John Hugh Shannon Files to Run for Polk County House Seat

Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 10, 2014 - 4:20pm

Attorney John Hugh Shannon filed his papers on Monday to run for the House seat currently held by Rep. Seth McKeel, R-Lakeland, who faces term limits. Shannon is running as Republican in this district which represents all of Polk County.

Community activist Colleen Burton, who worked with Polk Vision, has been in the race since March 2013. Burton lost out to longtime Polk County Elections Supervisor Lori Edwards in the 2012 election cycle. Since entering the race, Burton has been busy, raising almost $64,000 by the end of January and spending almost $9,900 of that.

This is a Republican-leaning district and there are no Democrats in the race to this point. Conservative adoption advocate Franklin Ed Shoemaker is running as the Americas Party candidate, though his focus appears to be on a U.S. Senate bid in 2018. (America's Party had been known as Americas Independent Party and nominated Alan Keyes for president back in 2008,)

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