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This section is where you can find the latest news and updates from the Adam Putnam for Congress campaign.
"It's an honor and a privilege to represent you in the United States Congress. Thank you for the opportunity to continue in this assignment for another two years. God bless you."
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Adam Putnam has won the strong endorsements of newspapers in the 12th Congressional District. Read what the The Tampa Tribune, Polk County Democrat, Lake Wales News, and Orlando Sentinel said.
With an enthusiastic crowd of about 1,000 people in attendence, Adam Putnam won 62 percent of the ballots cast at the Politics in the Park political rally in Lakeland Thursday evening, Oct. 16.
Adam says energy remains a top issue for America, and USA Today identifies him as one of the fresh faces for the Grand Old Party.
Early support for Adam's reelection appears enthusiastic as straw votes at the Winter Haven Whistle Stop and Haines City Pig Roast each gave Adam 79 percent support.
‘...Elected to the Florida House of Representatives right out of college and to the U.S. House at age 26, the now 33-year-old Putnam serves as the youngest-ever chairman of the House Republican Conference, a position that makes him third in line in the House Republican leadership.
In his last of three public meetings Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam listened and responded as attendees voiced concerns about their government and their quality of life.
WINTER HAVEN - U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam of Bartow spent most of his Winter Haven town hall meeting Tuesday discussing the nation's energy problem and how he would go about solving it.
As intense as the race for the U.S. presidency has become, there are few more interested observers than Adam Putnam.
TEMPLE TERRACE - Alternative energy sources, energy conservation, a national health care system and the national debt were among the issues U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam addressed Thursday during a town hall meeting at Florida College. "We have to get off fossil fuels for the future," said Putnam, R-Bartow, who discussed building nuclear plants and investing in clean coal energy while focusing on using today's resources wisely.
“…As Republicans try to recover from a decisive defeat in 2006 and regain the majority in Congress, they are increasingly turning to, in Mr. Putnam, a young man whose shock of red hair stands out amid the heads of thinning gray and white that dominate the Capitol. He's risen quickly to the chairmanship of the House Republican Conference, and he now serves as a principal spokesman for a party still adjusting to life in the minority.”
‘He has a dimpled face and earnest smile and eschews talk of harsh attacks, saying he really wants to make politics a more genial affair. "My goal is not to be the attack dog," he says. "My goal is simply to draw contrasts."
Rep. Adam Putnam won't apologize for trying to make headlines.
‘Among Mr. Putnam’s priorities, he said, are “turning the lights back on in the idea factory” and getting the Republican message out in an age in which the methods of communication are evolving.
‘Part of Putnam's strategy for getting back into the majority is "getting out of Washington" and talking about big generational issues that he campaigned on in his first race for Congress: Social Security and healthcare.’
