Jorge Bonilla, military veteran and Shark Tank contributor, has announced his bid to unseat Rep. Alan Grayson, citing deep concern with the direction our country is heading in and an “unaccountable” government.
Grayson’s district in Orlando is heavily Democratic and approximately 40 percent Hispanic, but Bonilla may be able to use Grayson’s reputation among national Republicans and his Puerto Rican heritage to draw voters , according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Bonilla served in both the US Marine Corps reserves and as an active-duty of the Navy until 1993. He began contributing to Shark Tank, a conservative blog, in February 2013.
“As a new father, I am deeply concerned about the direction our county is heading in,” said Bonilla in his campaign announcement, broadcast on YouTube.
Bonilla continued, “Are we the people still capable of self rule, or do we abandon the American Revolution and concede that a small, connected elite out of Washington DC and New York is better capable of running our lives than we are ourselves? This is America, guys. We can do better.”
Grayson will also face a primary against Democrat Michael “Mac” McKenna.
