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Keith Feit
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Keith Feit (Republican Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 90. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Feit also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 21st Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 23, 2022.
Feit completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Keith Feit was born in Brooklyn, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree, a graduate degree, and a Ph.D. from Florida Atlantic University in 1997, 2011, and 2016, respectively. Feit's career experience includes working as an educator. He has been affiliated with the Palm Beach Republican Club.[1]
Elections
2022
State house
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 90
Incumbent Joseph Casello defeated Keith Feit in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 90 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joseph Casello (D) | 54.9 | 34,526 |
 | Keith Feit (R) | 45.1 | 28,366 | |
| Total votes: 62,892 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Joseph Casello advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 90.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Keith Feit advanced from the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 90.
Campaign finance
U.S. House
See also: Florida's 21st Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 21
Incumbent Brian Mast defeated Corinna Robinson in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 21 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brian Mast (R) | 63.5 | 208,614 |
 | Corinna Robinson (D) | 36.5 | 119,891 | |
| Total votes: 328,505 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Stephen Canton (Independent)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Corinna Robinson advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 21.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 21
Incumbent Brian Mast defeated Jeffrey Buongiorno, Melissa Martz, and Ljubo Skrbic in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 21 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Mast | 78.1 | 56,535 |
 | Jeffrey Buongiorno | 12.2 | 8,850 | |
 | Melissa Martz | 8.5 | 6,186 | |
 | Ljubo Skrbic | 1.2 | 853 | |
| Total votes: 72,424 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William Wheelen (R)
- Laura Loomer (R)
- Keith Feit (R)
- Martin Marks (R)
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
State house
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Keith Feit did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
U.S. House
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Keith Feit completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Feit's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Keith Feit is a father of one and a career educator with a Ph.D. in Ed Leadership, working at all levels from elementary school to college, and serving both in classroom and school leadership roles. His experience in the field has taught him that we need school choice to help historically underserved communities obtain equality in education. A lifelong Reagan Republican and common sense constitutional conservative, Feit believes Washington has lost its sense of service, failing to meet the needs of the people, and the country has moved further and further from our founding principles of limited government and individual liberty. As a fiscal conservative, he believes in pro-growth economic policies - lowering the tax burden on American workers, limiting federal spending, balancing the budget, and deregulating the American economy. His campaign is one of empowerment, equality, and freedom, focusing on giving the American people the tools to improve their lives, making sure that all Americans are treated equally in terms of opportunity and treatment, and returning to our revolutionary principles with a reaffirmation of our constitutional rights.
- We need representatives who are going to put the needs of the American people first. It begins with a constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms and continues with the election of new representatives who are not professional politicians, know what it's like to struggle in America today, and have the interests of the American people at heart..
- The key to prosperity for all Americans is to dismantle the welfare state and replace government dependency with economic empowerment policies that will provide people with greater opportunities for advancement and wealth generation. We need to deregulate the economy to unleash American innovation and ingenuity, lower the tax burden on the working class to increase their spending and saving power, limit government spending to reduce the debt burden on future generations, and pass a balanced budget constitutional amendment to restrict the government's ability to mortgage our country's future ever again.
- We cannot empower the American people without ensuring that all American children have access to equal educational opportunities and resources. We owe it to those communities that have historically been underserved to increase their educational opportunities by expanding school choice initiatives across the country and working to ensure that zip code, income, ethnicity, and race are not determinants of the quality of education a child receives.
I am passionate about education policy, economic policy, and criminal justice. Empowerment of the American people is the key to reviving the nation - economic empowerment through lower taxes, tax incentives, and deregulation, and educational empowerment through school choice, increasing trade school opportunities, and making college more affordable. Equality is critical to empowerment, and I want to help ensure that all children have equal access to the same educational opportunities, all people are treated equally under the law, and our constitutional rights are applied equally to men and women of all backgrounds. We also need to end the nonsense of defunding the police and back the blue with all our passion and enthusiasm, reforming our criminal justice system to both assist law enforcement in better interacting with persons of all races while also offering greater protections of the men and women in uniform - we can support our law enforcement and reform the system together to eliminate inequalities and improve police-community relations.
Politically, there are so many: Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher. Each of these leaders was able to withstand the vilification of opposition, stand true to their principles, and accomplish amazing things for the people whose lives were entrusted to their leadership. I hope to always live up to such a high ethical, moral, and principled standard, always making sure to make a difference in the lives of those I represent and having a positive impact on my district, my country, and the American people. I try to live by Lincoln's quote, "I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured the world is a little better for my having lived in it."
The most important thing for an elected official is to remember that leadership is about service, and that he or she was elected to represent the needs of the people of the district. Patriotism and love of country is far more important than ideological purity, and ideological differences cannot preclude those with differing opinions from working together to better the country. Integrity and ethics are critical for an elected official.
