{"id":353610,"date":"2026-07-27T12:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353610\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T12:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:59:09","slug":"for-our-children-florida-pac-backs-david-burck-with-new-ad-in-cd-22-republican-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353610\/","title":{"rendered":"For Our Children Florida PAC backs David Burck with new ad in CD 22 Republican Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Burck is getting air support in the crowded Republican Primary for Florida\u2019s 22nd Congressional District.<\/p>\n

For Our Children Florida PAC, a West Palm Beach-based super PAC, announced it is endorsing the Marine veteran and former West Palm Beach police officer. The endorsement comes with a new ad<\/a> titled \u201cSome People Still Think,\u201d which the committee said will run on television, digital, streaming and social media platforms.<\/p>\n

The spot builds its case on Burck\u2019s biography, tying it to the cost of living, crime and border security.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid Burck isn\u2019t someone who read about these problems in a briefing memo \u2014 he lived them,\u201d said Raymond Carapella, the PAC\u2019s Chair. \u201cHe wore the uniform of a United States Marine, he wore the badge of a West Palm Beach police officer, and he raised a family and built a business right here in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to his campaign<\/a>, Burck was born in Tampa and raised in South Florida. He served as a military police officer in the Marine Corps, then joined the West Palm Beach Police Department, where he worked as a detective in the gang crimes unit.<\/p>\n

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He now works in real estate. He and his wife, Ari, are raising their first child.<\/p>\n

Burck filed for the seat in January<\/a>, back when CD 22 was a compact Palm Beach County district held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel.<\/p>\n

The mid-decade redistricting plan Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in May redrew the district<\/a> to stretch across four counties \u2014 Palm Beach, Broward, Hendry and Collier \u2014 and turned it from Democratic-leaning to Republican-leaning turf.<\/p>\n

Frankel moved her candidacy<\/a> to the new Florida\u2019s 23rd Congressional District. Burck stayed put<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That left an open seat rated \u201cLean Republican<\/a>\u201c by Cook Political Report and Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball, and a 10-candidate Republican Primary.<\/p>\n

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The field includes Naples businessman Casey Askar, who ran for Florida\u2019s 19th Congressional District in 2020<\/a> and has the backing of former Senate President Kathleen Passidomo. Also running are fintech entrepreneur Michael Carbonara, former White House faith-based initiatives director Terri Hasdorff, Keiser University Vice Chancellor Belinda Keiser,\u00a0and former Lee County GOP Chair Michael Thompson.<\/p>\n

Askar has loaned his campaign $2.5 million and reported about $2.2 million cash on hand as of June 30, according to federal filings<\/a>. Burck has raised more than $205,000 without putting in his own money, and reported about $79,000 on hand.<\/p>\n

For Our Children Florida PAC registered with the Federal Election Commission in January<\/a>. It reported raising $75,000 through June 30, nearly all of it from two donors: $50,000 from Disaster Management Group CEO Nathan Albers and $25,000 from real estate investor Kenneth Slater.<\/p>\n

The committee had about $72,500 in the bank at the end of June and had not yet reported any independent expenditures.<\/p>\n

It describes itself as \u201cdedicated to supporting candidates who champion safe communities, a strong economy, and secure borders for the benefit of Florida families and future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Primary is Aug. 18. Democrats Pia Dandiya and Kaysia Earley are competing for their party\u2019s nomination ahead of the Nov. 3 General Election.<\/p>\n

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Ed. note: This story was drafted with assistance from AI. Editorial judgment, sourcing, and final review were performed by Peter Schorsch and the Florida Politics editorial team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Burck is getting air support in the crowded Republican Primary for Florida\u2019s 22nd Congressional District. For Our…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11591,24909,112140,144520,22486,28,30,29,111093,144521,144522],"class_list":["post-353610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-2026-election","tag-ad","tag-cd-22","tag-david-burck","tag-endorsement","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-floridas-22nd-congressional-district","tag-for-our-children-florida-pac","tag-raymond-carapella"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353610","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=353610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}