Seven Democratic candidates agree that there is an affordability crisis in Florida’s 24th Congressional District, which covers communities in northern Miami-Dade and southern Broward.The candidates running to succeed U.S. Frederica Wilson, who has represented the 24th Congressional District for about 13 years, include two Haitian Americans and a member of a local political dynasty. As of Wednesday, campaign finance records showed retired U.S.
Rudolph “Rudy” Moise, who was born in Port-au-Prince, leads the crowded field with over $631,000 in total receipts.The physician, who has a practice in North Miami and also earned a juris doctor and a master of business administration from the University of Miami, said he wants to change the Medicare eligibility age to 55. “The difficulty that they are experiencing right now, rising, also, costs, groceries, gasoline, medicine, health care,” said Moise, 71, a Haitian American. Gilbert II, a former Miami Gardens mayor, followed with over $524,000 in receipts, according to campaign finance records.
Wilson formally endorsed him on June 22. “Whether you are in District 24 in Florida or District 24 in Texas, you need healthcare, you need food security, you need affordable housing, you need to be able to go to the store if your check didn’t get bigger, but prices got bigger. That’s a problem for real Americans, and I want to help with that,” said Gilbert, 53, who also earned a J.D.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniela Levine Cava also endorsed Gilbert. Pete Polls survey commissioned by Florida Politics showed Gilbert had the support of 27% of Democrats. At 29 years old, Kendrick Meek Jr., who also earned a J.D.
from UM, follows Gilbert with more than $486,500, according to campaign finance records. “I’m the only candidate in this race that has experience working on Capitol Hill and at the White House. I’m very proud of that,” Meek said about his internships at the House Administration Committee in 2015 and the House Judiciary Committee in 2021, and his work as an aide on healthcare policy initiatives under the Biden administration.
Meek said he wants to follow in the footsteps of his father, former U.S. Meek, who served Florida’s 17th Congressional District from 2003 to 2011, and his grandmother, the late former U.S.
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