Andrew Learned · [email protected]

October 27, 2021 at 1:23 PM

Turning Florida Around

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); We’re just over 12-months away from Election Day 2022. The midterms are right around the corner and it’s going to be tough, if we don’t turn things around right now.   The far-right is fired up, they are alr…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

October 25, 2021 at 12:02 AM

Committee Week #3: an update from Tallahassee

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Well, I'm not the State Champion for cycling, but more on that later... This last week was the third of six Committee Weeks ahead of the 2022 Legislative Session and the big news was, we may get a BONUS "Spe…

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October 22, 2021 at 4:33 PM

BREAKING: Special Legislative Session

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Governor DeSantis’ just called us into a Special Legislative Session to kickstart his 2024 Republican Presidential Primary.   Reminder, there was NO special session for:   - Unemployment - Small Business Rel…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

October 17, 2021 at 10:10 PM

What weekend???

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); This was a weekend of service with the Navy Reserve for me, sandwiched between two Committee Weeks in Tallahassee so if there's more typos in this e-mail than usual, you know why!   In this update, I have ne…

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October 15, 2021 at 1:43 PM

Leaning in on Transportation

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); This story defines the battle lines in our race:     Here's the thing, I've lived in Brandon my whole life and I don't know ANYONE who doesn't think our traffic gridlock is a problem. So why does our own Co…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

October 11, 2021 at 7:03 PM

🚗 to Tallahassee! Committee Week Preview

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I'm about to hop back in the car and head to Tallahassee for our second committee week preparing for the 2022 Legislative Session.   Here's a few legislative ideas I'm working on this week:   🐟 A clean water…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

October 10, 2021 at 8:58 PM

Putting in the work!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); From a Bay Area delegation meeting, to building affordable homes, and visiting Hillsborough's turn-around schools, I had another busy week!     Then, on Saturday, I joined Habitat for Humanity to put in som…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

October 8, 2021 at 7:34 PM

[email protected]

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap');     Hey John,   I know you’ve been following our campaign for some time now, and I’m hoping you can help me out. I noticed you haven’t supported our campaign financially before, and I want to tell you why I’m ask…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

October 8, 2021 at 1:02 PM

RECAP: Tampa Bay Delegation's Meeting

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Yesterday, I was proud to join my colleagues from across Tampa Bay for a delegation meeting to address regional challenges and opportunities.     I have to hand it to our Republican chair, the first present…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

October 5, 2021 at 2:28 PM

When September ends...

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Well, I’m waking up now that September has ended, and we have work to do!   We should be making healthcare more affordable with subsidies to middle-class Floridians.   We should promote common-sense public h…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

October 1, 2021 at 12:26 PM

Today, Florida is waking up to a raise!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Floridians are waking up to a pay raise, the minimum wage is increasing from $8.65 to $10 an hour.     Next year, it will be $11, then $12, until we get to $15 for all our workers.    This has been a hard-w…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

September 30, 2021 at 5:09 PM

SHOCKING 📉

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); We are getting beat 3:1 by Republicans in our fight to get Florida back on track.     Here is total state-wide fundraising for House Candidates as it stands today. Keep in mind, this doesn't include dark-mo…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

September 29, 2021 at 2:23 PM

We're being judged...

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); We won by the narrowest margin anywhere in Florida during the last election and they are coming for us again.     You know what being the #1 race in the last election means? ⬇️ We're the #1 target for the …

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

September 28, 2021 at 12:39 AM

First Committee Week Recap

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Our first Committee Week in Tallahassee has come and gone and there as A LOT to take in.   First, I swung by Cedar Key to see how my bill for Florida's clam and oyster farmers was working out. I got a little…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

September 19, 2021 at 11:40 PM

[email protected]

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I'm hitting send as I get in the car to head back to Tallahassee for the first of our 2022 Session's committee weeks!   Before I left, I had a GREAT time meeting the students at the International Institute o…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

September 17, 2021 at 2:31 PM

Heading Back to Tallahassee

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I'm packing up to head back to Tallahassee for the first of six committee weeks preparing for the 2022 Legislative Session.    Excited? You shouldn't be... We know the Republican Legislature will:   ❌Ban abo…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

