Ljubo Skrbic

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Ljubo Skrbic

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 20, 2024

Education

Medical

University of Belgrade, 1971

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Christian

Profession

Professor

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Ljubo Skrbic (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 21st Congressional District. He was disqualified from the Republican primary scheduled on August 20, 2024.

Biography

Ljubo Skrbic was born in Seferovci in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He earned an M.D. from the University of Belgrade in 1971. His career experience includes working as a professor.

Elections

2024

See also: Florida's 21st Congressional District election, 2024

Florida's 21st Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)

Florida's 21st Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 21

Incumbent Brian Mast defeated Thomas Witkop and Elizabeth Felton in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 21 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Mast (R)	61.8	277,435
		Thomas Witkop (D)	38.2	171,312
		Elizabeth Felton (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	19

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 448,766
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Thomas Witkop 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 Rick Wiles in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 21 on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Mast	85.8	60,395
		Rick Wiles	14.2	9,957

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 70,352
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ljubo Skrbic (R)

Endorsements

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2022

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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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 themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Ljubo Skrbic completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Skrbic's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Qualifications: Medical Doctor, Professor, Author and Writer of numerous medical textbooks, Real Estate Investor. I also accomplished facilitation shelter for homeless in New York, NEW YORK community in 1992.

What will I do for Congress:

1. Recommend free occupational school career.

2. Recommend $500 incentive wages for anyone needing to finish any occupational school, find them a job, retaining 5% of the salary to compensate expenses for professional education. Canada is the number 2 on list of word most educated countries. That is reason that Canada has no strikes and massive school shooting. I was student at George Brown school in Canada. I personality was paid $500 Canada dollars monthly while attending classes in George Brown Canadian school.

3. I recommend to Congress to help mental disabled children and adults in special separate schools with habitation. All mental disabled patients require more attention and privacy.

4. Increase monthly Social Security benefits.

5. Every person residing in the US. shall have free health insurance coverage.

6. Increase benefits for needed citizens.

7. Increase benefits for veterans.

8. Provide directions for prevention of cancer, heart conditions, strokes, and arrhythmia.

9. Prevent the war in the US. and abroad before it happens. Assist the negotiations between hostile countries, just like we negotiated the peace between Israel and Lebanon.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• REDUCE INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPREAD
• REDUCE DRUG ABUSE & CRIME
• OFFER FREE SCHOOL FOR ALL​

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

10. Take care of our citizens with reference to alcohol and tobacco consumption. When we provide fool time work drug or alcohol consumer have no time for addiction. Also, free carrier or sport education will deter bad habits.

11. Prevent mental retardation. Every year US gets 100,000 of mentally retarded children. I have the answer for that. In addition, when our people get diagnosed that they are pregnant, we should send our social workers to visit the pregnant ladies to see what they are eating and drinking and if they have enough milk in the refrigerator, visit an obstetrician, for prenatal and routine checkup.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I promoted opening of NY homeless center together with former assemblymen David Chronick and the best of all time NJ governor Florian.

David Chronick made a contract with the port authority and NY homeless center to provide all annual printing for the port authority, about $450,000. Currently, the NY homeless center doesn't need any financial help from the government.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Yes, Doctor Netter books of illustration. I bought the books forty years ago. Ones you see pictures of the Hate and Rage with deadly consequences, you will do anything not to be a victim of the rage yourself.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY CARING HONESTY

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Responsibility to the majority.

What legacy would you like to leave?

My future forum: us association cures hate.org

What is your favorite book? Why?

IRON HILL, because of educational influence

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Astronaut

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

WE ARE THE WORLD

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

To find a way to express my knowledge and experience to influence everybody to learn to understand it.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY CARING HONESTY

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

Yes, I believe.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

The greatest challenge is to solve a climate problem and regular temperature to prevent our country from fluids and fire. I predict also that we are going to learn from our mistakes, and we grow up to give up the wars and aggressions, nationwide and globally.

If you are not a current representative, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Protection of Elderly and Disabled

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

No, I do not believe.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

To be limited

Tell us your favorite joke.

If you say nothing, you will be philosopher.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Yes, highly, I believe.

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Note: Skrbic submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on April 6, 2022.

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April 3 submission

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Medical Doctor, Professor, Author and Writer, Real Estate Investor.

           Besides my medical profession, I also dedicate and challenge to accomplish the establishment of a building for homeless in New York, NEW YORK to help the community and minimize burglary in the area, in 1992.

What will I do for Congress:

1. Recommend free high school and occupational school career.

2. Recommend $500 incentive wage for anyone needing to finish any occupational school and find them a job, retaining 5% of the salary to compensate for expenses for their professional education, like Canada does, which result of that is that Canada is the number 1 educator Country in the world, free of school shooting and strikes.

3. Recommend to Congress to help separate schools and habitation for the mental disabled people to avoid them to be ashamed and be mistreated. 4. Increase monthly Social Security benefits.

5. Every person residing in the US. shall have free health insurance coverage.

6. Increase benefits for needed citizens.

7. Increase benefits for veterans.

8. Provide directions for prevention of cancer and heart conditions, as strokes and arrhythmia.

9. Prevent the war in the US. and abroad before it happens. Assist the negotiations between hostile countries, just like we did with the peace treaty between Israel and Lebanon. Israel needs peace, Lebanon wanted land. It was a give and take, and they both got what they wanted.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• REDUCE INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPREAD
• REDUCE DRUG ABUSE & CRIME
• OFFER FREE SCHOOL FOR ALL​

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

10. Take care of our citizens with reference to alcohol and tobacco consumption, by education people about its consequences and limiting the amount purchased or increasing the price.

