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Hava Holzhauer
Hava Holzhauer (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 23rd Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 23, 2022.
Holzhauer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Hava Holzhauer was born in the District of Columbia. She earned a graduate degree from Tufts University in 1995 and a law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1998. Her career experience includes working as a CEO at TCom, a regional director at Anti-Defamation League, a council member at United Elder Care Services, and an assistant state attorney at Office of the State Attorney, 15th Judicial Circuit Florida.
Holzhauer has been associated with the following organizations:[1]
- Wexner Foundation, gender equity and safety fellow
- Sun-Sentinel (Tribune Co.) South Florida 100
- Hadassah, chapter president, leadership academy fellow
- Jewish Federation, campaign chair, Jewish community relations council
- 100 Women Who Care ROC, founder, executive board
- Congregation Shaarei Kodesh, trustee
- Palm Beach County Youth Court, judicial advocate
- Get It Done Group, founder
- National Council of Jewish Women
- Florida Association of Women Lawyers
- National Organization for Women
Elections
2022
See also: Florida's 23rd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 23
Jared Evan Moskowitz defeated Joe Budd, Christine Scott, and Mark Napier in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 23 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jared Evan Moskowitz (D)  | 51.6 | 143,951 |
 | Joe Budd (R) | 46.8 | 130,681 | |
 | Christine Scott (No Party Affiliation) | 1.1 | 3,079 | |
 | Mark Napier (No Party Affiliation) | 0.5 | 1,338 | |
| Total votes: 279,049 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 23
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 23 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jared Evan Moskowitz | 61.1 | 38,822 |
 | Ben Sorensen | 20.5 | 13,012 | |
 | Hava Holzhauer | 8.3 | 5,276 | |
 | Allen Ellison | 6.2 | 3,960 | |
 | W. Michael Trout | 2.2 | 1,390 | |
 | Michaelangelo Hamilton | 1.7 | 1,064 | |
| Total votes: 63,524 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 23
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 23 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Budd | 37.6 | 12,592 |
 | James Pruden | 22.1 | 7,399 | |
 | Darlene Cerezo Swaffar | 11.6 | 3,872 | |
 | Christy McLaughlin | 11.4 | 3,832 | |
 | Steve Chess | 8.5 | 2,840 | |
 | Ira Weinstein | 6.9 | 2,297 | |
 | Myles Perrone | 1.9 | 639 | |
| Total votes: 33,471 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeff Olson (R)
- Saad Suleman (R)
2010
Holzhauer did not have any opposition in the August 24 primary. She lost to Bill Hager (R) in the November 2 general election.[2]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Personally and professionally, Hava has stood up to bullies and continued to fight for human rights and dignity. She has challenged unlawful firings, fought for civil and equal rights, and worked with business owners and operators across industries to create more equitable and productive workplaces. Early in her career, Hava stood up for herself and her colleagues, fighting for flex time and securing maternity facilities for working moms.
Hava continued her fight as a leader in the Florida Office of the State Attorney, where she prosecuted hate crimes, fought for safer communities, and worked to ensure everyone’s right to live free of discrimination. She battled against extremism, bias, and bigotry as the Regional Director of the Florida Anti-Defamation League, working to root out hate at the source.
Havs’s background in finding thoughtful, common sense policies bring opportunity and progress to families. She will work to build new hurricane resistant infrastructure, promote sustainable economic development and investment in living wage job growth, or ensuring every American’s right to vote, Hava Holzhauer is the fighter we need.
- CHAMPIONING WOMEN’S RIGHTS: With women’s healthcare under attack yet again, we need a leader in Congress who will protect and support women’s reproductive choice. Hava will be a tireless advocate for women, and a champion for mothers and their children.
- COMMON SENSE GUN POLICIES: Hava will stand up for us and work to get weapons of war off our streets, while advocating for common sense gun reforms that are supported by the vast majority of Americans. She’ll fight for expanded background checks, red-flag laws, and crack down on ghost guns.
- EXPANDING OUR ECONOMY FOR ALL: Hava will fight to make the federal minimum wage a living wage, helping lift millions of working families out of poverty. She’ll also advocate for free job and vocational training to ensure our workforce is prepared for the long-term, family sustaining jobs of the future.
