Jake Hoffman (Florida)
Jake Hoffman (Republican Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 65. He lost in the Republican primary on August 23, 2022.
Hoffman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jake Hoffman was born in Delray Beach, Florida. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida in 2013 and a graduate degree from the University of South Florida in 2016. His career experience includes working as the CEO of Invasion Digital Media.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 65
Karen Gonzalez Pittman defeated Jen McDonald in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 65 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Karen Gonzalez Pittman (R) | 53.6 | 39,045 |
 | Jen McDonald (D) | 46.4 | 33,766 | |
| Total votes: 72,811 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Jen McDonald advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 65.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kelly Johnson (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 65
Karen Gonzalez Pittman defeated Jake Hoffman and Michael Minardi in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 65 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Gonzalez Pittman | 44.1 | 5,933 |
 | Jake Hoffman | 42.3 | 5,693 | |
 | Michael Minardi | 13.6 | 1,835 | |
| Total votes: 13,461 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jake Hoffman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hoffman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Jake Hoffman, has established himself as a homegrown, self-made businessman, community organizer, political show host, and conservative leader. Holding three degrees from The University of South Florida including a Master’s in Entrepreneurship, he founded Invasion Digital Media, an award-winning innovation company that partners with professional athletes in the NFL and UFC to sell digital fitness programs.
At 31 years old, Jake has spent three years as the President of The Tampa Bay Young Republicans, credited with influencing meaningful legislation in FL; most notably the 2021 Election Integrity bill, as well as the passage of Amendment 4, Restoration of Felon’s Voting Rights in 2018. Hoffman has grown the organization to over 350 active members today, earning Tampa Bay national recognition as the ‘Best Young Republicans Club In The Nation’ in 2020. He has made the most waves this past year by organizing a “Save Gasparilla” boat parade after cancellation. Additionally, he has used his platforms to fight government overreach at the local levels on numerous issues from vaccine and mask mandates to opposing new tax referendums.
His political writings regularly make their way into the Tampa Bay Times, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, and BizpacReview. He hosts a political show with his fiancé called Moderately Outraged. Jake is a South Florida native, son of a single mother, and raised with strong ties to his Jewish faith. Jake lives on Davis Island with his fiance, Michelle.
- Anti-Mandates, Anti-locadowns & Anti-Government Overreach.
- Improving Florida's Education Opportunites and Fighting Woke School Boards
- Election Integrity and Improving Election Confidence.
1) Election integrity improvements
2) Decreasing property and flood insurance
3) Increasing School Choice and preventing woke curriculum
3) Improving access to home loans and pursuit of buying homes.
4) Protecting The 2nd Amendment and introducing Constitutional Carry
5) Ensuring small business autonomy and private citizens freedom of choice
6) Protecting Tampa Bay's ecosystem and environment
At 14 years old I began working at Carvel Ice Cream, it lasted roughly one year before moving to working in restaurants.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Florida House of Representatives District 65 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 23, 2022
