{"id":279561,"date":"2026-05-21T15:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/279561\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:05:09","slug":"aif-endorses-anthony-bonna-for-florida-house-district-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/279561\/","title":{"rendered":"AIF Endorses Anthony Bonna for Florida House District 85"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Industries of Florida announced its endorsement of Republican Anthony Bonna for Florida House District 85 in the 2026 Election.<\/p>\n<p>AIF President and CEO Brewster Bevis said Bonna\u2019s record in Port St. Lucie and his support for business-friendly policies made him the organization\u2019s choice in the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom helping deliver tax relief and economic growth in Port St. Lucie to advocating for policies that support small businesses and job creators, Anthony understands what it takes to keep Florida competitive and prosperous,\u201d Bevis said.<\/p>\n<p>Bevis added that Bonna has shown \u201cresponsible leadership\u201d and a \u201cpro-business approach\u201d that AIF believes will help create opportunities for Florida families and employers.<\/p>\n<p>Bonna said he was honored to receive the endorsement from the statewide business organization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evergladesfoundation.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/restore-the-everglades-728x90-1.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60491\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida\u2019s business community is the driving force behind our state\u2019s economic success,\u201d Bonna said. \u201cI\u2019m committed to supporting policies that cut red tape, create jobs and foster innovation to ensure Florida remains a state where families and businesses can thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bonna said he looks forward to working with AIF to promote economic prosperity in Florida and protect what he called \u201ccommon-sense values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Associated Industries of Florida, known as \u201cThe Voice of Florida Business,\u201d has represented business interests before Florida\u2019s executive, legislative and judicial branches since 1920. The organization describes itself as a voluntary association of businesses working to promote economic growth, free enterprise and a business climate supportive of industry and job creation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservatives4energy.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/v2-728x90-solar-ads-April-2025.webp.webp\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Associated Industries of Florida announced its endorsement of Republican Anthony Bonna for Florida House District 85 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-279561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279561","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=279561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}