Integrity, honesty, commitment, dedication, work ethic, persistence
Anyone elected to Congress must put the needs of the constituents above his or her own, work with members of his or her own party and members of any opposing parties to produce policy that benefits the American people, and always do everything to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
I would like to be known as a man of my word that tirelessly worked to promote the interests of my constituents, the needs of the country, and a return to constitutionalism.
Attempted assassination of President Reagan... I was 6.
I worked at McDonald's in high school and at Book Stop (1 year) and Toys R Us (3 years) when I was in college pursuing my degrees. My first post-college job was as a teaching assistant at an elementary school (3 years).
I enjoy political and historical biography, history, political commentary, and leadership books. I don't have a favorite book, per se, but there are some that are high on my list. "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" by Patrick Lencioni is one of my favorites because it demonstrates the barriers to effective teamwork, the importance of leaders having an effective team around them, and how to overcome the barriers. Pat Riley's "The Winner Within" is another leadership book that I greatly value and enjoyed reading.
The one quality it is supposed to have that its members no longer seem to embrace is that it is "the people's house," meaning it is the law-making body of the citizens and is meant to represent their interests and needs.
Not at all. Part of the problem in Washington D.C. is professional politicians that have grown too comfortable with the dysfunction of American politics and grown too fat on the corruption of special interests. The founders wanted a "citizens legislature," and that's what we need to get back to... teachers, farmers, businessmen, plumbers, and common folk representing the needs of their neighbors in Congress, not professional politicians. The most important attributes of a representative are integrity, character, compassion, and common sense.
The greatest threat to the American republic is the liberal socialist assault on the Constitution, with continual encroachments on our rights and liberties. Without the Constitution and the limited government and individual liberty it guarantees and protects, the United States is no longer the United States. The expansion of government authority at the expense of individual liberty is threatening to alter the balance the power and make the government superior to the individual, creating a tyranny that eliminates we, the people, as the true power behind our nation.
The potentially crippling national debt must be brought under control. The Constitution should be amended to include a spending cap amendment as well as a balanced budget amendment. We must start guaranteeing that government programs are paid for with government revenues or cuts to other programs, avoiding adding to the debt.
The debt cannot be controlled unless the immigration system is reformed to close the border to illegal immigration while keeping it open to those who come here through the proper channels. Our law enforcement, healthcare system, education system, and social services cannot handle the increasing burden of massive illegal immigration.
Education, Budget, Ways and Means, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs
While two years seems rather short, it demonstrates the founders' desire for a citizen legislature where citizens "took turns" representing themselves and their neighbors in Congress. In line with the founders' vision, two years is an appropriate term.
Members of Congress should be limited to 12 years - 6 terms in the House , 2 terms in the Senate. The founders' vision was for a "citizen legislature," not a permanent political class. The propagation of professional politicians has led to corruption and lack of concern for the needs of the American people.
Newt Gingrich is a terrific role model for a representative who believes in the power of leadership. His vision, organized into the Contract with America, led to the Republican takeover of the House for the first time in 40 years, eventually bringing about welfare reform, a balanced budget, and budget surpluses. His ability to generate ideas and solutions, his uncommon ability to debate any issue effectively, and his thinking differently are all characteristics I endeavor to achieve.
While we should never, and I will never, compromise on principles, lawmakers must be willing to listen to the opposition with an open heart and mind, attempting to find common ground on which policy can be built. As Reagan said, "..if I can get 70 or 80 percent of what it is I'm trying to get, yes I'll take that and then continue to try to get the rest in the future." It doesn't make sense to get nothing when you can get something you know will help the people, as long as it doesn't compromise your principles. No ideological side of an issue has all the right answers, so we have to stop promoting policy based on an ideological crusade, and work together to promote pro-American policies that will improve the country and help the American people.
We need to reduce the tax burden on the American people, not increase it. I support fair tax systems and oppose progressive tax systems that punish success. While I agree that the wealthy need to pay their fair share, just as we all do, they should not be punished with higher rates.
I would oppose any tax increase on the American people, and would only consider support for any new tax with a provision reducing or eliminating some other tax. We need the people keep more of what they earn... they can better make financial and life decisions for themselves and their families than the government can.
