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Moneer Kheireddine
Moneer Kheireddine (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 13th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on August 23, 2022.
Kheireddine completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Moneer Kheireddine was born in Detroit, Michigan. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida in 2019.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 13
Anna Paulina Luna defeated Eric Lynn, Frank Craft, Dwight Young, and Jacob Curnow in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 13 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anna Paulina Luna (R)  | 53.1 | 181,487 |
 | Eric Lynn (D) | 45.1 | 153,876 | |
 | Frank Craft (L) | 1.8 | 6,163 | |
 | Dwight Young (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 17 | |
 | Jacob Curnow (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | |
| Total votes: 341,546 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Eric Lynn advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 13.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 13
Anna Paulina Luna defeated Kevin Hayslett, Amanda Makki, Christine Quinn, and Moneer Kheireddine in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 13 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anna Paulina Luna | 44.5 | 37,156 |
 | Kevin Hayslett | 33.6 | 28,108 | |
 | Amanda Makki | 17.0 | 14,159 | |
 | Christine Quinn | 3.0 | 2,510 | |
 | Moneer Kheireddine | 1.9 | 1,599 | |
| Total votes: 83,532 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Audrey Henson (R)
- Will Braddock (R)
- Christian Boston (R)
- Jim Davis (R)
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Frank Craft advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Florida District 13.
Campaign themes
2022
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Moneer Kheireddine completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kheireddine's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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At twenty-four years old, I was accepted to Stetson College of Law in Gulfport, where I’ve come to understand just how our founders structured our republic and how the law itself can be wielded as a tool for the people rather than the corporate elite.
Now, at twenty-five years old, I can no longer stand by as extremists push our republic to the edge. I’m ready to apply what I’ve learned, my experiences, my successes and my failures, to run for office and serve YOU, the everyday families of Pinellas County as your elected official in the U.S. House of Representatives. While some of my fellow Republicans believe they can win this primary through fear-mongering or pandering buzzwords, the only tool I plan to use is the one establishment players fear the most; CARE.
My name is Moneer Kheireddine, and I'm the only candidate that will build a Republican Party that K.A.R.E.S. again!- KNOCKING out corporate money from our electoral process, by replacing the current PAC/Fundraising system with democracy dollars. I believe fully that congress is unable to effectively govern due to the unchecked influence of corporate greed and dark money, and they have no incentive to listen to the common citizen due to the fact that most families are living paycheck to paycheck. Corporate influence is the source, the poison, of our democracy, and Democracy Dollars is our antidote. By giving $100 political donation stipends to every registered voter, and utilizing only individual contributions as the only source of fundraising for our elected officials, we fix the root poison infecting our democracy.
- ACCESS to an electric rail system & expanded biking infrastructure for the entirety of Pinellas county through federal funding. Far too many of our citizens spend hours upon hours stuck in traffic when attempting to go to work, visit their family, or even head to the beach on weekends here in Pinellas. For our families living paycheck to paycheck, dependence on a car, car payments and insurance reduce their ability to provide for their family. All this wasted time and money could be easily rectified by an electric rail system, which would not only expand access for every day families, but for our tourist economy that we depend on to boost our economy.
- My final priority is REDEEMING the Republican party in the eyes of the American people and lessening the burden on our law enforcement officers by pushing for a Republican platform that calls for the end of the failed War on Drugs. For far too long we've treated drugs as the source of the problem, as something to be feared and punished in our society. But the truth is, the war on drugs has caused inconceivable harm to public perception of law enforcement & many communities that have already dealt with enough suffering. Our party, starting with President Nixon, began the war on drugs and as such history requires that we become the party that finally ends it.
I'm also passionate about shifting the public policy dialogue away from hateful rhetoric & the blame game, instead placing a focus on innovation and scientific discovery. We have so much potential still left untapped for humanity, from exploring the stars to finding cures for so many prevalent diseases. I want to see us use ingenuity and our incredibly talented workforce to begin paying down our national debt with new technology and expansive research on a global scale.
And most importantly, I want to build a Republican Party that finds its roots in conservation. I want our public policy to be focused on healing the planet we call home, caring for it's life and inhabitants, and being a role-model for other nations around the world on the right way to begin lowering our carbon footprint and shifting our energy grid.
They both left lasting legacies that we still feel today in our nation, and I'd hope to be a similar republican to that of our very first in Lincoln; a kind listener, a decisive decision maker, and one who ensures that all voices have value in their party.
To be kind to those who disagree with us, and to listen even if we do not wish to hear what they have to say.
To be willing to risk everything, including re-election, to do what's right and in the best interest of others.
To be capable of compromise, of intentional outreach, and to be willing to make long-lasting connections with other representatives across the entirety of the political spectrum.
I also believe in my adaptable skillset; I've become an exceptional public speaker thanks to my time in public service, as well as a compassionate and intentional listener. When a constituent comes to me with an issue, I know I'll be able to truly listen to what they have to say and understand them fully as a human being rather than as just another person with a problem. I can rise to any occasion, and speak passionately when I observe injustice in any space. I recognize the importance of research and reading as an elected official, and have been reading thousands of pages worth of literature since middle school. My time in law school as only further improved this skill, and I've have become particularly skilled in reading the law as it has been written for the past few centuries. Not only that, I'm a creative writer who knows how to get my point across in speeches and public memos in a method that doesn't bore, but inspires others to action.
I want to know that I did my part to pave a path of sustainability, as a conservationist that took the steps needed to care for all life on our planet and protect it at all costs from misery and tragedy.
Let me be clear however; I do NOT want to be Ash Ketchum. I actually want to become the very best, unlike him.
Not complaining though!
Within our Republic, it appears that elected officials are simply performing acts in the vein of entertainment rather than sitting down to compromise & solve the most critical problems facing the average citizen of our country. Issues such as food insecurity, housing insecurity, corporate influence in politics, automation, climate change and a growing federal deficit nearing thirty trillion fall to the wayside in efforts to one-up the other side on the loudest platforms possible. Elected officials push to extremes, willing to tear one another down with any ammunition they can find to show their base that they are “owning and exposing the opposition” and keeping us divided upon ourselves instead of doing their actual jobs as legislators. But these are the greatest challenges our nation now faces; and I am prepared to tackle them on behalf of those I represent in Pinellas County and the country as a whole.
I am certain I won't be able to solve them all right away, but I cannot sit idly by knowing how many currently hold elected office and do nothing in the fear of change.
Retired homeowners who can no longer afford to simply stay at home and so have rejoined the workforce because of rising costs, veterans who have gone untreated for several medical conditions by the VA and young students who believe they will endlessly be trapped in the cycle of debt for trying to better themselves through education. Each story, each Pinellas County resident believes that care is not at the forefront of how our policy makers make decisions, and who recognize the impossible task ahead of even trying to fix this broken system of ours.
And while my heart breaks piece by piece with each one of these stories that I cement into my mind, they each grows my confidence in my decision to run for public office. It doesn't matter to me whether the story comes from a Republican, Democrat, or Independent, because I know I will care for each and every single one of them if I'm elected to serve. I know I will fight to make their day to day lives better, and to begin healing the divides that cause these stories to continue to grow in number all across the country.
(This was the best joke in my arsenal through my stand-up comedy days and even on the campaign trail as it inspires the most extreme reaction; laughter from the joy of simple puns or upset groans from the cliche, both of which mean you're doing comedy well!)
Elected representatives are role-models for the people, and often give others the motivation to live out either their best or worst values. By serving as a representative that wishes to utilize compromise through compassion, and through understanding that has been sorely
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 6, 2022
