Justin Grabelle

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Justin Grabelle

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Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 30, 2016

Contact

Personal website

Justin Grabelle was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 11th Congressional District of Florida. Grabelle, chief of staff to outgoing incumbent Richard Nugent, announced his entry into the race shortly after Nugent announced his retirement. Grabelle was defeated by District 10 incumbent Daniel Webster in the Republican primary on August 30, 2016.

Elections

2016

See also: Florida's 11th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Richard Nugent (R) did not seek re-election in 2016. District 10 incumbent Daniel Webster (R) defeated Dave Koller (D) and Bruce Ray Riggs (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Webster defeated Justin Grabelle in the Republican primary on August 30, 2016.

U.S. House, Florida District 11 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Daniel Webster Incumbent	65.4%	258,016
	Democratic	Dave Koller	31.6%	124,713
	Independent	Bruce Ray Riggs	3%	11,990
Total Votes				394,719
Source: Florida Division of Elections

U.S. House, Florida District 11 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Daniel Webster Incumbent	59.8%	52,876
Justin Grabelle	40.2%	35,525
Total Votes		88,401
Source: Florida Division of Elections

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Grabelle's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Balancing the Federal Budget: Since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in 2011, they’ve added $4 trillion in more debt. In the last fifty years, Congress has only balanced the budget four times. That’s why we need a Balanced Budget Amendment. Decisive Action Against the Islamic State (ISIS): There can be no mercy with an enemy like ISIS. For years, President Obama underestimated their numbers, their training, their resources, and their ability to recruit. He is now underestimating the threat they pose to the homeland and to our allies abroad. Attacks in Europe are a good example of what will continue to happen if ISIS is allowed to operate with impunity. Our Children’s Education: Instead of an education system that encourages innovation and success, we run our school system out of a federal building in Washington where a one size fits all policy is treated as ransom in exchange for federal dollars. And where innovators would reevaluate our strategy where it hasn’t worked, our Department of Education is dumbing down the standards and making it more difficult for teachers and students to be successful. That is why I support ending the modern day federal Department of Education. Ending Career Politics: Our Founding Fathers never believed Congress should become a career but unfortunately, one of the biggest problems that we face as a nation are career politicians who are willing to sacrifice their own principles and commitment to their constituents for power. Ending the Overreach of Government: Over the past few years, the Obama Administration has published hundreds of thousands of pages of rules and regulations. Between the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Education, Bureau of Land Management, and the National Labor Relation’s Board, the Obama Administration has excessively used their executive powers. I believe Congress should approve all regulations before they take effect.	”
—Justin Grabelle's campaign website, http://www.justingrabelle.com/priorities

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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Florida's 11th Congressional District election, 2016
• Florida's 11th Congressional District

External links

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Footnotes

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Florida's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ashley Moody (R)

Rick Scott (R)

Representatives

District 1

Jimmy Patronis (R)

District 2

Neal Dunn (R)

District 3

Kat Cammack (R)

District 4

Aaron Bean (R)

District 5

John Rutherford (R)

District 6

Randy Fine (R)

District 7

Cory Mills (R)

District 8

Mike Haridopolos (R)

District 9

Darren Soto (D)

District 10

Maxwell Frost (D)

District 11

Daniel Webster (R)

District 12

Gus Bilirakis (R)

District 13

Anna Luna (R)

District 14

Kathy Castor (D)

District 15

Laurel Lee (R)

District 16

Vern Buchanan (R)

District 17

Greg Steube (R)

District 18

Scott Franklin (R)

District 19

Byron Donalds (R)

District 20

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D)

District 21

Brian Mast (R)

District 22

Lois Frankel (D)

District 23

Jared Moskowitz (D)

District 24

Frederica Wilson (D)

District 25

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)

District 26

Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

District 27

Maria Elvira Salazar (R)

District 28

Carlos Gimenez (R)

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Democratic Party (8)