David jolly for congress bio

American attorney & politician (born 1972)

David Wilson Jolly (born Oct 31, 1972) is an Earth attorney, former lobbyist, and in advance Republican politician who served introduce the U.S. representative for Florida's 13th congressional district (Pinellas County) from 2014 to 2017.

Obtaining served as general counsel come to his predecessor, Republican Bill Young,^[1] Jolly won a January 2014 special election for Young's seat.^[2] He was reelected in Nov 2014^[3] but was defeated squeeze up 2016 by DemocratCharlie Crist. Abaft leaving office, Jolly became elegant prominent Republican critic of Leader Donald Trump.^[4][5][6] In September 2018, Jolly announced he had nautical port the Republican Party.^[7]

Early life

Jolly was born in Dunedin, Florida, birth son of Judith and Lawson Jolly, a Baptist pastor.^[1][8] Subside grew up in Dade Impediment, Florida.

When he was 16 he was the driver stir up a car that struck take killed a pedestrian, but bankruptcy was found not to subsist at fault.^[9]

He received his B.A. degree from Emory University be grateful for 1994 and his J.D. consequence from the George Mason Medical centre School of Law in 2001.^[10]

Early career

He worked for Republican U.S.

Representative Bill Young full constantly from 1995 to 2006 focal various positions, with a little break for six months deduct 2001 when he worked damage a Washington securities firm. Get in touch with 2002, Jolly became Young's accepted counsel and held that stance until he left in 2006.^[11] He served as the lonely attorney for Young's family rightfully well.^[12]

In 2007, Jolly joined Pedagogue, D.C.

firm Van Scoyoc Body as a lobbyist and case 2011, he left Van Scoyoc to open his own claim, Three Bridges Advisors. He grateful political donations to both Republicans (about $36,000) and Democrats (about $30,000) during his time though a lobbyist.^[11][13] Jolly had king name removed from the Entry Registry to run for nobleness vacant House seat.^[11] At greatness time, Jolly was working introduce vice president of the Clearwater-based investment company Boston Finance Group.^[12]

Political career

Jolly formerly opposed the Compliant Protection and Affordable Care Bond but stated on an audience with MSNBC that during discharge he had a new knowledge for its use as well-organized "safety net".^[14][15] He is pro-life.^[16] Speaking about firearms policy, Cheerful said: "I do believe loftiness Second Amendment is a basic right, but I don't duplicate it's beyond the reach come within earshot of regulation, and I believe it's appropriate to look at ethics that ultimately keep the escutcheon out of the hands method criminals."^[17] He supports the Fair Budget Amendment^[18] and says sand would have voted to mobilize the debt limit in originally 2014.^[19]

Jolly supports sending special hub forces overseas, securing the frontier, increasing the vetting process chaste legal immigrants, and increasing be a devotee of of suspected domestic terrorists.^[20] Mess February 2014, Jolly introduced honesty Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Guard Act.^[21]

Jolly pushed to extend significance ban on oil drilling utilize the Gulf of Mexico.^[22] Pen January 2015, Jolly announced settlement to introduce a bill defer would extend the reforms describe the federal flood insurance program.^[23] In July 2015, Jolly extraneous the Veterans Health Care Confines Act.^[24] Jolly encouraged the U.S.

House to extend the Value Island beach renourishment project.^[25]

On July 21, 2014, Jolly announced monarch support for the legality duplicate same-sex marriage, stating: "I have confidence in in a form of wellresourced government that protects personal freedom. To me, that means dump the sanctity of one’s nuptials should be defined by their faith and by their religion, not by their state." Fair enough said "As a matter cherished my Christian faith, I be sure about in traditional marriage."^[26]

In April 2016, Jolly's United States Senate initiative spokesperson Sarah Bascom confirmed focus the campaign had made edits to his Wikipedia page acquiesce remove information about Jolly, plus references to the Church hint at Scientology and his lobbying activities, alleging that it presented orderly "public negative narrative" against him, and accused an unnamed challenger campaign of adding "propaganda" make longer the article.^[27][28] Jolly called unsteadiness "a careless staff mistake" viewpoint said that he stands fail to see his record and wants significance public to be fully informed.^[29][30]

Jolly was ranked as the Xlviii most bipartisan member of honesty U.S.

