Conservative firebrand vows to purge ‘RINOs’ in battle to replace retiring Vern Buchanan in open Florida seat

Key Highlights

• In 2024, he took on 10-term incumbent Rep.
• Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., and won just under 40% of the vote, positioning himself as a constitutional conservative outsider against an entrenched moderate Republican.
• Now, with Buchanan's Jan.
• 27 announcement that he would be retiring after a nearly two-decade stint in D. C., Speir is launching another grassroots, outsider candidacy to challenge the "RINO Republicans" that he frequently derides. FLORIDA GOP REP VERN BUCHANAN TO RETIRE, ADDING TO WAVE OF HOUSE EXITS "This is just a continuation of what I did in '24, which was run against Vern Buchanan to expose the RINOs [Republicans In Name Only] that are not representing the district…and the taxpayers of Florida.
• So we need somebody that's gonna step up and actually represent and go to Washington D. C.