{"id":151754,"date":"2026-02-11T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/151754\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:20:11","slug":"alexander-vindman-backs-jennifer-jenkins-in-cd-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/151754\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Vindman backs Jennifer Jenkins in CD 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After getting out of the Senate race following Alexander Vindman\u2019s entry, newly minted congressional candidate Jennifer Jenkins is receiving his endorsement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFlorida needs courageous public servants like Jennifer Jenkins and I\u2019m proud to support her,\u201d Vindman said. \u201cJennifer has shown time and again that she\u2019s willing to stand up when it matters, even when it isn\u2019t easy. She\u2019s a fighter who does the right thing, not the easy thing. That kind of backbone is rare, and it\u2019s exactly what we need in Congress. She has my unequivocal support and strongest endorsement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jenkins, a Democrat, is promoting the endorsement as she seeks to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Randy Fine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFrom day one, this has been about putting Florida families first and building the strongest team possible to win,\u201d Jenkins\u00a0said. \u201cI was proud to endorse Alex when he entered the Senate race, and I\u2019m grateful to have his support as we take on one of the most important congressional races in the country. Together, we\u2019re focused on defeating extremism, lowering costs for families, and delivering real results for our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jenkins\u2019 campaign says Florida\u2019s 6th Congressional District, a sprawling district that runs from St. Johns County to Daytona Beach and the Orlando suburbs and the Ocala area out west, is viewed as a \u201ckey pickup opportunity in the fight to win back the House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rubinturnbull.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rt_webad_728x90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-335063\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It remains to be seen how viable she will be given that the current map has roughly 273,000 Republicans compared to 142,000 Democrats, and the district is considered to be Solid Republican by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/house\/race\/482541\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Cook Report<\/a>. It\u2019s also possible the map could change during an expected redistricting Special Session this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fine won last year\u2019s Special Election to replace\u00a0Mike Waltz by roughly 14 points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jenkins\u00a0raised a little more than $350,000\u00a0for her Senate campaign, retaining slightly more than $100,000 cash on hand. That number is far below the\u00a0nearly $1 million\u00a0Fine had to spend at the end of 2025, yet far above the totals amassed by other Democrats in the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After getting out of the Senate race following Alexander Vindman\u2019s entry, newly minted congressional candidate Jennifer Jenkins is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[67241,28,30,29,73225,12108,9217],"class_list":{"0":"post-151754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-alexander-vindman","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-floridas-6th-congressional-district-cd-6","13":"tag-jennifer-jenkins","14":"tag-randy-fine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}