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John,
If you and I haven't met yet, my name is Josh Weil. I'm a single father,
public school teacher, and the Democratic Nominee in the Special Election
for Florida's 6th Congressional District - the bellwether first election
of 2025.
As we begin to hit our stride after a whirlwind first few weeks of this
campaign, I haven’t yet had the chance to sit down and write out the story
of who I am & why I’m running so let me tell you about why you should put
your belief into this scrappy campaign that stands to topple the GOPs
razor thin 1-vote majority.
My career has been defined by work with at-risk or post risk populations
in public schools.
I worked for three years in juvenile detention under the FL Department of
Juvenile Justice, then for two years at University Behavioral Center, a
residential mental health hospital for teens.
In these programs, kids were typically 5 years behind grade level and the
programs were extremely underfunded and under-resourced. As a result I had
to wear a bunch of different hats - teacher, therapist, parent, and more.
It’s a helluva job, and it’s not for everybody, but I am proud to have
made a tangible impact with these students and this experience was
foundational in making me the teacher that I am today.
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A project I put together at the Department of Juvenile Justice School where the
kids built a working wind turbine (Left). Me and my two incredible sons (Right).
I now work in Florida’s Osceola County public schools where I am on the
leadership team of Kissimmee Middle School - a title one school (schools
which have a high population of low income families and in turn receive
lots of extra supplemental funding, all students receive supplemental
funding).
In my first year where I oversaw Math, scores went down in every category
at my school except math which went up one point. In my 2nd year, I
oversaw all of STEM where we made major gains in both categories and
became the highest gaining school in the whole county/district for that
category.
I have devoted my life’s work to solving challenges that seem
insurmountable, and to uplifting students and classrooms that society and
our GOP state legislature have written off. So when I learned that a
special election would be held in my community for a vacant House seat
following a Trump cabinet appointment, I saw an opportunity to tackle a
challenge that I am uniquely qualified to take on and conquer.
Before our launch, we were warned by "Very Smart People" that the
Democratic base was burnt out, defeated, and apathetic in the aftermath of
Kamala Harris’s defeat. We were told that we would be hard-pressed to find
people who would donate and or volunteer on this race. They told us to
give up.
My belief then, and ever more so now, is that when the chips are down and
we’re backed into a corner is when we fight the hardest—and now I am
vindicated every day as Democrats from across the US pour in to fight with
us.
[ [link removed] ]Together, we can rob the GOP of their 1-vote majority and restore hope
to a movement reeling from our 2024 defeat — can you make a donation today
to help us rapidly scale this campaign in time for our April 1st election?
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Thank you for being a part of this movement to stop Project 2025 and send
a teacher—not a book banner—to Congress. This is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity, and we cannot afford to miss it.
Yours in the fight,
Josh Weil
Democrat for Florida's 6th
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Checks can be sent to:
Josh Weil for Congress
8381 Citrus Chase Dr
Orlando, FL 32836
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