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Incumbent congressmen win reelection in Northeast Florida

By Dan Scanlan
Published on November 5, 2024 at 8:53 pm
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Three Republican incumbents from Northeast Florida will return to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Rep. Aaron Bean beat Democrat LaShonda Holloway with about 57% of the vote in District 4. Bean, a Fernandina Beach resident, served 10 years as a state senator and eight as a state representative before his 2022 election to Congress in 2022.

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In the District 5 race, former Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford defeated Democrat Jay McGovern with about 63% of the vote. Rutherford has served four terms in the House and was sheriff for 12 years. McGovern is a retired Navy helicopter pilot and commanding officer

In District 6, Michael Waltz, a colonel in the National Guard and a combat-decorated Green Beret, defeated Democrat James Stockton with 66% of the vote.

author image Reporter email Dan Scanlan is a veteran journalist with 40 years as a radio, television and print reporter in the Jacksonville area, as well as years of broadcast work in the Northeast. After a stint managing a hotel comedy club, Dan began a 34-year career as police and current events reporter at The Florida Times-Union before joining the staff of WJCT News 89.9.

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