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David H. Abrams
David H. Abrams was an Independent candidate for District 6 in the Florida State Senate in the November 2, 2010, state legislative elections.
Elections
2010
- See also: Florida State Senate elections, 2010
Abrams lost to John Shaw (R) and Bill Montford (D) in the November 2 general election.[1] Also running was Harrison Arencibian (write-in).
| Florida State Senate, District 6 2010 General election results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| 99,825 | 66.98% | |||
| John Shaw (R) | 44,510 | 29.87% | ||
| David H. Abrams (NPA) | 4,686 | 3.14% | ||
| Harrison Arencibian (Write-in) | 10 | 0.01% | ||
Campaign themes
2010
On his campaign website, Abrams lists eight issues he is concerned about.[2] They are:
- Environment
- Excerpt: "As your senator I will seek to ensure that we adopt public policies designed to protect our sensitive environment. I will also encourage both our people and business community to adopt green policies and practices and strive to provide leadership by example such as driving a hybrid vehicle and utilizing recycled materials in my campaign when possible and feasible."
- Economic Development
- Excerpt: "I will submit legislation to provide seed money to develop worker-owned cooperative businesses to provide long-term employment."
- Criminal Justice Reform
- Excerpt: "For non-violent offenders I would seek to restore funding to probation officers and electronic monitoring for house arrest. I would support restoring judicial discretion in sentencing criminals, and allow the use of indeterminate sentences that will encourage prison inmates to actively rehabilitate themselves."
- Legalization of Hemp
- Excerpt: "Legalization of Hemp will create a badly needed economic shift in our state budget. Rather than spending a significant portion of our state budget on policing, prosecuting, and incarcerating hemp growers and consumers, we will have an additional source of tax revenue and a very significant agricultural product."
- Consumer Protection Reforms
- Excerpt: "I will vigorously oppose any legislation designed to limit our consumer protection statutes and I will support legislation designed to protect Florida's citizens from consumer rip-offs and to protect marketplace integrity."
- Education
- Excerpt: "I have a plan to utilize the savings and tax revenues generated from criminal justice reforms and Hemp taxation to restore funding to our public schools and universities."
- Medical and Reproductive Privacy
- Excerpt: "I am a strong supporter of medical and reproductive privacy and believe there are only very limited circumstances in which the government should intrude into the physician-patient relationship."
- Healthcare
- Excerpt: "First, we need to encourage both physicians and nurses to remain at the bedside delivering primary healthcare to patients in Florida...Secondly, our State needs to increase the number of primary care medical residencies to further ensure that we have enough primary care physicians to meet the needs of Florida's citizens."
External links
- 2010 candidates for Florida State Senate
- August 24, 2010 primary election results
- David Abrams campaign website
Footnotes