Ted Edwards
Ted Edwards (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 7th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on August 23, 2022.
Edwards completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ted Edwards earned a bachelor's degree from Stetson University in 1978 and a J.D. from Duke Law School in 1981.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Florida's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 7
Cory Mills defeated Karen Green and Cardon Pompey in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cory Mills (R) | 58.5 | 177,966 |
 | Karen Green (D) | 41.5 | 126,079 | |
| Cardon Pompey (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 304,055 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 7
Karen Green defeated Al Krulick, Tatiana Fernandez, and Allek Pastrana in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 7 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Green | 44.9 | 23,051 |
 | Al Krulick | 21.0 | 10,787 | |
 | Tatiana Fernandez | 20.0 | 10,261 | |
 | Allek Pastrana | 14.2 | 7,289 | |
| Total votes: 51,388 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Stephanie Murphy (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 7
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 7 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cory Mills | 37.9 | 27,757 |
 | Anthony Sabatini | 23.7 | 17,332 | |
 | Brady Duke | 15.3 | 11,221 | |
 | Ted Edwards | 5.8 | 4,259 | |
 | Russell Roberts | 5.5 | 4,031 | |
 | Erika Benfield | 5.4 | 3,964 | |
 | Scott Sturgill | 4.2 | 3,094 | |
 | Al Santos | 2.1 | 1,504 | |
| Total votes: 73,162 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeremy Liggett (R)
- Joe Cavagna (R)
- Lee Ogilvie (R)
- Kristopher Stark (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ted Edwards completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Edwards' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Upon returning to Central Florida, I began a successful law practice helping businesses grow. Having a desire to make a difference, I served on the Orange County Board of County Commissioners where I built a reputation as a budget hawk and a strong supporter of law enforcement. For the past 25 years, I have also gone back to my roots and own and operate more than 500 acres of citrus. I am the proud father of five children and two grandchildren. I spend time at my residences in New Smyrna Beach and Winter Park. I am an avid tennis player, runner, and marathoner, including the Boston Marathon, and was a long-time Harley-Davidson rider. I am a pro-business, common-sense conservative Republican committed to the community and will make you proud in Washington.
- My first priority will be to cut inflation by reducing the cost of groceries and gas, expanding domestic oil production, fixing the supply chain breakdown, reducing federal spending and entitlements, and fighting fraud and theft from government programs which is rampant.
- My second priority is to secure the Southern Border and stop the more than 2 million illegal immigrants entering our country a year (which is more than the population of Wyoming, Vermont, and Alaska combined). I will fight to end taxpayer funded benefits for illegals and secure our borders to keep illegal immigrants from entering our country and strengthening our laws to expel such individuals immediately upon entry. Taxpayers spend billions of dollars a year on illegal immigrants that takes money from other important programs or reducing the federal debt. With this influx comes more crime, such as the illegal immigrant from Guatemala recently arrested for the rape of a 10-year-old girl in Ohio and the smuggling of drugs such as fentanyl
- We should not live in fear of dropping our kids off at school or going to a July 4th Parade. I’m a conservative, gun-owning Republican; I support the Second Amendment, but it’s time to do something to stop the mass shootings such as Parkland, Topps Grocery Store, Uvalde, and the Highland Park July 4th Shooting. After Parkland, Republicans in Tallahassee led and pushed through commonsense gun safety laws such as Universal background checks, risk protection orders (used over 8,000 times in Florida), and banning teenagers from purchasing AR 15s. I look at my grandchildren and know that we can do something – that we must do something. We can protect our Second Amendment rights and our children. We can do both!
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Campaign website
Edwards' campaign website stated the following:
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CUT Inflation
STOP Funding Illegals
FIGHT Radical Progressives
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| —Ted Edwards' campaign website (2022)[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 17, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ted Edwards for Congress, “Home,” accessed August 17, 2022
