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Margaret Schiller
Margaret Schiller (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 1st Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 23, 2022.
Schiller completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Margaret Schiller was born in New York, New York. She earned a bachelor's degree from Lafayette College in 1984. She earned a J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1987. She has been affiliated with the International Rescue Committee, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the New Americans Campaign, and the Dilly Project.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Florida's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 1
Incumbent Matt Gaetz defeated Rebekah Jones in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Matt Gaetz (R) | 67.9 | 197,349 |
 | Rebekah Jones (D)  | 32.1 | 93,467 | |
| Total votes: 290,816 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 1
Rebekah Jones defeated Margaret Schiller in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 1 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rebekah Jones | 62.6 | 21,875 |
 | Margaret Schiller | 37.4 | 13,091 | |
| Total votes: 34,966 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 1
Incumbent Matt Gaetz defeated Mark Lombardo and Greg Merk in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 1 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Gaetz | 69.7 | 73,374 |
 | Mark Lombardo | 24.4 | 25,720 | |
 | Greg Merk | 5.9 | 6,170 | |
| Total votes: 105,264 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeremy Kelly (R)
- Bryan Jones (R)
- William McPhillips (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Margaret Schiller completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Schiller's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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After spending my childhood on the Space Coast of Florida, I have been lucky enough to live in some of the greatest places in the world. However, as my mother always said, I had sand between my toes and always longed to get back to Florida. When in 2013 circumstances brought my family back to the south the first thing we did was buy a home on the Panhandle in Florida's First District. Finally, I convinced my family to move to that house fulltime in 2019. I was home. I am looking forward to serving the people of the Panhandle and putting Florida’s First Congressional District First!
- The life blood of our coastal communities are our beachs. We must wok to protect them from climate change and unregulated development. WE also need to ensure that they remain open to all not only the super wealthy who can afford beach front homes. Wto
- We must care for our Veterans and our seniors who have given so much to our country. We need to assure them adequate medical care, housing and opportunities.
- We must find a way to provide affordable housing in this district. We have to many people either suffering homelessness or being forced to move out of the district due to the growing lack of affordable housing here.
I strongly believe by enacting strong and equitable public policy we can achieve this notion of “justice for all” We can regulate development in ways that protect our coastline yet encourage business and economic growth. We can put in place ways to stem the tide of climate change. It is good public policy to protect our seniors and our veterans and make sure they have access to food, shelter, safety and healthcare, the most basic of things that their dedication to us as a nation has surely earned them the right to. Finally good public policy makes sure all our children have access to those needs, so they can become successful citizens in the future.
Dad passionately believed in the notion of duty to public service. The duty to give back,as such he ran for local office many times. Dad was a devoted Democrat, but as a small town politician he campaigned on and believed in the ideals of compromise, understanding that to get things done you had to compromise so all parties felt positive about the outcome. I'm proud to say that in the very Republican town we lived in, Dad garnered more votes than anyone on the ballot each time he ran. The people knew he cared more about the town than the party!
Near the end of his career, the Democrat that he was , my father was asked by the Reagan administration to be the Assistant Poster General for Technology a new position, tasked with developing the first technology department and advisory board needed to bring the Postal Service into the 21st century. Again my Dad showed his ability and belief in reaching across the aisle and putting country before Party.
If he were alive today my father would not recognize the politicians of today. He would have no respect for those who consistently put their party over their country, and seem to behave as if they are in show business rather than the business of acting for and on behalf of the American people!
Secondly elected officials must bring dignity to the business of legislating. They should not use the office as a stage for anything other than promoting the welfare of the people they represent
Third a good elected official, understanding the need for compromise will listen to all sides of an issue, and will take into account the needs and desires of all constituents before deciding on public policy.
However, there are many other things beyond previous political or governmental experience that go into making a good representative. Past experience in Infectious Disease for instance would certainly be beneficial to representatives making public policy decisions today! All of life's experiences can lead to benefits for life's future experiences, whether as a representative or not. What is most important as a person and a good representative is having a history of making good, well informed decisions in life as a whole and/ or learning from those that were not so good or well informed.
From a pure policy point of view the greatest challenge not only to the United States but to the world is preserving this precious planet we were given and developing ways to live on it prosperously without harming it and while preserving it for future generations.
Without compromise we end up accomplishing very little for our towns , our states or our nation. What we are experiencing now is a nation divided by politicians who are steeped in party first dogma and are unwilling to put town, state, and or country over party. The sooner we get back to an atmosphere of listening to the other side and compromising the sooner our public policy will move forward.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 14, 2022