I would oppose any tax increase on the American people, and would only consider support for any new tax with a provision reducing or eliminating some other tax. We need the people keep more of what they earn... they can better make financial and life decisions for themselves and their families than the government can.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 25, 2021
Current members of the Florida House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Daniel Perez
Majority Leader:Tyler Sirois
Minority Leader:Fentrice Driskell
Representatives
District 1
Michelle Salzman (R)
District 2
Alex Andrade (R)
District 3
Nathan Boyles (R)
District 4
District 5
Shane Abbott (R)
District 6
Philip Griffitts (R)
District 7
Jason Shoaf (R)
District 8
Gallop Franklin (D)
District 9
Allison Tant (D)
District 10
Chuck Brannan (R)
District 11
Sam Garrison (R)
District 12
Wyman Duggan (R)
District 13
Angela Nixon (D)
District 14
Kimberly Daniels (D)
District 15
Dean Black (R)
District 16
Kiyan Michael (R)
District 17
Jessica Baker (R)
District 18
Kim Kendall (R)
District 19
Sam Greco (R)
District 20
Judson Sapp (R)
District 21
Yvonne Hinson (D)
District 22
Chad Johnson (R)
District 23
J.J. Grow (R)
District 24
Ryan Chamberlin (R)
District 25
Taylor Yarkosky (R)
District 26
Nan Cobb (R)
District 27
Richard Gentry (R)
District 28
Bill Partington (R)
District 29
Webster Barnaby (R)
District 30
Chase Tramont (R)
District 31
Tyler Sirois (R)
District 32
Brian Hodgers (R)
District 33
Monique Miller (R)
District 34
Robert Brackett (R)
District 35
Erika Booth (R)
District 36
Rachel Plakon (R)
District 37
Susan Plasencia (R)
District 38
David Smith (R)
District 39
Doug Bankson (R)
District 40
RaShon Young (D)
District 41
Bruce Antone (D)
District 42
Anna Eskamani (D)
District 43
Johanna López (D)
District 44
Jennifer Harris (D)
District 45
Leonard Spencer (D)
District 46
Jose Alvarez (D)
District 47
Paula Stark (R)
District 48
Jon Albert (R)
District 49
District 50
Jennifer Canady (R)
District 51
Josie Tomkow (R)
District 52
John Temple (R)
District 53
Jeff Holcomb (R)
District 54
Randy Maggard (R)
District 55
Kevin Steele (R)
District 56
Brad Yeager (R)
District 57
Adam Anderson (R)
District 58
District 59
Berny Jacques (R)
District 60
Lindsay Cross (D)
District 61
Linda Chaney (R)
District 62
Michele Rayner (D)
District 63
Dianne Hart (D)
District 64
Susan Valdes (R)
District 65
District 66
Traci Koster (R)
District 67
District 68
Lawrence McClure (R)
District 69
Danny Alvarez (R)
District 70
Michael Owen (R)
District 71
Will Robinson (R)
District 72
Bill Conerly (R)
District 73
Fiona McFarland (R)
District 74
James Buchanan (R)
District 75
Danny Nix (R)
District 76
Vanessa Oliver (R)
District 77
Tiffany Esposito (R)
District 78
District 79
District 80
Adam Botana (R)
District 81
Yvette Benarroch (R)
District 82
Lauren Melo (R)
District 83
Kaylee Tuck (R)
District 84
Dana Trabulsy (R)
District 85
Toby Overdorf (R)
District 86
John Snyder (R)
District 87
Mike Caruso (R)
District 88
Jervonte Edmonds (D)
District 89
Debra Tendrich (D)
District 90
Vacant
District 91
District 92
Kelly Skidmore (D)
District 93
Anne Gerwig (R)
District 94
Meg Weinberger (R)
District 95
District 96
Dan Daley (D)
District 97
Lisa Dunkley (D)
District 98
Mitch Rosenwald (D)
District 99
Daryl Campbell (D)
District 100
Chip LaMarca (R)
District 101
Hillary Cassel (R)
District 102
Michael Gottlieb (D)
District 103
Robin Bartleman (D)
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District 105
Marie Woodson (D)
District 106
Fabián Basabe (R)
District 107
Wallace Aristide (D)
District 108
Dotie Joseph (D)
District 109
Ashley Gantt (D)
District 110
Tom Fabricio (R)
District 111
David Borrero (R)
District 112
Alex Rizo (R)
District 113
Vicki Lopez (R)
District 114
District 115
Omar Blanco (R)
District 116
Daniel Perez (R)
District 117
Kevin Chambliss (D)
District 118
Mike Redondo (R)
District 119
District 120
Jim Mooney (R)
Republican Party (87)
Democratic Party (32)
Vacancies (1)
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)
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Mike Haridopolos (R)
District 9
Darren Soto (D)
District 10
Maxwell Frost (D)
District 11
Daniel Webster (R)
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Gus Bilirakis (R)
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Anna Luna (R)
District 14
Kathy Castor (D)
District 15
Laurel Lee (R)
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Vern Buchanan (R)
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Greg Steube (R)
District 18
Scott Franklin (R)
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Byron Donalds (R)
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Brian Mast (R)
District 22
Lois Frankel (D)
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Jared Moskowitz (D)
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Frederica Wilson (D)
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Carlos Gimenez (R)
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