September 15, 2021 at 12:12 AM

3...2...1... Counting Down with Space Florida

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); If you know me, you know I'm a nerd who loves cycling. Today, I got to fulfill a few childhood dreams with a visit to Florida's Spaceport!    The Dragon Capsule that will make history tomorrow sat atop it's …

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

September 11, 2021 at 4:06 PM

Remembering 9/11 with Tampa Fire Rescue

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap');   We've all been moved beyond words on this 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As a Veteran, it's especially symbolic to also know that this Patriot's Day is my first as a member of the milit…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

September 10, 2021 at 6:44 PM

This Morning's Tampa Bay Delegation's Meeting

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); This morning, I met with all the elected Senators and Representatives for Tampa Bay, along with County, City, and community leaders, CEOs and public heath officials to discuss the needs and capabilities of o…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

September 10, 2021 at 12:40 PM

A very special contribution...

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Believe it or not, I see every contribution that comes in. I get an e-mail most mornings detailing if and who donated to our campaign the day before. One recently really stood out:     As you know, Morgan s…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

September 9, 2021 at 12:29 AM

THANK YOU!!!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap');   THANK YOU!!! Because of you, we rallied back from a July slump to beat our August fundraising goals!    A special and HUGE thanks to all of our small-dollar sustaining donors who help us month after month…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

September 7, 2021 at 6:03 PM

The weekly recap from YOUR Florida House

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Happy Tuesday!    I hope you enjoyed the long weekend as much as I did! I hope you enjoyed the Labor Day weekend and L'Shanah Tovah to all celebrating Rosh Hashanah.    It's hard to believe that Labor Day is…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

September 2, 2021 at 6:06 PM

ALERT: Florida is following Texas's anti-choice legislation!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); It took only hours, Florida is following the lead of Texas and filing a bill to put the government between women and their right to choose.     This is one of those critical moments where it's all on the li…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

August 31, 2021 at 12:57 PM

What's between Ron DeSantis and a Republican Super-Majority --- US

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Last month, we missed our fundraising goal. This month, we need to get back on track before Republicans carve up our district, the only seat left between them and the unchecked power of a supermajority.   We…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

August 30, 2021 at 2:33 PM

The weekly recap from YOUR Florida House

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Happy Monday!  We've been hard at work this week mostly with constituent services. We have had 5x more people reach out this month with unemployment and DEO issues than our average over the last few months…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

August 27, 2021 at 5:05 PM

Tampa Bay Times names us as a "Prime Target"

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); With redistricting about to start, District 59 looks like a prime target for the Republican-led Legislature to try to change its boundaries and flip it red. The election is over a year away, but Republicans …

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

August 22, 2021 at 10:31 PM

Happy Onam!!!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); It was a beautiful ceremony and a timely reminder that despite all the divisiveness in our society today, we are all one. Happy Onam!     Onam is a festival that celebrates an Indian King Mahabali who was ba…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

August 16, 2021 at 9:46 PM

Weekly Review

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Well, Fred missed us, and that's the good news we're focusing on today!    Seriously, there were lots of bad news in the headlines this week, from record-setting COVID hospitalizations, the Governor sidelini…

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August 12, 2021 at 12:33 PM

Anti-mask mandates, a history of how we got here...

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Here's a brief history of how we got here:     I am a military planner, and when we send American's into harm's way we do so with a plan to overwhelm and defeat our enemy. Scaling our operations makes sense…

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August 11, 2021 at 8:25 PM

Fixing the damn roads!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); The #1 issue I hear about that folks want fixed is the traffic gridlock. Since taking office, I've been a leader in the House securing funding for new interchanges and improvements along I-75, electric vehic…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

August 11, 2021 at 7:14 PM

Join our August Town Hall (virtually)

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); This month's Town Hall will be virtual as we all make adaptations due to the spread of the Delta Variant. Please log on tomorrow at 7:00pm or post your questions in advance via this link.     I hope to se…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

August 10, 2021 at 3:00 PM

We missed... badly

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I'm not going to beat around the bush on this one, we missed our July fundraising requirement badly.   Today, we reported to the state the lowest fundraising total for a month in the last three years. As fir…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

August 6, 2021 at 8:32 PM

Getting serious about Delta

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); The COVID outbreak in Florida is worse than it's ever been. Deaths, hospitalizations, and infections are all way above their peaks (even with 50% of us being vaccinated and mostly protected). Just one of our…

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  Team Andrew · [email protected]

August 4, 2021 at 12:30 PM

An important message from Team Andrew

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); It's Andrew's birthday!   And today, like every day, he is working hard to deliver on the issues that matter. We're hoping you'll join us in celebrating what has been a VERY busy year for Andrew!   After a l…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

August 3, 2021 at 6:47 PM

$20m for Port Tampa Bay!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I'm proud to announce that thanks to the American Rescue Plan, Port Tampa Bay is getting an additional 20 million dollars to keep our cruise operations alive, expand cargo and tonnage capacity, and Build Bac…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

July 31, 2021 at 2:00 PM

Can you rush a $10 donation before our midnight deadline?

