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Greg Musselwhite
Greg Musselwhite (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 20th Congressional District. He lost in the special Republican primary on November 2, 2021.
Biography
Musselwhite attended the University of South Alabama. His career experience includes working as a welding inspector.[1]
Elections
2022
Special election
See also: Florida's 20th Congressional District special election, 2022
Florida's 20th Congressional District special election, 2022 (November 2, 2021, Democratic primary)
Florida's 20th Congressional District special election, 2022 (November 2, 2021, Republican primary)
General election
Special general election for U.S. House Florida District 20
The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. House Florida District 20 on January 11, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) | 79.0 | 44,707 |
 | Jason Mariner (R)  | 19.4 | 10,966 | |
 | Mike ter Maat (L) | 0.7 | 395 | |
 | Jim Flynn (No Party Affiliation) | 0.5 | 265 | |
 | Leonard Serratore (No Party Affiliation) | 0.5 | 262 | |
 | Shelley Fain (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 22 | |
| Total votes: 56,617 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Ornelas (No Party Affiliation)
Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 20
The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 20 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | 23.8 | 11,662 |
 | Dale Holness | 23.8 | 11,657 | |
 | Barbara Sharief | 17.7 | 8,684 | |
 | Perry Thurston | 14.8 | 7,283 | |
 | Bobby DuBose | 7.0 | 3,458 | |
 | Omari Hardy | 5.9 | 2,902 | |
| Priscilla Taylor | 3.4 | 1,677 | ||
 | Elvin Dowling | 1.3 | 646 | |
 | Emmanuel Morel | 0.9 | 454 | |
 | Phil Jackson | 0.7 | 343 | |
| Imran Siddiqui | 0.6 | 316 | ||
| Total votes: 49,082 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dwight Anderson (D)
- Krystal Jordan (D)
- Matt Boswell (D)
- Pradel Vilme (D)
- Natalia Allen (D)
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 20
Jason Mariner defeated Greg Musselwhite in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 20 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Mariner | 57.8 | 3,500 |
 | Greg Musselwhite | 42.2 | 2,553 | |
| Total votes: 6,053 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Lateresa Jones (R)
- Roland Florez Jr. (R)
- Bernard Sansaricq (R)
- Vic DeGrammont (R)
2020
See also: Florida's 20th Congressional District election, 2020
Florida's 20th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 18 Republican primary)
Florida's 20th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 18 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 20
Incumbent Alcee Hastings defeated Greg Musselwhite in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 20 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alcee Hastings (D) | 78.7 | 253,661 |
| Greg Musselwhite (R) | 21.3 | 68,748 | |
| Total votes: 322,409 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 20
Incumbent Alcee Hastings defeated Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 20 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alcee Hastings | 69.3 | 62,759 |
| Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | 30.7 | 27,831 | |
| Total votes: 90,590 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Roshan Mody (D)
- Emmanuel Morel (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 20
Greg Musselwhite defeated Vic DeGrammont in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 20 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Greg Musselwhite | 52.0 | 5,394 |
 | Vic DeGrammont | 48.0 | 4,975 | |
| Total votes: 10,369 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Greg Musselwhite completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Musselwhite's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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After years as a pipefitter and welder I became an American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welding Inspector (CWI). Welding Codes and specifications are in place to ensure the safety of those at the facilities as well as the surrounding communities. These jobs have been located all over the US, from Florida to Washington St. and from Texas to Minnesota. Currently I am working to build the first nuclear power plant in the US since River Bend Plant which went online in 1986. Providing quality oversight is an enormous responsibility, and I am grateful they thought I had the integrity, as well as the intelligence to fulfill their commitment to quality. Traveling across this great country has given me a unique perspective and allowed me to meet a lot of people from various backgrounds and cultures. Each place has its own way of solving problems. We can learn much from other's successes as well as their failures. After years of travel working as a welder and currently as an inspector, my children are now adults with families of their own. I look forward to the next chapter in our lives, and taking an even greater responsibility, meeting the challenges of representing Florida District 20.
- We must Build the Wall and secure the border for the security of our nation. Immigration reform is essential, we need immigrants to grow our nation but there are laws that govern this process.
- Our next looming crisis is the national debt. We as a Nation cannot continue to put the burden on our children, a ballanced budget is necessary.
- The current state of our government is a testimony for the need for term limits for Congress. Being in a job too long leads to complacency at best and corruption at worst.
Mass numbers of people are gaining entry without:
1. Proper documentation, which bypasses screening process (cuts line for legal immigrants)
2. Health records / immunizations, brings an alarming increase in once eradicated diseases, like measles
3. Criminal background checks, this allows human traffickers to exploit women and children as well as allow Drug cartels to increase the flow of illegal drugs
The desire of a better life in America is understandable (especially at taxpayer's expense), and many risk the journey to escape bad situations in their home country. The first step in solving any problem is to gain control of the situation. To fix the immigration problem, we must secure the border now. Then we can develop a plan to help not only the ones already here, but the ones who still want to come, true immigration reform.
In todays world there is a camera in your face almost every waking moment, so it is very easy to be caught out in a lie. It is best to always "say what you mean, mean what you say." Don't try to be cute and twist words or put a spin on things. I respect the individual who speaks their mind and is straight with me, tell me the truth.
For instance, how could one have meaningful input to a committee like "Armed Services", without ever serving in the military? I believe it is important for a representative to bring "subject matter expertise" to be able to fashion legislation that will not have unintended consequences, and actually help our citizens.
Civility and respect for other people's opinion used to be the norm, now with social media leading the way each side "vilifies" the other. The First amendment entitles you to speak your mind, but does not give you the right to harass people in public because you don't agree with their point of view. If we all treated others how we would like to be treated, it would be a step toward healing the divide in our nation.
With a background as a welder and inspector working on petrochemical and energy production, Energy and or Labor would seem a natural fit. A passion for fishing and the great outdoors would lead me to environmental concerns and the Natural Resources committee.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 26, 2019
