Daniel Anthony
Daniel Anthony (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 9th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 23, 2022.
Anthony completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Daniel Anthony was born in El Paso, Texas. He served in the U.S. Navy from 2014 to 2018. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014 and a law degree from the University of Florida in 2022.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Florida's 9th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 9
Incumbent Darren Soto defeated Scotty Moore in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Darren Soto (D) | 53.6 | 108,541 |
 | Scotty Moore (R)  | 46.4 | 93,827 | |
| Total votes: 202,368 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr. (Independent Party)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Darren Soto advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 9.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 9
Scotty Moore defeated Jose Castillo, Adianis Morales, and Sergio Ortiz in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 9 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scotty Moore | 55.9 | 16,971 |
 | Jose Castillo | 24.8 | 7,537 | |
 | Adianis Morales | 13.1 | 3,969 | |
 | Sergio Ortiz | 6.3 | 1,900 | |
| Total votes: 30,377 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Becky E. Hites (R)
- Sam Farber (R)
- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr. (R)
- Bill Olson (R)
- Alycia Barnard (R)
- Daniel Anthony (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Daniel Anthony completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Anthony's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Democracy - In order to preserve one of the oldest and greatest democracies that has ever existed, we must impose new constraints on those in power to ensure autocratic rule by a powerful elite never takes hold. These constraints include term limits for all members of Congress, prohibiting Congressmen and women from engaging in market speculation, and returning power to the states away from the Federal government.
- Economy - A strong democracy fuels a good economy, as the government works to solve the economic problems its citizens face. Today these problems are legion. Among these problems are inflation and supply chain congestion, which are driving costs and scarcity for basic goods up and putting greater strain on the Ninth District’s already overburdened middle class. The answers to problems like these are complex, but they start with a value I cherish: teamwork. A shrinking middle class is not a partisan issue and should not be treated as one. By working together we can make life in America affordable for everyone – not just the elite.
- Security - Of course, without security, no democracy or economy will flourish. As a veteran, I understand the importance of maintaining American military might. However, I also subscribe to President Theodore Roosevelt’s philosophy to “speak softly and carry a big stick.” I will not endorse the wasting of precious American lives and dollars on foreign entanglements that do not directly further the interests of the United States. Closer to home, our borders are a top priority for me. I am the husband of an immigrant and believe we are a nation of immigrants. However, that fact does not mean people should be able to enter our wonderful country illegally, especially when their intentions are less than upstanding.
The absorbent cost of healthcare is another issue I am deeply passionate about and one where I believe room for compromise is available. We all want people to be able to get the medical care they need. Curbing the extraordinary cost of pharmaceutical goods is a smart first step in solving this problem.
While there are many attributes about our first President I think many politicians should envy, the one I most respect was his self-restraint. Following the Revolutionary War he was undoubtedly a universally loved figure among all Americans. His popularity meant it would have been easy for him to hold on to the power of the presidency for the rest of his life, effectively establishing a new American monarchy. However, he had the self-restraint to withdraw himself from public office after only two terms.
You may laugh, thinking it odd for a candidate to identify so strongly with a series revolving around monarchy, but it is the message more than the details that I find so appealing in those books.
In "The Lord of the Rings" we are shown a nation of people who were once proud, united, and strong, on the brink of collapse and ruin. On its face it seems like this ruin is coming at the hands of evil's armies. However, as the story progresses we see that the strength of the nation has failed because its people were divided and weakened.
I liken this situation to the one we face as a nation today. President Lincoln once stated, "At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher." In other words, America can only be defeated by itself; not China or Russia.
At the founding of our country, the average American’s life expectancy was around 38 years old. When you learn that, it suddenly makes a lot more sense why the Founding Fathers didn’t bother placing term limits for Congress in the Constitution at its inception. A Representative cannot be elected until they turn 25, meaning at the Constitution’s ratification a House member was statistically unlikely to get much more than a decade of time in elected office before the next generation took over.
Today, however, the average age of the House is over 57 years old – almost 20 years older than the average American life expectancy at the time of the Founding Fathers!
There is certainly nothing wrong with our citizens living longer, healthier lives than their ancestors. However there is a problem with Congressmen and women spending decades on Capitol Hill.
I believe no one should be a “lifetime politician.” Politicians are meant to come from the people and be supported by the people. In order to come from the people, a politician has to be able to identify with the challenges and struggles faced by average Americans – something that is impossible for anyone who has spent over 20 years in Washington, D.C.
When he asked which party I was running with, I could tell he was not very happy to hear I was a Republican. Like so many Americans (myself included), he had learned to think of someone from outside his party as an "enemy" to his own views and values. He saw me as someone with whom middle ground could not be found.
I asked him what issues were important to him. He explained that seeing government work for the people was his biggest concern. I then told him about my platform of "Raising the Standard" for Congress; how I want to be elected to set an example of compromise and bipartisanship so Congress can do the very thing he was most concerned about. After half-an-hour of conversation, I managed to gain his support despite not being his party's candidate!
The entire reason I decided to run for Congress is because I - like so many other Americans - am tired of watching logjams and petty squabbling debilitate Congress to the point where our government regularly struggles to pass budgets or raise the spending limit. Meanwhile, the power of the Executive and Judiciary branches has grown exponentially because the legislature has ignored its responsibility as a check on the other branches. This has led to broad Federal overreach into powers normally reserved to the States.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 15, 2022.
