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A Congressional rematch is in our Election Spotlight.
Two years ago, Deb Adeimy lost the Republican primary in District 22 to Dan Franzese by 130 votes. This time, they both face a third candidate in this race, Andrew Gutmann.
Adeimy is a financial advisor who has worked for Wall Street firms in Palm Beach County and describes herself as a fifth-generation native of the area and points out that the other two candidates are from the Northeast.
Adeimy talks about the 'America First' platform.
"I think we all believe that Americans should be given priority, especially above illegal immigrants. I mean, we have veterans and homeless people and a lot of people who came her legally working two, three jobs. I think we all believe that you take care of your own. Your own is given priority. As a matter of fact, most countries believe that."
She pledges to with District 21 Republican Congressman Brian Mast to find the best solutions to save our waterways.
Franzese is also in the financial services industry and says illegal immigration is one of the biggest crises we face.
"I feel very strongly we need to secure our borders and that's been a key part of my messaging. To secure our borders, but also we have to then cut off the incentives for people coming here because if we don't do that they'll keep coming. I mean there are some cities like New York City that spends $4 billion a year on illegal immigrants and that's just not sustainable."
Franzese is pushing for term limits in Congress.
The third candidate in this race is Andrew Gutmann, a former Wall Street investment banker who was more recently running his family's chemical business before he got involved in politics.
Both of his opponents contend that Gutmann has never voted in his life. Gutmann admits that he never voted while living in New York because his vote "never mattered in solidly blue, very progressive New York City and New York state." But he wants to set the record straight about one thing:
Gutmann contends "I've never been a Democrat" and says he has been "ideologically" conservative since high school. He considered himself a political independent in New York.
The impetus for his Congressional run was a major change he says happened at his daughter's prestigious all-girls private school in New York. Gutmann says Brearley school went "off the rails woke" after the George Floyd murder and he wrote a letter to the hundreds of other parents. He claims that the school abandoned academic excellence and free speech in the classroom and began to get national attention for that letter.
Gutmann's platform includes parental rights, fixing the nation's inflation crisis and he wrote a detailed overview of illegal immigration and how to secure the border.
The winner of this race will face Democrat Incumbent Congresswoman Lois Frankel in November. Franzese lost to her 2 years ago by just over 10 percentage points, but says the district has gotten more GOP-friendly since then.