Andrew Learned · [email protected]

April 18, 2022 at 5:53 PM

Tonight's crucial deadline

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Wanted to let you know that I'm heading back up to Tallahassee today. Why? Because Governor DeSantis called the legislature into a Special Session starting tomorrow to ram through a 20-8 partisan gerrymand…

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April 14, 2022 at 8:39 PM

Look what YOU did!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); YOU made this happen:   (full story here)   This campaign has always been about us, the little guys in Branon and not the big and powerful law firms, special interests and good-ol-boy networks that have …

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

April 13, 2022 at 3:01 PM

Question: what was the increase to your homeowners insurance?

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I asked for y'all to tell me what's happened to your homeowner insurance rates on Facebook and I was SHOCKED with the responses:     This is not sustainable! Prices are already too high for EVERYTHING, gas,…

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April 11, 2022 at 1:53 PM

BREAKING: We have a new January 6th opponent!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Well, that didn't take long, one of the Republicans trying to unseat me was rallying to overturn the election on January 6th at the Capitol!     This is no joke folks, this is a 911 fire on our democracy. W…

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April 8, 2022 at 2:50 PM

Did you get my text?

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); So, I spent the week personally texting with actual voters in this new district. Here's one of my favorite exchanges with a Republican voter here:     Real conversations with real voters... this is only pos…

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April 7, 2022 at 4:54 PM

Florida's investments in sanctioned companies...

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Yesterday, the Biden Administration along with our EU allies expanded sanctions against Putin, his family, and a number of Russian companies that are pumping dollars into fueling his war crimes. Florida's Re…

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April 5, 2022 at 4:44 PM

Out of Control Property Insurance Rates

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Despite no recent hurricanes, we are all getting hit with notices doubling and even tripling our property insurance rates. Many carriers are only renewing property insurance for homes with roofs less than 10…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

April 4, 2022 at 1:26 PM

Open this if you DON'T like me ;)

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); According to the Supervisor of Elections, 49% of you would prefer to have a different representative than me... here's your chance!!!   Help me raise $1,500 for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Tampa Bay and …

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April 1, 2022 at 12:18 PM

THANK YOU + a report

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); THANKS to YOU, we met our goal for the month while keeping this campaign about US, the little guy in Brandon, and not special interests who are trying to swoop in from out of town to corrupt yet another Repu…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

March 31, 2022 at 7:49 PM

Final Countdown ⌛

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap');   Do you want to see Andrew to keep fighting in the Florida House? ⬇️ Do you have $20 to spare for democracy? ⬇️ Chip in now before our End of Quarter deadline tonight at midnight!         …

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March 31, 2022 at 2:47 PM

We're the line... everything else is noise

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Tonight is the deadline for quarterly fundraising. Let me explain why that matters:   Ron DeSantis is using Florida to launch his campaign for President. The only thing standing in his way from having a su…

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March 30, 2022 at 10:26 PM

NOT one of us...

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Take a look at what our competition has been up to. One of our opponents has amassed over $50k in just days from a handful of rich folks and dark-money political committees who don't care about good repres…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

March 29, 2022 at 10:48 PM

STOP Florida's $300m from fueling Putin's war crimes!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); The Governor has just vetoed the congressional redistricting maps, now we've been summoned back to the Capitol for a Special Legislative Session.   Here's the thing, this is an opportunity to divest Florida'…

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March 28, 2022 at 8:50 PM

Raising taxes, eliminating Social Security, and backing Trump... the GOP plan for 2022

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Rick Scott was called out by Fox News this weekend for his plan to raise taxes on Floridians.     It doesn't end there, the Chairman of Republican reelection efforts also calls for sunsetting ALL government…

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March 22, 2022 at 8:28 PM

HAPPENING NOW: Kicking off in FishHawk!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); HAPPENING NOW: I'm kicking off the re-election in FishHawk!   While most of my old district is inside the new HD69, FishHawk is a new addition. It's funny though, the neighborhood I grew up in was always j…

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March 21, 2022 at 8:04 PM

REMINDER: Our FishHawk kickoff is Tomorrow

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Don’t forget, tomorrow night is our big kickoff in FishHawk! I hope you’ll join me as we start to get after the great challenge before us, winning in the only district in the state that voted for President T…

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March 18, 2022 at 6:42 PM

We're $2,838 behind....

