{"id":59900,"date":"2025-11-25T07:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T07:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/59900\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T07:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T07:06:13","slug":"t-k-waters-endorses-terrance-freeman-in-hd-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/59900\/","title":{"rendered":"T.K. Waters endorses Terrance Freeman in HD 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;We can trust Terrance to stand with law enforcement, protect our families, and deliver real results in the Legislature.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jacksonville City Councilman <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/759106-i-know-whats-at-stake-terrance-freeman-launches-hd-12-campaign\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Terrance Freeman<\/a> can give thanks this year for one of the most significant political endorsements in Northeast Florida.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheriff\u00a0T.K. Waters is backing Freeman to succeed term-limited <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/679173-wyman-duggan-ben-sandlin-poised-for-november-clash-in-hd-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Wyman Duggan<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonville.gov\/city-council\/city-council-members\/al1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">House District 12<\/a>, a district that crosses the St. Johns River in southern Duval County.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhen it comes to protecting families and strengthening communities, Terrance Freeman has always backed the men and women in uniform. He\u2019s a man of faith, integrity, and results,\u201d Waters said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe can trust Terrance to stand with law enforcement, protect our families, and deliver real results in the Legislature. I\u2019m proud to give him my full support and endorsement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The endorsement from Waters, a career police officer who was first elected Sheriff in a 2022 Special Election, is the latest sign of momentum for Freeman, who has been on the Council since he was appointed to fill an unexpired term in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-740415 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FLPolitics-May-2025-728x90-1-scaled-e1748483753690.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019m deeply honored to have the endorsement of Sheriff T.K. Waters. His leadership, integrity, and commitment to keeping Jacksonville safe are second to none. Having the support of our Sheriff means a great deal, and I\u2019m grateful for his trust as we work to deliver strong, conservative leadership for District 12,\u201d Freeman said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Freeman\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dos.elections.myflorida.com\/committees\/ComDetail.asp?account=79502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">For the Future We Want<\/a>\u201d committee has more than $200,000 banked. He\u00a0is the only candidate in the field at this writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;We can trust Terrance to stand with law enforcement, protect our families, and deliver real results in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[36416,36417,116,118,117,5904,14231],"class_list":{"0":"post-59900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-hd-12","9":"tag-house-district-12","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","12":"tag-jacksonville-news","13":"tag-terrance-freeman","14":"tag-tk-waters"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59900","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=59900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}