Karen Green (Florida)
Karen Green (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 7th Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: Florida's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 7
Cory Mills defeated Karen Green and Cardon Pompey in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cory Mills (R) | 58.5 | 177,966 |
 | Karen Green (D) | 41.5 | 126,079 | |
| Cardon Pompey (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 304,055 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 7
Karen Green defeated Al Krulick, Tatiana Fernandez, and Allek Pastrana in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 7 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Green | 44.9 | 23,051 |
 | Al Krulick | 21.0 | 10,787 | |
 | Tatiana Fernandez | 20.0 | 10,261 | |
 | Allek Pastrana | 14.2 | 7,289 | |
| Total votes: 51,388 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Stephanie Murphy (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 7
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 7 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cory Mills | 37.9 | 27,757 |
 | Anthony Sabatini | 23.7 | 17,332 | |
 | Brady Duke | 15.3 | 11,221 | |
 | Ted Edwards | 5.8 | 4,259 | |
 | Russell Roberts | 5.5 | 4,031 | |
 | Erika Benfield | 5.4 | 3,964 | |
 | Scott Sturgill | 4.2 | 3,094 | |
 | Al Santos | 2.1 | 1,504 | |
| Total votes: 73,162 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeremy Liggett (R)
- Joe Cavagna (R)
- Lee Ogilvie (R)
- Kristopher Stark (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign website
Green's campaign website stated the following:
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING As housing prices continue to rise, there is an urgent need to close the affordable housing gap. To do so we must leverage federal funding to provide cities and states with the necessary resources to undertake affordable housing projects that with close the housing gap. The productions of more manufactured housing will also assist in closing the housing gap. The encouragement of owner-occupier of affordable housing must be encouraged. Large investors are known to buy these single-family houses and either rent them at high rental rates or re-sell them at market rates thus driving up prices. By encouraging owner-occupier of such single-family homes, prices will remain affordable and keep the housing gap moderate. Record low interest rates along with under-building over a number of years has contributed to high housing costs and thus the housing gap. Working with cities and the state I pledge to provide the necessary support and resources that will close the housing gap and allow more families to become homeowners, knowing that home ownership is one way to build generational wealth.
The safeguarding of America’s democracy is one way of ensuring that the civil liberties of all citizens will be protected. Our democracy must work for all of the people and not just for certain strata. To protect our civil liberties means that we, as a country, must root out systemic racism wherever it still exists- be it in the police, the courts, in employment, in the banking system, in housing, in religions or anywhere else. The federal government must be made to work for every citizen regardless of race, color, where they come from where they come from or who they partner with. Sustaining democracy is a shared responsibility of all citizens. We must prove that out democracy not only works but works for all the people. That the protection of civil liberties of our citizens is of paramount importance as the government goes about implementing laws and policies that impact on the local level. The fostering of civil engagement is paramount in safeguarding civil liberties. To this end, as your elected representatives I will work to ensure that laws and policies implemented do not impact our communities negatively. I will seek to engage out communities for feedback on the laws and policies that matter most to them. As your elected representative, I will work together with leaders of our communities that ensure that all necessary services come to our communities and that no one is left behind.
Too many women are today concerned about making ends meet. They are confronted by pay inequality, not enough resources to fund their businesses and must worry about the economic future of their children. Such worries have been heightened by the COVID pandemic which saw many women losing their jobs because of the closure of businesses. Many of their small businesses were forced to scale back or close entirely because of the pandemic. They also have to deal with disparity in healthcare. To say women are the backbone of our society is to put it mildly. They make up a majority of workers in the teaching profession, the healthcare profession, and many other professions yet they continue to be paid less than their male counterpart. Equal pay for equal work is a woman’s right. We must invest more in women owned small businesses, expand access to education and training and strengthening pay and benefits in those professions where women are the majority workers Access to affordable healthcare must be a priority in protecting women’s rights. So too must be paid maternity and sick leave, better compensation for those who take care of elderly family members. Expanding access to childcare is another means of protecting women’s rights. Women hold only 32% of the wealth men have accumulated, and women of color only hold pennies on every dollar a white man holds. Women in the workforce, on average, earn less than men do. When they start a business, they have less access to capital, and have to dip into their personal finances. Only 56% of women ages 18-34 are able to save, compared to 70% of men. And women — primarily Black women — hold two-thirds of the nation’s student debt, both exacerbating and resulting from racial and gender wealth gaps. This is especially detrimental for the over 4 in 10 mothers — especially women of color — who are sole or primary breadwinners for their families. As your elected representative I pledge to work with all entities to protect the rights of women. I will work to bring more resources to women owner businesses and to close the income gap. I further pledge to work to ensure that women have increased access to expanded education and training opportunities. Women’s rights is human rights and I pledge to support initiative advance women’s rights.
The great American middle class was built by strong union participation. Workers had the protection to organized to fight for better wages and better working conditions, things we take for granted today. It was because of unionizing that workers were able to take care of their families, had protections from unreasonable dismissals and had job security. Today we have seen a spate of laws both at the state and local levels to roll back the gains made If by workers over the years. Republican governors and state legislatures across the country have advanced anti-worker legislation to undercut the labor movement and collective bargaining. States have decimated the rights of public sector workers who, unlike private sector workers, do not have federal protections ensuring their freedom to organize and collectively bargain. In the private sector, corporations are using profits to buy back their own shares and increase CEOs’ compensation instead of investing in their workers and creating more good-quality jobs. The results have been predictable: rising income inequality, stagnant real wages, the loss of pensions, exploitation of workers, and a weakening of workers’ voices in our society. If we are to rebuild the middle class, we have to protect workers’ rights. We must ensure that they have the right to organize where they want to do so. To ensure that we do not go back to the days when workers can be dismissed at the whim of a manager. The protection of workers’ rights must be paramount if we are to continue grow our economy and continue to be a prosperous nation. To this end, as your elected representative I will work to ensure that the rights of workers are not rolled back, that their rights to organize, if they so choose, is available to them. As your representative I will work across the board to ensure that workers’ rights are protected.
Our country has a sacred responsibility to care for our veterans. Our service members ensure our freedoms, our security, and the very future of our country. They are willing to sacrifice everything. Many dos. And each of them deserves our respect and enduring gratitude, both while on active duty and after separating from service. As a country we have a responsibility to create jobs for our veterans when they return home. We must invest in creating such jobs. We should also create the means to support veteran-owned small businesses, give them the means to continue to support their families. We further need to create a system to provide veterans with world-class healthcare after their deployment. To provide the kind of healthcare our veterans deserve we must start by modernizing the facilities where they receive healthcare. Many such facilities are fifty years old and are badly in need of upgrading. One of my priorities will be to work to get these facilities modernized and thus better able to serve our veterans. After sacrificing to preserve our democracy and freedoms, our veterans should not have to get their healthcare at facilities that are not on par with that provided to others in the society.[1] |
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| —Karen Green's campaign website (2022)[2] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Karen Green For Florida, “Your Rights,” accessed August 17, 2022
