Greyhound Friendly Candidates Need Your Support

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Dear Friends,

This fall, several greyhound friendly candidates will appear on the ballot in Florida. These candidates will be running for either the Florida State House or Florida State Senate, and need your help. Please note that these are candidates running for the state legislature in Tallahassee, not the US Congress in Washington D.C.
Florida dog in cage
Over the last two years, GREY2K USA has fought hard for a bill to decouple greyhound racing from other forms of gambling in the Sunshine State. Right now there are thousands of greyhounds living in small cages at racetracks across Florida, and these dogs urgently need our help.

I am confident that we can pass greyhound decoupling, along with other greyhound protection laws. First, however, we need to ensure that the candidates who support greyhound protection win election to the state legislature.

Greyhound breeders have already spent thousands of dollars trying to elect candidates who will prop up the cruel dog racing industry, and we need to work extra hard to counter them. Today, we are announcing our endorsement of twenty-six legislative candidates across the state. You will find a full list of these endorsements below.

Please support these candidates. If you live in one of the districts where one of these endorsed candidates is running, please vote for him or her. Also please consider volunteering for these campaigns, and making direct campaign contributions to the candidates. Finally, if you are able to support these candidates please let them know that you are helping their campaign because of their leadership on greyhound protection issues.

Thank you for caring about the greyhounds. Together, we can end the cruelty of dog racing in Florida forever.

Sincerely,


Christine A. Dorchak, Esq. President, GREY2K USA	Carey M. Theil Executive Director, GREY2K USA

GREY2K USA Endorsements for the Florida State Senate and State House

In Brevard County we are endorsing John Tobia for State House (District 53).
In Broward County we are endorsing Eleanor Sobel for State Senate (District 33), Jared Moskovitz for State House (District 97), and Louis Reinstein for State House (District 98).
In Duval County we are endorsing Audrey Gibson for State Senate (District 9).
In Hillsborough County we are endorsing Joe Wicker for State House (District 59) and Betty Reed for State House (District 61).
In Miami-Dade County we are endorsing Gwen Margolis for State Senate (District 35) and Kionne McGhee for State House (District 117).
In Orange County we are endorsing Tom Goodson for State House (District 50).
In Osceola County we are endorsing Mike Horner for State House (District 42).
In Palm Beach County we are endorsing Joseph Abruzzo for State Senate (District 25), Mark Pafford for State House (District 86), and Dave Kerner for State House (District 87).
In Polk County we are endorsing John Wood for State House (District 41).
In Sarasota County we are endorsing Ray Pilon for State House (District 72).
In Seminole County we are endorsing Scott Plakon for State House (District 30).
In Volusia County we are endorsing Frank Bruno Jr. for State Senate (District 8).

We are also endorsing candidates in several districts that span multiple counties:

In State Senate District 1 (Washington, Walton, Bay, Jackson, Holmes, and Okaloosa Counties) we are endorsing Don Gaetz.
In State Senate District 3 (Hamilton, Madison, Taylor, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla, Gadsen, Liberty, Franklin, Calhoun, and Gulf Counties) we are endorsing Bill Montford.
In State Senate District 14 (Orange and Osceola Counties) we are endorsing Darren Soto.
In State Senate District 34 (Palm Beach and Broward Counties) there are two greyhound friendly candidates running for the same seat. For now, we are supporting both Ellyn Bogdanoff and Maria Sachs in their respective primaries.
In State House District 20 (Alachua and Marion Counties) we are endorsing Marihelen Wheeler.
In State House District 55 (Highlands, Glades and Okeechobee Counties) we are endorsing Randy Johnson.
In State House District 100 (Broward and Miami-Dade Counties) we are endorsing Joseph Gibbons.

GREY2K USA is a non-profit 501(c)4 advocacy organization located at 240B Elm Street, Somerville, Massachusetts 02144. 100% of donations support our mission to end dog racing. We are grateful for personal and corporate contributions. Because GREY2K USA lobbies for greyhound protection, contributions are not tax deductible.

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For more information, please contact 617-666-3526 or visit www.GREY2KUSA.org.