State House 115 candidate, firefighter Omar Blanco drops first video ad – Political Cortadito

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A Miami-Dade firefighter running for state representative in District 115 released his first commercial Wednesday, titled “Ready to Protect.” Capt. Omar BlancoThe 30-second spot focuses on the candidate’s service as a firefighter and his conservative views on the Republican Party.

“As a firefighter, I’ve always been ready to protect our community. Now I’m ready to fight for you and your family and stand up to the radical left,” Blanco says in the video, which shows him in uniform, wearing a crucifix on his head, in a photo with Donald Trump, and then grabbing a firefighter’s helmet with a photo of his family.

“I am a proud Republican, I stand with President Trump, I fight for family values and I protect our freedoms. Just as I have kept you safe, I will fight to protect you as your state representative.

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“I’m a firefighter, a conservative, and a family man,” he says at the end — walking down the middle of the street. Safety first, Cap!

“This video reflects who I am as a firefighter and someone who has proudly protected and kept Floridians safe for over 23 years,” Blanco said in a statement. “Now, I am ready to take that same commitment and public service to Tallahassee and fight for our families and values.

“I am excited to share my vision with the voters of District 115.”

What is that vision? No details, other than that he is going to work against a radical leftist agenda. The issues he has identified on his website are standard GOP campaign items: property insurance rates, parental rights in education, keeping taxes low, public safety and protecting seniors. The usual stuff. But no details on how he intends to address the rising cost of property insurance or protect people from the third century.

The ad, now available on YouTube and soon to be seen on a local TV station near you, comes a week before absentee or mail-in ballots are mailed to local voters on July 11 (overseas voters will receive them on Friday).

Blanco is running for state representative. Alina Garciawho resigned to run for Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections. There is no primary, but Blanco does. There are two other Republicans vying for the 115th spot on the Aug. 20 ballot.

Both are unlikely.

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Moses Benhabib is a former U.S. State Department foreign affairs officer who borrowed $50,000 and raised nearly $7,000 for the race. He is a complete unknown and poses no greater threat to the 20-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department and former firefighters union president whose wife has been a public school teacher for 15 years.

_{Moises Benhabib, Alian Collazo and Omar Blanco like red ties.}

Aliana Collazowho once tried to get Joe Biden to speak at Florida International University, shouldn’t pose a threat because he’s not from here, he’s not a Republican, and he’s not interested. He was most likely persuaded to run by Senator Alexis Calatayud. Collazo, a transplant from Tampa, registered to vote in February, providing a Calatayuda home address.

Blanco is the obvious favorite. He’s been a first responder, not a politician, for more than two decades, and. But he has experience in Tallahassee. As a union leader, he helped pass a 2019 firefighters cancer insurance bill, fighting his party over it, which may be why they’re running an unknown transplant, Collazo.

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He also gained recognition during his 2020 congressional reelection campaign against Carlos Gimenez. He lost with just 41% of the vote. But 16,583 people elected him in a district that overlaps House District 115. That’s more votes than Benhabib and Collazo have ever won because, well, they’ve never run for office before.

If those same people stick with Blanco, he will have a good advantage to win the primary and sneak into the House, because the district is solidly red. Whoever wins the Republican primary will very likely win the general election in November.

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