simplify the tax code to help stimulate more job creation.
The Second Amendment is about more than just hunting. It preserves our fundamental right to protect ourselves and our families from danger. Taking away our legal guns does not make the world safer, but instead makes us more vulnerable to criminals.
We should always stand tall with our best ally. We should keep the US embassy in Jerusalem, continue our longstanding security assistance, prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and continue building on the success of the agreements reached between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco. I support a two-state solution with a secure Israel living alongside a demilitarized Palestinian state.
Our tax code needs to be simplified and made more fair for working Americans. Eliminate tax loopholes and the SALT deduction, which forces Florida residents to subsidize high tax states that have out-of-control spending.
It is of vital importance that the American public has confidence that our elections are fair. We need to maintain safeguards to ensure that only eligible people are voting and only legal votes are counted. I support the measures that Florida Governor DeSantis has implemented regarding voter ID, prohibiting mass mailing of ballots, banning ballot harvesting, and prohibiting private money from being used to administer elections in Florida. Dan supports Seth Keshel’s common sense approach to election integrity. Here are the Ten Points to True Election Integrity: I. Clean Out the Voter Rolls II. Ban All Electronic Elections Equipment III. Voter ID with Paper Ballots Only IV. Ban Mail-In Voting V. Ban Early Voting VI. Drastically Smaller Precincts VII. Ban Ballot Harvesting VIII. Election Day is a Holiday IX. New Reporting Requirements for Transparency X. Heavy Prison Sentences for All Who Commit Fraud
Parents should always be in control of the curriculum and the books used in their kids’ classrooms. They have every right to stop the teaching of Critical Race Theory and other divisive rhetoric. Parents must never again be treated as terrorists if they exercise their God-given First Amendment right to disagree with school boards and administrators. I support school choice.
I am pro-life![2] |
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| —Dan Franzese's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 17, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Dan Franzese's campaign website, "Issues," accessed September 24, 2024
- ↑ Dan Franzese For Congress, “The Issues,” accessed August 19, 2022
