A poll conducted in Florida’s 14th Congressional District shows the Republican nominee, James Judge, handily defeating incumbent Democrat Rep. Kathy Castor. Judge was recently endorsed by law enforcement statewide, while Castor has received zero endorsements from law enforcement this election.
TAMPA, Fla. – In a survey conducted by James Judge’s campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in Florida’s 14th Congressional District, the vast majority of respondents said they plan to vote for Judge in the upcoming Nov. 8 election.
Of those surveyed, 72 percent said they plan to vote for Judge on election day. Only 20 percent said they will vote for Castor, while eight percent said they will vote for someone else.
Further, 81 percent of respondents said they feel like America is headed in the wrong direction under Democrat leadership. Only 18 percent said they feel like the country is heading in the right direction, while less than one percent said they had no opinion.
“As election day draws closer, I am becoming more and more confident that we are going to defeat Kathy Castor,” said Judge. “Americans are clearly unhappy with the current leadership in Washington, including President Biden, Nancy Pelosi and my opponent. They are tired of runaway inflation, massive debt, unimpeded violent crime and wide-open borders.”
The internal polling mirrored external polls, showing that the economy is still the number one issue for Americans in the upcoming election cycle.
Additionally, 87 percent of those surveyed do not believe they get a good value for their tax dollars. In another question, 92 percent of respondents said the government should reign in spending. When asked if the federal government’s size should be reduced, 77 percent of respondents said the federal government should be smaller.
“Americans are worried about being able to pay their bills,” said Judge. “Food costs more, gas costs more – everything costs more than it did before the Democrats took over. The situation we find ourselves in is entirely unnecessary, and our leaders are putting band-aids on the problem. The only reason gas prices aren’t still at all-time highs is because Joe Biden has drained our Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The Democrats are recklessly playing politics with people’s lives.”
Judge squares off with Kathy Castor in the Nov. 8 general election.
In addition to dominating the internal poll, Judge recently won a straw poll conducted by the Riverview Chamber of Commerce by a margin of four points over his opponent.
The survey was conducted among 107 residents of the Tampa Bay area.
Judge has been endorsed by several prominent figures and organizations.
They include:
- Senator Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Congressman Brian Mast (R-FL)
- Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
- Congressman Ted Yoho (R-FL) retired
- Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard
- Florida Police Benevolent Association
- Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri
- The Tampa Police Benevolent Association
- Pinellas County Sheriff Jim Coats (retired)
- Associated Builders and Contractors Florida Gulf Coast
- The Community Patriots Tampa
- Republican strategist Roger Stone
- Chris Chambers, former Congressional candidate and community leader
- Matt Becker, small business owner, former SBA White House Deputy Chief, and former Congressional Candidate
About James Judge:
Judge, a Tampa Bay area native, is the Republican nominee for Florida’s 14th Congressional District. Judge graduated from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg and was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard. Additionally, he served in Kabul, Afghanistan as a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense from 2010 until 2011 under General David Petraeus. 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 National Rifle Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Tampa Propeller Club and the Coastal Conservation Association. The Judges are also long-time, active members of Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa.
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