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); While I was busy fighting for YOU in the Capitol, I was legally prevented from fundraising for my campaign. But that didn’t stop my three Republican opponents from taking advantage of the law to raise over $…

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March 18, 2022 at 11:42 AM

Session Recap Part 4: NEW MAPS!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Forget everything you know about Florida politics, because the district maps just fundamentally changed.   My new seat (HD-69) is now the only district in the state held by a Democrat that voted for former P…

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March 17, 2022 at 12:41 PM

Session Recap Part 3: The BIG Picture

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Now that Session is behind us, I do want to step back a bit to talk about what we did and did not accomplish for the people of Florida. Because the truth is, while we did some great work, the Republican Majo…

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March 16, 2022 at 7:35 PM

Session Recap Part 2: Partisan Fights

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); The 2022 Legislative Session is complete! We lost some tough votes, but even outnumbered 78-42, we remarkably had some big wins defeating bad legislation too.   We lost some high profile red meat partisan vo…

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March 16, 2022 at 1:13 PM

Save the Date: FishHawk Kickoff

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Session just ended, and while I was busy fighting for YOU, House Republicans were busy recruiting THREE Republicans to run against me and have already raised over $100k to try and do it. In this new distri…

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March 15, 2022 at 12:05 PM

Session Recap Part 1: My Priorities

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); That's a wrap! The 2022 Legislative Session is officially behind us. While many of our fights were hard this year, I’m proud of the work we accomplished for Florida’s Veterans, our local small businesses, an…

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March 13, 2022 at 11:37 PM

Session is ALMOST over: The week in review

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); With Session winding down, I wanted to give one last update on the week that was, before a more comprehensive recap on the Session overall in the days ahead.   First, on the budget, we passed a BALANCED $1…

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March 10, 2022 at 11:43 PM

BOOM: we did it!!!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); THANK YOU for everyone who wrote Senate President Simpson yesterday, we were successful in negotiating OUT the $200 million dollar punishment to our local schools!   That means, there IS the money to fund …

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

March 9, 2022 at 3:09 PM

PUNISHING Teachers... unthinkable

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Our local teachers are going to lose thousands of dollars each if the House Republican budget is adopted.   The $200 million dollar cut to Hillsborough's schools, and 11 other districts, was originally sup…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

March 6, 2022 at 11:58 PM

Capitol Update: One Week Left!!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); BIG updates on my fight to fix the roads, divest our retirement system from Russian assets, and MORE below from our second-to-last week in the Capitol this legislative session.   🚧 An update on my continui…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

March 3, 2022 at 9:40 PM

SHOCKING: my amendment to stand with the Ukraine was BLOCKED

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Today, I filed an amendment calling on the Florida Retirement System to divest our $300 million dollar investment in Russian state-owned assets in solidarity with the free-people of Ukraine. It was ruled o…

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March 1, 2022 at 10:29 PM

Data Privacy: it's complicated...

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I've been making some hay lately over what I consider to be the Republican's sham "data privacy" proposal. It's both awful for Florida's businesses, and doesn't do enough to actually protect you.   First, …

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February 28, 2022 at 12:07 AM

An Unbearable Week: Capitol Update

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I came home for weekend duty with the Navy Reserve. It's been a long few weeks, but especially given world events, it is always grounding to remember what got me into public service in the first place.    …

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February 25, 2022 at 4:40 PM

Prayers for Ukraine & how we're holding Russia Accountable

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Like all freedom-loving people, I am horrified by the scenes out of the Ukraine.    In 2012, I was one of the last Americans to enter the port of Sevastopol, then Ukrainian, before it was annexed by Russia…

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February 24, 2022 at 11:26 PM

Cutting taxes!!!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Today, we passed HJR-1 off the House Floor. As a PROUD co-sponsor, HJR-1 represents the largest tax cut in Florida's history to military families, first responders, and classroom teachers.      If passed …

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February 20, 2022 at 10:38 PM

Capitol Update: More Right-Wing Culture Wars...

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); The Republicans rammed through a Florida Abortion Ban in the middle of the night in addition to advancing the "Don't Say Gay" bill on a party-line vote. That, in addition to their budget that CUT $200 MILL…

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February 14, 2022 at 8:14 PM

LEADING: A Pro-Veteran Agenda

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); As Vice Chair of the Veterans Caucus, it is my honor to go to work everyday fighting for my brothers and sisters in arms, and all of Florida's Veterans. We are pushing dozens of Veteran-friendly bills that…

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February 13, 2022 at 10:13 PM

Sunday Update from the Capitol

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Since I no longer care about the Super Bowl, I figured now would be a good time to update you on another week in Tallahassee! Also, if any of you have a connection to beg Tom Brady to come back, please let…

