Jax Daily

Lake Ray, Republican candidate for Florida House of Representatives District 17, announced last week an impressive list of twenty current and former Jacksonville elected officials who have endorsed his candidacy.

“I am humbled that so many people from such varied backgrounds trust that I am the best choice to represent District 17,” said Ray. “When speaking with them, there was one thing that they all had in common, that was the belief that I have the right combination of experience, integrity and vision to represent our city and its citizens in Tallahassee. I will work hard to uphold their faith in me and for their kind words I am truly grateful.”

The list of endorsers includes both current and former members of the Jacksonville City Council, two former Jacksonville Mayors, and three current members of the Florida Legislature and is as follows: former Jacksonville Mayors, John Delaney and Jake Godbold; State Senator Steve Wise, State Representatives Jennifer Carroll and Charles McBurney; current members of the Jacksonville City Council, Bill Bishop, Michael Corrigan, Art Graham, Ray Holt, Kevin Hyde, Glorious Johnson, Steven Joost, Don Redman and Clay Yarborough; former Members of the Jacksonville City Council, Warren Alvarez, George Banks, Matt Carlucci, Lad Daniels, Sharon Copeland and Gwen Yates.

Ray is a former two term member of the Jacksonville City Council serving from 1999 until June of last year. He is currently a professional engineer with Halcrow and he and his wife Brenda have been married for twenty five years. They have three sons, one of whom is on active duty in the United States Army Special Forces and is scheduled to be deployed to Afghanistan in early 2009.

Ray will face fellow Republicans Mario Rubio and Gordon Morgan on the August 26th primary ballot. JaxDaily recently interviewed Rubio about his campaign and we are working towards doing Q&A’s with both Ray and Morgan before election day rolls around.