Photo: James Judge with his wife Danielle Judge at Harpoon Harry’s Crab House for the Election Watch Party on Aug. 23, 2022. Photo handout by Judge For Congress.
TAMPA, Fla. – James Judge, a Tampa Bay area native, decorated war veteran and owner of a PR and marketing firm based in Tampa, won the Republican primary election on Tuesday in a landslide, becoming the Republican nominee for Florida’s 14th Congressional district.
“This is the absolute honor of a lifetime, to have a chance to represent my hometown in our nation’s capital. It’s truly amazing, and may the glory be to God,” Judge said.
Judge won the race Tuesday with more than 53 percent of the vote against two opponents and now faces Democrat incumbent Kathy Castor in the general election on Nov. 8.
“Make no mistake, the general election is not going to be easy for Kathy,” Judge said. “With a new poll showing this week that three out of four Americans think our country is headed in the wrong direction, inflation soaring, and the fact that Kathy co-sponsored legislation to defund our police, I think Tampa Bay area residents have had enough and believe it’s time to make the career politician walk the proverbial plank.”
As Judge heads into the general election, he currently has endorsements from the Tampa Police Benevolent Association, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard, Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Congressman Ted Yoho (R-FL retired 2021). If Judge wins in November, he will be the first Coast Guard veteran to serve in Congress in more than a decade.
More endorsements are expected in the coming weeks.
About James Judge:
Judge, who publicly announced his run for Congress earlier this year, is the only Tampa Bay area native running in the race, having been born in Clearwater, Florida. Judge graduated from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg and served in the U.S. Coast Guard in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Additionally, he served in Kabul, Afghanistan as a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense from 2010 until 2011. He now owns Judge Public Relations, a Tampa-based PR firm and marketing agency with clients worldwide.
Judge is married to his wife Danielle, who is also a small business owner in Hillsborough County. The Judges are avid animal lovers and together, they have four dogs, three cats, two horses and 10 chickens. Judge is a proud member of the NRA, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. The Judges are also active members at Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa.
Members of the media interested in speaking with James or someone from the campaign should contact the campaign’s PR firm at 813.279.8335 or by emailing news@judgepr.com.
