Florida House Candidate Michael Calderin Receiving Early Attention
Posted by progressiveflorida on September 4, 2007
We’re still more than a year away from next year’s election, but Michael Calderin, the Democratic candidate against Republican Juan Zapata for Florida House District 119, is already receiving attention from the Miami Herald.
Michael commented on the recent article in Monday’s Business Section:
In this week’s Business Monday, I’m featured in an article about a future leaders networking event put on by Connect Florida, the youth-oriented arm of Leadership Florida.
Their goals and ours are very similar – we both want to develop Florida’s base of leaders, to build a better future.
It’s no wonder our opponent is already running scared. At Monday’s Labor Day picnic, I heard yet another report that he wants us out of the race.
We’re not going to let that happen. We’re building new networks of active Democrats and energizing people all over the state who are ready to see real change in the legislature.
Here you can read the article from Monday’s Business Section yourself:
Ana Maria Rodriguez, who was asked by members of Leadership Florida to get the Miami-Dade group started and is also the chapter’s first chairwoman, said Connect was designed to be an organization where people younger than 35 could network professionally, make new friends and find ways to pool their talents and resources for the greater good.
”I see Connect Florida as a precursor to Leadership Florida. It’s a way for young professionals to get involved,” said Rodriguez, 30, who works in the government and community affairs department for Baptist Health South Florida.
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One of them was Michael Calderin, a 27-year-old computer programmer at the University of Miami’s medical school, who is also running for the State House of Representatives.
”There are a lot of business networking groups out there, but very few that focus on people of this age group,” Calderin said, “We need a way to transition people from the time they leave school until the time they become the leadership of the community.”
I don’t know about you, but I think to actually have politicians out there making positive headlines, interacting with people and trying to help lead young people to success is a nice change in Florida.
Let’s help get Michael Calderin elected to the Florida House. This seat could be a huge pickup opportunity if we want to win the state House and we know how important that is going to be.
Contributions at this stage are very important. Michael is going to need funds if we want him to be able to compete and convince the FDP for more help later, so please contribute here. Whatever it is $5, $10, $25, every little bit is going to make a big difference as we show our grassroots power to Zapata and the Republican money machine.
