{"id":224086,"date":"2026-04-08T23:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224086\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T23:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:19:10","slug":"why-im-taking-the-fight-to-floridas-28th-congressional-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224086\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I’m taking the fight to Florida’s 28th Congressional District"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When I launched my campaign for the United States Senate, I did so because I believed Florida deserved a fighter in Washington\u2014someone who understood the struggles of working families, the anxiety of a parent who can\u2019t afford their child\u2019s insulin, and the exhaustion of a small business owner drowning in a system rigged against them. That belief hasn\u2019t changed. Not one word of it.<\/p>\n

But real leadership means being honest with voters and ourselves.<\/p>\n

The path to the Senate in Florida is not without its challenges. I spent months listening, organizing, and building something real. And through that process, it became clear that our work to restore accountability, compassion, and integrity in our nation\u2019s capital requires boldness. I also came to believe that a long, contested Primary \u2014 dragging deep into the Summer \u2014 doesn\u2019t serve the bigger goal of winning and delivering for Florida. This moment calls for focus, unity, and a clear path forward. That\u2019s why I decided to run for Florida\u2019s 28th Congressional District.<\/p>\n

Florida\u2019s 28th is winnable. Let me be direct about that, because I think voters deserve directness above all else. Early data shows a highly competitive race, with the generic ballot already within the margin of error\u2014and a clear path to victory with the right coalition. This is not a retreat. This is a recalibration toward victory.<\/p>\n

The Republican incumbent in this District has coasted on a combination of voter complacency and Democratic underinvestment. That ends now. This District is home to veterans who feel abandoned by empty promises, to teachers stretched beyond their limits in classrooms that look nothing like the Florida in the tourism commercials, and to seniors watching their fixed incomes evaporate under the weight of skyrocketing costs. These are not abstract policy problems. These are lives.<\/p>\n

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And the incumbent? He\u2019s voted against affordable prescription drugs. He\u2019s stood against investments in local infrastructure. He\u2019s followed his party\u2019s leadership off a cliff on issue after issue\u2014while his constituents paid the price. The 28th deserves better, and I intend to give them better.<\/p>\n

What I\u2019m bringing from the Senate campaign is everything\u2014the grassroots infrastructure, the coalition of first-generation voters, the union halls that opened their doors, and the faith communities that trusted us with their deepest concerns. We are not starting from zero. We are redirecting momentum that is already in motion.<\/p>\n

I also want to say something about the Democratic Party\u2019s strategy, because I\u2019m not interested in sugarcoating it: we have ceded too much Florida ground for too long. We have looked at communities like those in the 28th and called them \u201creach\u201d seats and \u201caspirational,\u201d which really means we\u2019ve left real people without a real fight on their behalf. I refuse to accept that calculus.<\/p>\n

Flipping this seat isn\u2019t just about one District. It\u2019s about proving that Florida is not a foregone conclusion. Every door we knock, every conversation we have, and every vote we turn out sends a message that reaches well beyond this District\u2019s lines.<\/p>\n

I got into this race because I believe government can work for everyone\u2014not just those who the same D.C. insiders back. The power of America\u2019s middle class is what brought my family here from Venezuela, and it\u2019s why I\u2019m fighting to preserve that opportunity for my son\u2014and all of our children \u2026<\/p>\n

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El sue\u00f1o Americano no ha desaparecido. Pero juntos debemos luchar por \u00e9l.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get to work.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Hector Mujica is a fifth-generation Floridian running for Florida\u2019s CD 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When I launched my campaign for the United States Senate, I did so because I believed Florida deserved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[101345,8864,101346,28,101347,101348,30,29,4833,97800,71799,34990,101349,101350,101351],"class_list":{"0":"post-224086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-affordability-crisis-florida","9":"tag-carlos-gimenez","10":"tag-democratic-primary-florida","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-florida-28th-congressional-district","13":"tag-florida-congressional-race","14":"tag-florida-headlines","15":"tag-florida-news","16":"tag-florida-politics","17":"tag-hector-mujica","18":"tag-south-florida-voters","19":"tag-united-states-senate","20":"tag-venezuela-immigrants","21":"tag-washington-politics","22":"tag-working-families-florida"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224086","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=224086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}