(The Center Square) — Incumbent U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., won the Republican primary in the 3rd Congressional District this week and will be looking to keep her seat on Nov. 5.
Cammack will be serving a third term if she is successful, representing Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Levy, Suwannee and Union counties, along with large portions of Lafayette and Marion counties.
According to preliminary results from the Florida Secretary of State’s office, Cammack won her primary on Tuesday by 69,914 votes, beating out her Republican rival Alec Stevens, who received 10,329 votes.
The Federal Election Commission’s campaign data shows Cammack’s opponent, Democrat Tom Wells, is not even close in terms of fundraising. So far, Cammack has raised a total of $2.08 million in campaign funds. Her challenger has raised a total of $12,623.73.
Wells ran uncontested on the Democrat ticket and says on his official campaign website that he has a PhD in theoretical physics and supports abortion rights, civil rights, climate change and Medicare for all.
“In Congress I will represent you – not Corporations. More than that: I will represent the interests of our children and grandchildren – for their prospects are daily diminished by our failure to address the Climate Crisis. The words that MLK spoke are now writ large before us: ‘We will all learn to work together as brothers, or we will die together as fools,” Wells pledges on his website.
Wells also pledges not to knowingly take money from lobbyists working for corporations, their PACS, or their corporate officers.
“Why do I so pledge? Because this is how our country was built. Until the 70’s, that which I pledge was the law of the land. Those contributions that I reject were clearly recognized as bribes and illegal. The Supreme Court has legalized corruption by a series of specious decisions from ’76 Buckley vs. Valleo forward – the 2010 Citizens United decision being the most recent and grotesque of these,” Wells’ says on his website.
Cammack has served on the House Agriculture and Homeland Security Committees, as well as the Select Committee on the Economy. According to her official website, Cammack has drawn attention to various issues and challenges facing working-class families, Florida farmers and ranchers and says she prioritizes constituent advocacy and service.