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Meet David Jolly

David Jolly for Florida Published: 2025-05-26 Last updated: 2025-05-26
David Jolly campaign video

Key moments

0:14

We've been in Milton and Molino on the Alabama border, down to Key West at the corner of Monroe County and everywhere in between.

0:49

We need big solutions to big problems. Sometimes those solutions are on the left. Sometimes they're on the right. Sometimes they're in the middle. It doesn't matter to me.

2:16

Are we working to improve everyone's lives in the state of Florida? Everybody matters.

Context

This is David Jolly explaining why the campaign looks the way it does. Town halls in every community, red and blue and purple, because the state deserves a candidate who shows up.

What's said

Jolly describes a campaign shaped by listening more than talking. Government's job is improving lives, not ideological purity. The question is whether a solution works for people.

Transcript

Full transcript of the video above.

0:00 I say I'm doing what Lawton Childs did. I'm just driving, not walking. But we are going to every single corner of this state.
0:08 We've probably done now 160 town halls. That doesn't count all the one-off meetings we've done.
0:14 We've been in Milton and Molino on the Alabama border, down to Key West at the corner of Monroe County and everywhere in between.
0:22 We're going to blue communities. We're going to red communities. We're going to purple communities. We're going everywhere because our message is the same.
0:31 You see, I'm in a very post-ideological space in my life.
0:34 We need big solutions to big problems. And sometimes those solutions are on the left. Sometimes they're on the right. Sometimes they're in the middle. It doesn't matter to me.
0:42 And when you are focused and consistent on what you think the values are, right, the economy should work for everyone. Government can improve our lives. And there should be a place where everyone's right to protect it.
0:56 Well, then you can have the same message, regardless of whether you're talking Republican, an Independent, or a Democrat.
1:02 And so, yeah, there's a bit of a tired warrior ethos at the foundation of our campaign. And there should be, because we're asking for the opportunity to lead the nation's third largest state.
1:12 And if you're asking to be elected, you should be demonstrating that you're willing to leave it all on the field. One, because the hard work matters.
1:18 But two, you grow as a candidate when you spend time in communities, when you listen more than you talk.
1:24 Going around the state, having the town halls, being in every community, Republican, Democrat, Independent, you get exposed to how state policies impact people's lives and how new policies can improve people's lives.
1:38 Again, as a former Republican, I still think we should look to the private sector first. But where the private sector is incapable of providing solutions, we should embrace the fact that government can improve people's lives.
1:50 Investments in public education, investments in the delivery of health care, investments in upward mobility, affordable housing, home ownership.
1:58 I don't care what people's view of the role of government is anymore.
2:02 In fact, you know, these politicians who try to drag us into whether or not something's conservative, progressive, or moderate, or whether government's too big or too small, forget about that stuff for a minute.
2:12 Are we working to improve everyone's lives in the state of Florida? Everybody matters.
2:16 And to the extent we can responsibly and with accountability use government as a tool for good to improve people's lives, we should do that.

Related questions

What does David Jolly mean by post-ideological?

The focus is on whether a policy improves people's lives, not whether it fits a left or right label. The question is results, not ideology. See the video at 0:34 for his full explanation.

How many town halls has the campaign held?

More than 160 town halls across Florida, from the Alabama border to Key West. This count covers every community type, red and blue and purple. See the video at 0:08 for the campaign's description of its listening tour.

What does David Jolly believe government should do?

Where the private sector can't provide solutions, government should improve people's lives. Investments in education, health care, affordable housing, and upward mobility are the campaign's focus. See the video at 1:38 for his statement on this.

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