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February 11, 2022 at 1:10 AM

FRIDAY NIGHT: Happy Hour at Leaven

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Before I hit the road from Tallahassee, I wanted to invite you to an impromptu happy hour at Leaven Brewing Tomorrow (Friday Night) at 6:00pm.   11238 Boyette Rd, Riverview, FL 33569   Part informal townh…

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February 10, 2022 at 4:51 PM

Protecting your Second Amendment Rights

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I'm proud to be the prime co-sponsor of HM1539 which urges our federal congressional delegation to fix the discrepancy between Floridian's constitutional right to medical cannabis and their 2nd Amendment R…

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  Rep. Andrew Learned · [email protected]

February 7, 2022 at 6:14 PM

Republicans are cutting $$$ to our schools... again

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); You want to see someone's priorities as a legislator, follow the money!   Friday's Republican proposed budgets CUT $200 million from our local schools, and 11 other districts, who prioritized student safet…

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February 4, 2022 at 9:08 PM

New Maps & Moving Bills: An Update from the Capitol

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Things are really picking up speed around here! The redistricting maps are done, my bills are moving, and draft budgets totaling $108 billion dollars have been released!   First, my bill to empower Home Ch…

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February 2, 2022 at 6:42 PM

UPDATE: Empowering Home Chefs

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); My bill to empower home chef's has been added to Thursday's agenda of the Regulatoy Reform Subcomittee! This is a great bill to help home chefs get off the ground, start small businesses, and thrive here in …

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January 31, 2022 at 5:49 PM

FILED: Affordable Education here at HCC Brandon

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Hillsborough Community College’s Brandon Campus is a gem in our community. It trains thousands locally to fill critically needed healthcare positions, mechanics and equipment operators, and first responder…

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January 31, 2022 at 2:17 AM

Week 3 Recap from the Capitol!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Ok, legislation aside, let me tell you about the highlight of the week: WE WON THE KING OF THE HILL SOFTBALL GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 20 YEARS! With a score of 14-2, the Democrats took home the W! I…

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January 28, 2022 at 12:45 PM

FILED: Supporting Veteran Owned Businesses

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); When I left active-duty military service in 2013 and moved back to Tampa, I had to max out seven credit cards to get the cash I needed to start my company, a small tutoring service named GradePower Learnin…

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January 26, 2022 at 4:36 PM

FILED: Promoting Diversity in our Buildings

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Architects are some of the highest paid positions in the construction industry, but the extra years of University required to earn the credential have left the profession behind in terms of diversity. I'm …

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January 24, 2022 at 12:45 PM

FILED: Making diapers more affordable

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); I really don’t know anybody who thinks new parents don’t need a break! Look, kids are expensive, the new parents are worn thin, and there are a LOT of diapers. HB85 simply makes diapers ineligible for sa…

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January 24, 2022 at 1:41 AM

Week 2 Recap from the Capitol!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); It was another busy week in Tallahassee, but the undisputed highlight was getting home for the weekend for pirates, football, and to break some ground fixing the damn roads!    First, closing 301 and Bloom…

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January 21, 2022 at 3:38 PM

FILED: Promoting Sustainable Agriculture

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Last year, I was recognized as one of two Democrats for the 2021 Champion of Agriculture award in part for helping passing a bill to help the local aquaculture industry survive climate change and ever more…

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January 19, 2022 at 7:52 PM

🚧 Carmageddon starting Friday on Bloomingdale and 301...

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Starting Friday, Bloomingdale Ave is going to be closed at 301 while we repave and get started on widening the onramp onto I-75 North. I told you we'd fix these damn roads, and we are getting to work!   As…

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January 18, 2022 at 12:43 PM

FILED: Fixing the damn roads!

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); The #1 issue I hear about in Brandon and Riverview is the traffic. The truth is, our own County Commissioner Stacy White single-handedly robbed us of billions of dollars towards our roads and bridges, while …

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January 16, 2022 at 11:39 PM

First 2022 Legislative Session Update

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap');   The first week of the 2022 Legislative Session is behind us! Here’s a quick update on a few of the bills I heard and what I’m working on while I'm up here.   I got one of my transportation projects th…

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January 14, 2022 at 7:39 PM

It's OUR Beach

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&display=swap'); Look, this should be simple. Florida's beaches are OUR beaches. Nobody, not a giant hotel company, or Mike Huckabee, should be able to fense you off from YOUR beach.     Look, I wasn't in the legislature …

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