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Democratic candidate for 17th District seat dies unexpectedly
ABC7 News ^ | 9-24-2018 | ABC7 News

Posted on 09/24/2018 12:04:11 PM PDT by tcrlaf

The Democratic candidate for the 17th District Congressional seat, April Freeman, has died.

Her husband, David, posted about her passing on Facebook. Her cause of death was not released.

Freeman, a film and television producer who lives near Fort Myers, won the Democratic congressional primary and would have faced State Sen. Steube in November in the race for the 17th District Congressional seat being vacated by Tom Rooney.

According to her website, Freeman was a mother and grandmother with two children and two grandchildren who graduated from Yale's Women’s Campaign School through Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut in 2013.

She had nearly two decades of experiencing working on feature films, television series, and reality show projects. She authored a series of children's books and was working on a self-help book and a political guide for women.

She moved to Florida more than a decade ago and was running a platform of defending the community, seniors, children, veterans and the environment.

(Excerpt) Read more at mysuncoast.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2018midterms; aprilfreeman; candidate; dead; election2018; fl2018; florida; steube
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The article isn't clear about this being a State or Federal race.
1 posted on 09/24/2018 12:04:11 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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To: tcrlaf

Pretty sure it’s State of Florida race.


2 posted on 09/24/2018 12:05:17 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: tcrlaf

RIP.....

it’s federal......

The district’s current representative, Republican Thomas Rooney, is not seeking re-election. With the exception of Rooney, the district had been held by Democrats since it was created in 1983, although it was re-drawn after the 2010 census.

https://bnonews.com/site/index.php/2018/09/april-freeman-democratic-candidate-for-u-s-congress-dies/


3 posted on 09/24/2018 12:05:47 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: tcrlaf

17th District Congressional seat.....................


4 posted on 09/24/2018 12:06:47 PM PDT by Red Badger (Q..........................Future Proves Past..............WWG1WGA.....................)
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To: tcrlaf

Bye.


5 posted on 09/24/2018 12:06:51 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: tcrlaf

I don’t see it anywhere on the RCP’s list.

Must be an easy hold for us.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2018/house/2018_elections_house_map.html


6 posted on 09/24/2018 12:07:44 PM PDT by Conserv (rump)
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To: tcrlaf

Waiting to see if a CIA candidate is the replacement before jumping to conclusions.


7 posted on 09/24/2018 12:07:55 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
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To: tcrlaf
Freeman, a film and television producer who lives near Fort Myers, won the Democratic congressional primary and would have faced State Sen. Steube in November in the race for the 17th District Congressional seat being vacated by Tom Rooney.

One can infer from that statement that, it's about a federal seat and not a local or state seat. The seat was vacated, and it's doubtful that a state senator would be running for a state congressional seat.
8 posted on 09/24/2018 12:08:05 PM PDT by adorno
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To: janetjanet998

Clean-up isle 5!


9 posted on 09/24/2018 12:08:18 PM PDT by Beagle8U (A Muse once bit my Sister.)
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To: tcrlaf

Voted 62% for Trump in 2016. Republican congresscritter Rooney retired.


10 posted on 09/24/2018 12:09:41 PM PDT by DeFault User
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To: tcrlaf

Wow....I wonder is she crossed Hitlery somehow...maybe an Arkancide??


11 posted on 09/24/2018 12:10:18 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: tcrlaf

Whaddayaknow. Sad, I presume.


12 posted on 09/24/2018 12:10:23 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Liberals, piss off. That is all.)
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To: tcrlaf

The Democrats don’t need a live candidate. Democrat Mel Carnahan died in 2000 in the midst of his campaign for the U.S. Senate. He was elected. The Weekend at Bernie’s election.


13 posted on 09/24/2018 12:11:11 PM PDT by centurion316 (Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018.)
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To: Ann Archy
Her platform was a typical Dem laudry list, "equality", "equal pay", "no discrimination", "environment," yada, yadda, yadda. Griveance pandering.

Someone ought to tell them that those problems were solved years ago and that they are beating a dead horse.

Cause of death? Mama Cass syndrome?.


14 posted on 09/24/2018 12:13:08 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ("Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above.")
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She graduated from Yale Law School..great just great..Brett Kavanaugh will be blamed for this too/sarc Condolences to her family


15 posted on 09/24/2018 12:13:16 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: janetjanet998

Dying before the election kind of indicates a relative unfitness for office....

Probably too late to start a new campaign for anyone else.


16 posted on 09/24/2018 12:13:37 PM PDT by alloysteel (In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Trumps Fault!


17 posted on 09/24/2018 12:14:39 PM PDT by Texas resident (Democrats=Enemy of People of The United States of America)
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To: tcrlaf

What dirt did she have on the clintons?


18 posted on 09/24/2018 12:14:40 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: chris37

No comment.


19 posted on 09/24/2018 12:14:44 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: thoughtomator; maggief; hoosiermama

Waiting to see if a CIA candidate is the replacement before jumping to conclusions.


Great point.


20 posted on 09/24/2018 12:15:10 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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