11/21/24 Florida Phoenix Announcement of Kevin Gaffney's Candidacy

The GOP field of candidates who have filed to run for the congressional seat in Northwest Florida vacated by Matt Gaetz has expanded to six.

Kevin Gaffney, a teacher at Rocky Bayou Christian School in Niceville who describes himself as a “Reagan Republican” and a fiscal and social conservative, announced overnight that he is running in Florida’s 1st Congressional District.

According to his website, Gaffney has had several years of federal government experience, including work for the U.S. Attorney’s Office and DOJ Criminal Unit in Chicago, as well as the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of General Counsel, also in Illinois. He also worked at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Washington, D.C.