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); At midnight, my campaign is facing a crucial fundraising deadline, and we are just $1000 short of our goal!   I'll be direct -- can you rush a $10 contribution to help us meet our monthly goal?      Our fun…

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  Team Andrew · [email protected]

July 30, 2021 at 12:30 PM

A straightforward ask

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Our end-of-month fundraising deadline is tomorrow, and with your help, we can reach our monthly goal!   We expect Andrew's opponent to stop at nothing to try and unseat him. This means we must build our re…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

July 28, 2021 at 12:55 PM

I hate doing this

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I really do hate spamming your inbox with fundraising emails.    But the truth is, to reach our crucial end-of-month goal, I'd rather ask you for a few bucks than attend some fancy fundraising event.   Inste…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

July 26, 2021 at 1:00 PM

Three reasons

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I want to take a moment to explain why making a small donation to our campaign is so important.   1. The 2022 election will be here in no time, and Republicans are raising a significant amount of money for…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

July 25, 2021 at 12:14 AM

USA all the way!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); The Olympics are here, and let's be honest...no one should be bothered with mundane responsibilities when Team USA is busy collecting gold medals.    After all, It's our duty as patriotic Americans to dedic…

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  Team Andrew · [email protected]

July 23, 2021 at 12:50 PM

Can you chip in $10 for a frontline Democrat?

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); In 2020, Andrew won an extremely competitive House seat by the slimmest margin of any Democrat in Florida. His victory prevented a GOP supermajority, allowing Democrats to push back effectively against harmf…

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  Team Andrew · [email protected]

July 20, 2021 at 1:00 PM

Let's surprise Andrew!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Yesterday, Andrew checked in for his annual service with the US Navy Reserves. Throughout his 10 year military career, he's deployed three times and served in more than 50 countries!      With Andrew being g…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

July 18, 2021 at 9:00 PM

Rep. Learned's Week in Review

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Another busy week is complete! To keep you updated, I want to provide a brief overview of the important things taking place in District 59.     Out and About I began my week by connecting with the fine folk…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

July 16, 2021 at 1:00 PM

This is why elections matter

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Yesterday, thanks to President Biden and the Democrats, child tax credit payments began hitting families' bank accounts.   The monumental legislation is projected to cut childhood poverty in half, allowing p…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

July 15, 2021 at 5:06 PM

Review us on Google!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); My office is officially listed on Google!    One quick way you can help is by writing a brief Google review of how I'm doing as your voice in Tallahassee!     Your reviews will help us be seen more of our n…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

July 14, 2021 at 2:00 PM

Delivering results

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Being in the minority party is often frustrating -- but I managed to pass several important bills in my first year by finding ways to work together on crucial issues impacting everyday Floridians.      The …

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

July 12, 2021 at 1:30 PM

$26.42

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); When I log into ActBlue, one of the first things I see is our average contribution.  Of course, this number varies depending on the day and time of year, but it's almost always between $25 - $50. And that's…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

July 11, 2021 at 8:30 PM

Rep. Learned's Week in Review

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Another busy week is complete! To keep you updated, I want to provide a brief overview of the important things taking place in District 59.   But first, a reminder that COVID-19 vaccines are available to al…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

July 9, 2021 at 12:45 PM

We came so close!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Thanks to your help, we came REALLY close to achieving our June fundraising goal.    Summer is always a slow time for fundraising, but if you've been on Team Andrew for a while now, you know how critical our…

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  Andrew Learned · [email protected]

July 8, 2021 at 4:43 PM

Support our back-to-school supply drive!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); With our students returning to school soon, many children in Hillsborough County will need basic school supplies to have a successful year.    Today, through August 10, Team Andrew is organizing a Back-to-S…

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