Hava has been on the front lines of the fight against crime, injustice and intolerance her whole life. She knows that hate, when allowed to fester and mental illness unaddressed threatens all of us. Her experience as a prosecutor and an advocate give her unique insight into how to work with both police and human service organizations to make our communities safer. Hava will work to ensure the safety and security of our schools and children, as well as houses of worship, and all other public spaces for all residents, regardless of their background or socioeconomic status. She’ll continue the fight in Congress, strengthening hate crimes laws and support for first responders, securing funding for at-risk populations, and expanding protections for women, people of color, and the LGBTQ+ community.
INVESTING IN OUR CLIMATE AND ENERGY FUTURE
She taught me the difference between right and wrong, and what a fighter looks like.
I know what it's like to do labor and be on your feet all day...or for a full shift. It was difficult as a teenager. I know it's more difficult as an adult who has responsibilities and people depending on you.
Women’s Rights: With healthcare under attack, I’ll lead in the fight to protect and support women’s
reproductive choice. I’ll be a tireless advocate for women and a champion for mothers. I know firsthand
the struggles young mothers face. I’ll fight to close the gender pay gap, expand the childcare tax credit,
and create real economic opportunities for women and families.
Common Sense Gun Laws: I’ll fight to expand background checks, ban assault weapons, red-flag laws,
and crack down on ghost guns. I’ll look at every factor relevant to America’s gun violence epidemic and
find ways to improve outcomes and move us forward.
Climate Change: I’ll be a champion for climate action, fighting for new funding for green energy jobs
and infrastructure, demanding investment in carbon capture and storage, and securing funding to make
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Campaign website
Holzhauer's campaign website stated the following:
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INVESTING IN OUR CLIMATE AND ENERGY FUTURE All of us here in South Florida have seen the effects of climate change firsthand. Stronger hurricanes ravage our infrastructure, rising sea levels damage our beaches and towns, and warming waters and algae blooms threaten our wildlife across the state. Hava will be a champion for climate action, fighting for new funding for green energy jobs and infrastructure, demanding investment in carbon capture and storage, and securing funding to make our homes and businesses more resilient to the effects of climate change.
Hava has been on the front lines of the fight against crime, injustice and intolerance her whole life. She knows that hate, when allowed to fester and mental illness unaddressed threatens all of us. Her experience as a prosecutor and an advocate give her unique insight into how to work with both police and human service organizations to make our communities safer. Hava will work to ensure the safety and security of our schools and children, as well as houses of worship, and all other public spaces for all residents, regardless of their background or socioeconomic status. She’ll continue the fight in Congress, strengthening hate crimes laws and support for first responders, securing funding for at-risk populations, and expanding protections for women, people of color, and the LGBTQ+ community.
With women’s healthcare under attack yet again, we need a leader in Congress who will protect and support women’s reproductive choice. Hava will be a tireless advocate for women, and a champion for mothers and their children. As a young mother herself, Hava knows firsthand the struggles young mothers face juggling childcare and employment. She’ll fight to close the gender pay gap, expand the childcare tax credit, and create real economic opportunity for women and families.
South Florida has been touched by the scourge of gun violence too many times, and the standard response from so many politicians is “thoughts and prayers.” Hava will stand up for us and work to get weapons of war off our streets, while advocating for common sense gun reforms that are supported by the vast majority of Americans. She’ll fight for expanded background checks, red-flag laws, and crack down on ghost guns. As gun violence is an epidemic, Hava will also advocate to let organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study gun violence and help create real solutions to stop the killings in our communities.
For too long, healthcare in America has been a privilege for the few, instead of a right for us all. Hava will expand healthcare coverage to cover more Americans while lowering the cost for middle-class families. She’ll lead the fight to ensure that our healthcare system works for us by demanding that life-saving prescription drugs like insulin and asthma inhalers are affordable and accessible. She’ll work to ensure senior care allows for affordable choice. Hava will also advocate to lift the prohibition on Medicare to negotiate drug pricing, saving billions of taxpayer dollars and putting money back in our seniors’ pockets.
Our middle class has been on the decline for decades. Wages have remained stagnant. Hava knows the struggles of our workers, having fought besides them for equality and justice her whole career. Hava will fight to make the federal minimum wage a living wage, helping lift millions of working families out of poverty. She’ll also advocate for free job and vocational training to ensure our workforce is prepared for the long-term, family sustaining jobs of the future.[3] |
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| —Hava Holzhauer's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 28, 2022
- ↑ Florida Election Watch, "2010 Election results," accessed December 18, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Hava Holzhauer for Congress, “Home,” accessed August 19, 2022
