{"id":119,"date":"2018-03-16T21:04:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T21:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2023-08-09T11:40:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:40:29","slug":"meet-david-jolly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/meet-david-jolly\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet David Jolly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lkipg84r-4e92abcb09b9093e4d9124025b3d8d23\">\n.avia-section.av-lkipg84r-4e92abcb09b9093e4d9124025b3d8d23{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.letsfixwashington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180328_murphy_jolly_075_preview.jpeg.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-lkipg84r-4e92abcb09b9093e4d9124025b3d8d23 main_color avia-section-huge avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  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data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-893b3-f39249c08f00bae19a87f4a19d7c57bb\">\n.avia_transform .flex_column.av-893b3-f39249c08f00bae19a87f4a19d7c57bb{\nanimation-duration:0.5s;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-893b3-f39249c08f00bae19a87f4a19d7c57bb av_two_third  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-animated-generic fade-in  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lkipk0zk-b7e85bb64b38dcee59f486e4e0758284\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lkipk0zk-b7e85bb64b38dcee59f486e4e0758284{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lkipk0zk-b7e85bb64b38dcee59f486e4e0758284 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lkipk0zk-b7e85bb64b38dcee59f486e4e0758284 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lkipk0zk-b7e85bb64b38dcee59f486e4e0758284 av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-7  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >About David Jolly <\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lkipk9k1-7bc35b90f1b92a1daebb319710af8d78 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"p1\">Congressman David Jolly served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2014 \u2013 2017, representing Florida\u2019s 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Congressional District, including the communities of St. Petersburg, Clearwater and the surrounding beaches.\u00a0 A student of the institution, Jolly has held virtually every position in the House of Representatives, from intern to Member of Congress, and has worked outside the Congress as an attorney and political consultant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jolly considers himself a modern-day Bull Moose Republican, faithful to conservative doctrine on matters of the federal budget, taxes, and regulation, but unafraid of fighting for sweeping solutions on equality, the environment, campaign finance reform, immigration, and federal firearm measures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jolly was first elected in a special election in 2014, a Republican winning a district President Obama had won twice.\u00a0 It was his first run for elected office and became one of the most expensive Congressional races in U.S. history at the time.\u00a0 As Jolly recalls, it made him a fierce campaign finance reform advocate and ultimately led to his introduction of The Stop Act, legislation to prohibit any Member of Congress from soliciting a campaign donation.\u00a0 Jolly\u2019s crusade, and The Stop Act, were featured on CBS\u2019\u00a0<em>60 Minutes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In Congress, Jolly fought alongside Republicans promoting balanced budgets, tax reform, veterans healthcare freedom, and school choice, always looking to build consensus with colleagues across the aisle.\u00a0 Jolly also took traditional Republican positions confronting issues like the Affordable Healthcare Act\u2019s individual mandate, President Obama\u2019s use of Executive Orders, and the President\u2019s regulations on industries ranging from financial services to labor to healthcare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But Jolly garnered most attention for his willingness to break from his party.\u00a0 Jolly was an early GOP advocate of marriage equality and LGBTQ protections, pushed his party to accept the science of climate change, is a strong proponent of comprehensive immigration reform, and following the tragic shooting at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando led a bipartisan effort to restrict terror suspects from purchasing firearms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jolly spilled the secrets of both parties on the fundraising requirements placed on Members of Congress, once unveiled a jar of Florida mosquitos on the House floor to push for additional federal funding to combat Zika, accused Apple Inc. of having blood on their hands for not cooperating with the FBI in its investigation of a domestic terror event, and in December 2015 took to the House floor to call on Donald Trump to drop out of the Presidential race following the candidates proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Today, Jolly can often be seen as an analyst on CNN and MSNBC, including regular dayside appearances and primetime on\u00a0<em>The 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Hour<\/em>\u00a0with Brian Williams,\u00a0<em>The Last Word<\/em>\u00a0with Lawrence O\u2019Donnell, and\u00a0<em>All In<\/em>\u00a0with Chris Hayes.\u00a0 Jolly also recently appeared on HBO\u2019s\u00a0<em>Real Time with Bill Maher<\/em>, and regularly on\u00a0<em>PoliticKing<\/em>\u00a0with Larry King.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jolly received his Bachelor of Arts from Emory University in 1994, and his Juris Doctor Cum Laude from George Mason University in 2001.\u00a0 The son of a minister, Jolly is a fifth-generation Floridian and resides today with his wife Laura in Belleair Bluffs, 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