Aaron Bean kicks off congressional campaign

Fernandina Beach, Fla. — Aaron Bean announced his candidacy Friday for Florida’s 4th Congressional District.

Bean, a Republican, currently serves in the Florida Senate, representing Nassau County and part of Duval County.

He was elected to the Senate in 2012 and was the mayor of Fernandina Beach from 1996-1999.

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In a news release, he said, “Our nation is at a crossroads, being ripped apart at the seams by a liberal agenda that stifles economic growth and seeks to silence family values. We’re enduring rising inflation, gas prices that are crippling hardworking Americans, unprotected borders, a loss of respect for law and order, and constant federal overreach by a government attempting to tell us that they know what is best. I will not rest on the sidelines. I will stand up for the free state of Florida and carry the torch of conservative Northeast Florida and the Ron DeSantis Doctrine, a doctrine of freedom for all Americans, to Washington.”

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Click here for a list of the other candidates running for District 4.

The primary election is scheduled for Aug. 23.

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