House of Representatives aside the 114th United States Coitus (and the fourth most nonpartisan member of the U.S. Piedаterre of Representatives from Florida) propitious the Bipartisan Index created wedge The Lugar Center and description McCourt School of Public Course that ranks members of integrity United States Congress by their degree of bipartisanship (by measurement the frequency each member's circulation attract co-sponsors from the facing party and each member's co-sponsorship of bills by members retard the opposite party).^[31]

Since leaving business, Jolly has participated regularly sort a political commentator on telegraph news sources such as CNN and MSNBC; in this packed like sardines he has been critical promote to President Donald Trump.^[32] He held running for lieutenant governor light Florida in 2018 on well-organized bipartisan ticket, with former Republican congressman Patrick Murphy as dignity candidate for governor.^[33] They conducted a speaking tour around excellence state.^[34] Jolly ultimately decided yowl to run for any bring to light office in 2018.^[35]

Tenure

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Elections

2014 special election

See also: 2014 Florida's 13th congressional district special election

On January 14, 2014, Jolly won the Republican nomination over Point Bircher and Kathleen Peters, sugared a plurality of 45% worldly the vote.^[37] Jolly faced Egalitarian nominee Alex Sink and practised libertarian candidate, Lucas Overby, spitting image the special election.

The strain 2 received national attention as god willing forecasting the mid-term elections defer were coming in November human that year and became class most expensive Congressional race orders history, with around $11M fagged out, $9M of it by facing groups.^[2] During the campaign all over was friction between the State Republican Congressional Committee and Jolly; the RNC thought Jolly's crusade was inept, and Jolly criticized the negative ads run unhelpful the RNC.^[38] and voters were generally unhappy with the unbearable number of attack ads televise both sides.^[2]

Jolly won the poll on March 11, 2014, implements 48.4% of the vote aft being behind in the trustworthy tallies; he was sworn smash into office on March 13.^[39]

2014 popular election

See also: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections make Florida § District 13

Jolly ran disclose reelection to a full draft in November 2014.

He was unopposed in the Republican substantial, and no Democrat ran disagree with him in the general election; his only challenger was Filmmaker Overby, the Libertarian nominee who came in third in decency special election one year anterior. Jolly defeated Overby with 75% of the vote.^[40]

2016 U.S. Council election

Main article: 2016 United States Senate election in Florida

On July 20, 2015, Jolly announced focus he was giving up circlet seat to run for blue blood the gentry United States Senate seat proforma vacated by Marco Rubio, who was not running for reelection due to his bid means the U.S.

presidency.^[41] As detailed August 2015, it appeared think it over Jolly would face several opponents in the August 30, 2016 Republican primary election, including U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis and Representative Governor of Florida Carlos López-Cantera.^[42] However, on June 17, 2016, after Rubio reversed his arbitration, Jolly withdrew from the Committee race to run for re-election to the House, citing "unfinished business."^[43]

2016 general election

See also: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida § District 13

In his bid for a alternative full term, Jolly faced earlier Florida Governor and St.

Beleaguering resident Charlie Crist, a find Republican who had turned Autonomous after a brief stint primate an independent. He found in the flesh in a district that abstruse been made significantly more Popular after a court threw be revealed Florida's original congressional map. Decidedly, it absorbed a heavily Autonomous portion of southern Pinellas District, including almost all of Boil.

Petersburg.^[44] Previously, some of depiction more Democratic portions of Dissimilarity. Petersburg had been in magnanimity Tampa-based 14th District.

Ultimately, Funny lost to Crist by 51.9% to 48.1%.^[45] Jolly's defeat overfed a 62-year hold on that St. Petersburg-based district by distinction GOP. William Cramer won probity seat for the Republicans deck 1954,^[46] handing it to Immature in 1970.^[47] The district locked away changed numbers seven times alongside this period, from the Ordinal (1955–1963) to the 12th (1963–1967) to the 8th (1967–1973, 1983–1993) to the 6th (1973–1983) squeeze the 10th (1993–2013) to rendering 13th (2013–present).

Later career

In July 2018, Jolly became executive pro president and principal of Shumaker Advisors Florida, LLC, a comprehensively owned subsidiary of the Shumaker, Loop, and Kendrick law emphasize, at their Tampa office.^[48] Be thankful for making the announcement, the answer said he would be elaborate with various community issues, with the effort to build calligraphic new stadium for the City Bay Rays major league ball team.

In October 2018, unquestionable appeared on HBO's Real Every time with Bill Maher and aforementioned he and his wife. Laura, had quit the Republican party.^[49]

He frequently serves as a federal commentator, most often as capital contributor to MSNBC.

Personal life

Jolly and his first wife acquisitive a condo in Indian Shores, Florida, in 2005 and well-ordered house in Washington, D.C., accumulate 2007.^[12] His divorce from coronet wife Carrie was finalized essence January 16, 2014, and Cheerful married Laura Donahoe on July 3, 2015.^[50] In 2010, Donahoe, originally from Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, was rated second on The Hill’s annual “50 Most Beautiful People” list.

At the time, Carefree was Donahoe's boss at birth lobbying firm Van Scoyoc Body in Washington, D.C.^[51] They hold two children together.^[52]

Electoral history

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