Florida State Rep. Jason Fischer from Jacksonville to run for Congress

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — State Rep. Jason Fischer, R-Jacksonville, announced Monday he will run for Congress in a redrawn Northeast Florida district.

“I am a conservative fighter with the record to prove it,” Fischer said in a Twitter post. “In Congress, I will stand strong for our conservative values and stop the Radical Left’s agenda.”

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Fischer plans to run in Congressional District 4 in Duval, Nassau and Clay counties.

The district was redrawn in a reapportionment plan approved last month by the Legislature.

The plan has drawn legal challenges, which, if successful, could lead to revamping District 4. Fischer has served in the state House since 2016 and had planned to run for Duval County property appraiser this year.

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