Recent News

Golden signs Fight Washington Corruption pledge — [Aug. 30, 2010]

Project Vote Smart's 2010 Political Courage Test — [Aug. 11, 2010]

Golden endorsed by Bradenton Herald — [Aug. 8, 2010]

Golden endorsed by Herald-Tribune  — [Aug. 4, 2010]

METV Candidate Forum: Congressional D-13 Democrats  — [July 30, 2010]

Democratic D-13 hopefuls Eaton, Golden take stage — [July 30, 2010]

Golden wins majority whip endorsement — [July 27, 2010]

Golden endorsed by Teamsters — [July 22, 2010]

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Candidate Comments

Golden responds to July 7 Sarasota Herald-Tribune article
detailing Congressman Vern Buchanan's legal woes

A reading of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune article about Florida Congressman Vern Buchanan's legal woes, titled "Buchanan's Path Gets Smoother By The Day" (July 7, 2010), shows that a majority of the 13 lawsuits against him have not been dismissed permanently, settled or tried on the merits. I think it is much too soon to say that his path to a third term in Congress is getting "smoother." These cases are still active after two years and their merits have yet to be determined. However, in my opinion, the status of lawsuits against him should not be the primary factor voters consider in deciding whether he deserves a third term in Congress. (For a full text of the article, click here.) 

I also believe it does not matter to voters how much money he has raised to run for re-election. What matters to voters is how much has he done for them since being elected in 2006. In light of his claim of "focusing on constituent services," I intend to inform the voters across the district about the relatively small amount of money and projects he has brought back to the district. I will also seek to make publicly available the specific number of constituent inquiries his office has received and resolved from veterans and seniors since the district population in both of these areas ranks very high when compared nationwide...read more

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Welcome!

Thank you for visiting my congressional campaign Web site! I am running for Congress because the future of Florida’s middle class must be in creating new jobs in clean and secure energy, quality education, and caring for an aging population with compassion and respect.

The people of the 13th Congressional District want a representative who is dedicated to finding solutions to these needs for our common good. Instead, all they have gotten is politics as usual and partisan bickering.

I hope you’ll join me on this campaign to bring some Florida commonsense back to Washington, D.C.

Sincerely,
James T. Golden