David Shapiro
David Shapiro (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 16th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 16
Incumbent Vern Buchanan defeated David Shapiro in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 16 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Vern Buchanan (R) | 54.6 | 197,483 |
 | David Shapiro (D) | 45.4 | 164,463 | |
| Total votes: 361,946 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sean Canfield (No Party Affiliation)
- Eric Allen (G)
- Robert Samuel Kaplan (No Party Affiliation)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 16
David Shapiro defeated Jan Schneider in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 16 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Shapiro | 54.7 | 34,807 |
 | Jan Schneider | 45.3 | 28,834 | |
| Total votes: 63,641 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Calen Cristiani (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 16
Incumbent Vern Buchanan advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 16 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Vern Buchanan |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Andrew Smyth (R)
Campaign themes
2018
Campaign website
Shapiro's campaign website stated the following:
| “ | Jobs and the Economy
Everyone should have the opportunity to succeed, regardless of where they start in life. Too many people still have to work two or three jobs just to put food on the table and a roof over their families’ heads. David believes the foundation of a healthy economy is a thriving middle class. That’s why he will focus on helping people who work for a living keep more of what they earn with tax cuts for the middle class and increasing wages on Main Street, not protect profits for special interests on Wall Street. As your Congressman, David will fight for a higher minimum wage, job training for the 21st Century, and tax cuts that help working families, not just the wealthiest in this country. Affordable Healthcare Everyone should have the opportunity to succeed, regardless of where they start in life. Too many people still have to work two or three jobs just to put food on the table and a roof over their families’ heads. David believes the foundation of a healthy economy is a thriving middle class. That’s why he will focus on helping people who work for a living keep more of what they earn with tax cuts for the middle class and increasing wages on Main Street, not protect profits for special interests on Wall Street. As your Congressman, David will fight for a higher minimum wage, job training for the 21st Century, and tax cuts that help working families, not just the wealthiest in this country. Protecting our Seniors David believes after years of hard work and sacrifice; our seniors have earned the right to retire with dignity. That means seniors shouldn’t have to choose between paying for over-priced prescriptions or buying groceries. Social Security and Medicare are not entitlements, but contributions everyone pays into for decades. Our seniors have earned the right to benefit from decades of work at the end of their careers. These programs have low administrative costs and are some of our most successful federal programs. As your Congressman, David will fight to protect Medicare and Social Security from being cut, privatized, or reduced for Florida seniors. Standing with Veterans Our community is home to more than 74,000 veterans who have served our nation. As the son of a World War II veteran, David believes that we must keep our promise to veterans. They deserve the best healthcare, job training, and education available after risking their lives to protect our country. In Congress, David will fight to ensure all veterans receive the opportunity to succeed once they return to civilian life. The Veterans Administration (VA) should be an invaluable resource that serves all of our veterans across the country. However, it is overrun with embarrassing backlogs and has failed in its mission. Veterans fought for our country, and as your Congressman, David will fight for them. He will ensure that the VA lives up to the promise we made to our heroes in uniform. Protecting our Land, our Water, our Coastline Our community is home to more than 74,000 veterans who have served our nation. As the son of a World War II veteran, David believes that we must keep our promise to veterans. They deserve the best healthcare, job training, and education available after risking their lives to protect our country. In Congress, David will fight to ensure all veterans receive the opportunity to succeed once they return to civilian life. The Veterans Administration (VA) should be an invaluable resource that serves all of our veterans across the country. However, it is overrun with embarrassing backlogs and has failed in its mission. Veterans fought for our country, and as your Congressman, David will fight for them. He will ensure that the VA lives up to the promise we made to our heroes in uniform. Equal Rights & a Woman's Right to Choose David has worked to protect people in Florida from abuse for more than 30 years and believes that no one should be denied any rights or protection because of their race, gender, religion or sexual orientation. We need to live the words of our founding documents, “that all men (and women) are created equal.” In the last century, we have made tremendous progress toward eliminating discrimination and ensuring that we are all treated equally under the law. Unfortunately, in recent years we have seen a regression of those rights in too many communities. David knows that LGBTQ couples should never be denied any of the rights that all married couples are given, women should receive equal pay for equal work, as well as feel safe from sexual abuse, and regardless of religion, our neighbors should feel free to worship without fear of discrimination. As your Congressman, David will fight to make sure everyone will be protected equally under the law. That means adding LGBTQ Americans to the groups protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and fighting to end the divide between races and religions. Finally, David will continue to protect women’s access to basic health care through Planned Parenthood, including a woman’s right to make decisions about her healthcare without interference from politicians in Washington. Common-sense Gun Safety Laws The horrific and tragic event that claimed the lives of 15 high school students and two educators is yet another reminder that we must take action and pass common-sense gun safety laws before there is one more life lost. We can preserve the right to bear arms protected by the Second Amendment, and still take reasonable precautions to protect our children and the general public. It’s obvious that there are far too many loopholes that allow dangerous criminals or those with mental illnesses to access guns. We need background checks that will make communities and our families safer. As we’ve seen too often in Florida, assault weapons are designed to inflict mass carnage and injuries within seconds. We need a full ban on weapons of war. And it’s time to close the gun show loophole so that dangerous individuals cannot bypass the laws designed to protect our children and communities. As your Congressman, David will fight to protect our families by pushing for background checks for gun purchases, keeping assault weapons out of the hands of criminals and the mentally unstable, and closing dangerous gun show loopholes to make communities safer. Israel and the Middle East In June of 2015, I fulfilled a lifelong mission to go to Israel. My wife Robin and I, along with our Rabbi, Brennar Glickman, and 50 members of Temple Emanu-el visited the Holy Land. I have always been proud of my Jewish heritage and identity, but never more so than when I traveled through Israel. Since Israel’s founding in 1948, during periods of peace, war, and terrorism against both countries, the United States and Israel have been steadfast, trusted, and reliable allies and partners, based upon their shared values of peace, security, freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. At no point in our historic relationship has this partnership been stronger or more essential to our collective security and U.S. foreign policy than it is right now. As your Congressman, David will be a zealous supporter of the U.S. Israeli relationship, and of Israel’s right to exist—in peace and security—as a Jewish, democratic state.[1][2] |
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| —David Shapiro (2018) | ||
Campaign advertisements
The following is an example of an ad from Shapiro's 2018 election campaign.
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Florida's 16th Congressional District election, 2018
- Florida's 16th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