11. Prevent mental retardation. Every year has been born in the US 100,000 of mentally retarded children. I have the answer for that. In addition, when our people get diagnosed that they are pregnant, we should send our social workers to visit the pregnant ladies to see what they are eating and drinking and if they have enough milk in the refrigerator, and the visit of an obstetrician, for prenatal and gene checkup.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I promoted opening of NY homeless center together with former assemblymen David Chronick and the best of all time NJ governor Florian.

David Chronick made a contract with the port authority and NY homeless center to provide all annual printing for the port authority, about $450,000. Currently, the NY homeless center doesn't need any financial help from the government.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Doctor Netter books of illustration. I bought the books forty years ago. Ones you see pictures of the Hate and Rage with deadly consequences, you will do anything not to be a victim of the rage yourself.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY CARING HONESTY

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Responsibility to the majority.

What legacy would you like to leave?

My future forum: us association cures hate.org

What is your favorite book? Why?

IRON HILL, because of educational influence

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

To find a way to express my knowledge and experience to influence everybody to learn to understand it.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

Yes, I believe.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

The greatest challenge is to solve a climate problem and regular temperature to prevent our country from fluids and fire. I predict also that we are going to learn from our mistakes, and we grow up to give up the wars and aggressions, nationwide and globally.

If you are not a current representative, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Protection of Elderly and Disabled

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

No, I do not believe.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

To be limited

Tell us your favorite joke.

If you say nothing, you will be philosopher.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Yes, highly, I believe.

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Note: Skrbic submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on April 3, 2022.

March 24 submission

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

35 years medical professor, author and writer of 20 medical text books.

I promoted opening of NY homeless center together with former assemblymen David Chronick and the best of all time NJ governor Florian. I provided financial help for 10 years to 6 children that lost a father in the Balkan war, including 1 child from Uganda. A war where over one million people were killed by another Uganda party.

I also helped the Miami homeless center.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• REDUCE INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPREAD
• REDUCE DRUG ABUSE & CRIME
• OFFER FREE SCHOOL FOR ALL​

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

My future plan is to do a group study for general infection prevention. 1 billion and 300 million people in the world are diagnosed with some infectious diseases. 50% of infection prevention shall ultimately cause a 50% reduced incidence of coronavirus mortality. I am also an author of a textbook on bio-statistics and a book of preventive medicine that fits in my capacity to reach unbelievable results.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I promoted opening of NY homeless center together with former assemblymen David Chronick and the best of all time NJ governor Florian.

David Chronick made a contract with the port authority and NY homeless center to provide all annual printing for the port authority, about $450,000. Currently, the NY homeless center doesn't need any financial help from the government.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Yes, Doctor Netter books of illustration. I bought the books forty years ago. Ones you see pictures of the Hate and Rage with deadly consequences, you will do anything not to be a victim of the rage yourself.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

RESPECT

RESPONSIBILITY
CARING

HONESTY

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Responsibility to the majority.

What legacy would you like to leave?

My future forum: us association cures hate.org

What is your favorite book? Why?

IRON HILL, because of educational influence

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Astronaut

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

WE ARE THE WORLD

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

To find a way to express my knowledge and experience to influence everybody to learn to understand it.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

Yes, I believe.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

The greatest challenge is to solve a climate problem and regular temperature to prevent our country from fluids and fire. I predict also that we are going to learn from our mistakes, and we grow up to give up the wars and aggressions, nationwide and globally.

If you are not a current representative, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Protection of Elderly and Disabled

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

No, I do not believe.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

To be limited

Tell us your favorite joke.

If you say nothing, you will be philosopher.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Yes, highly, I believe.

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Note: Skrbic submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on March 24, 2022.

Campaign website

Skrbic's campaign website stated the following:

“	I will do for you in the congress all the following: 18 Spectacular Items on My Platform Free occupational school carrier Help children and disabled people Increase social security benefits Free health insurance for everybody Help needed citizens Increase veteran benefits Prevent cancer, strokes, and heart problems Prevention and cure of alcohol, smoking and drug consumers Prevent children’s mental disabilities Prevent war before it happens Prevent pollution Reduce and prevent crime and school shooting Prevent fire and storm hazards Reduce property taxes Proper solution for Florida lakes flood. No-abortion restriction Enforcement of gun control Foreign trade with education and international correlation improvement	”
—Ljubo Skrbic's campaign website (2022)

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Ljubo Skrbic campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Florida District 21	Disqualified primary	$0	$21,957
2022	U.S. House Florida District 21	Lost primary	$32,506	$32,470
Grand total			$32,506	$54,427
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Randy Fine (R)

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Cory Mills (R)

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Mike Haridopolos (R)

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Darren Soto (D)

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Maxwell Frost (D)

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Daniel Webster (R)

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Gus Bilirakis (R)

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Anna Luna (R)

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Kathy Castor (D)

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Laurel Lee (R)

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Vern Buchanan (R)

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Greg Steube (R)

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Scott Franklin (R)

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Byron Donalds (R)

District 20

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D)

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Brian Mast (R)

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Lois Frankel (D)

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Jared Moskowitz (D)

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Frederica Wilson (D)

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)

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Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

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Maria Elvira Salazar (R)

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Carlos Gimenez (R)

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