Fred Costello

Fred Costello
Fred Costello
Member of the FloridaHouseofRepresentatives ; from the 25th district
	In office; November 18, 2014 –November 8, 2016

Last updated December 01, 2024

When the state's Congressional districts were redrawn in 2012, Costello opted to run in the newly-created 6th District, which stretched along the east coast of the state, including Flagler County, southern Putnam County, St. Johns County, and northern Volusia County. He faced former federal prosecutor Ron DeSantis, restaurant executive Craig Miller, St. Johns County School Board member Beverly Slough, Jacksonville City Councilman Richard Clark, William Billy Kogut, and Alec Pueschel in the Republican primary. Costello campaigned on his support for "individual and 'states rights'"^[2] and clashed with DeSantis, who attacked Costello in mail advertisements and television advertisements as a "tax and spend" liberal who voted in the legislature to give undocumented immigrants in-state tuition, for spending increases, and for an internet sales tax. Costello strongly condemned DeSantis's charges, declaring, "While DeSantis continues to call me a career politician...he travels around campaigning and aligning himself with Washington insiders."^[3] Ultimately, Costello placed second to DeSantis, who would later go on to win the general election, receiving 22.8% of the vote to DeSantis's 38.8%.

Return to Florida House (2014–2016)

When State Representative Dave Hood, Jr. decided to run for a seat on the Volusia County Circuit Court rather than seek re-election, Costello jumped into the race to succeed him in the 25th District, which is based in eastern Volusia County, including Ormond Beach, Daytona Beach Shores, Port Orange, Ponce Inlet, and New Smyrna Beach.^[4] Costello won the Republican primary unopposed, and faced Noel Bickford, a retired healthcare executive and the Democratic nominee, in the general election. He campaigned on promoting job creation, increasing protection of the environment, and preserving home rule of local governments, as his work was not done in elected office, declaring, "I never intended to get out of politics. I'm looking forward to going back to work."^[5] Costello ended up defeating Bickford by a wide margin, winning 59% of the vote.

2016 congressional campaign

When Rep. Ron DeSantis decided to run for Marco Rubio's U.S. Senate seat after Sen. Rubio entered the 2016 presidential race, Fred Costello entered the race to fill DeSantis' seat in Florida's 6th Congressional District. Fred was one of 6 Republican candidates until Sen. Rubio dropped his presidential bid, and Rep. DeSantis opted to drop out of the Senate race to run for re-election. Costello remained in the race (as promised). G.G. Galloway, an Ormond Beach-based realtor also remained in the race with Rep. DeSantis. The incumbent congressman won 61.0% of the Republican primary vote. Costello won 24.7% and Galloway won 14.3%.

2018 congressional campaign

When Rep. Ron DeSantis opted to run for Governor of Florida instead of re-election, Costello entered the race for Congress in Florida's 6th Congressional District. He launched his campaign with a series of rallies in Ormond Beach, Palm Coast, St. Johns County, Deltona, and Mount Dora. Costello's campaign theme — "Fred stands for US" — emphasized years of public elected and volunteer service as a local leader attending to the issues of his constituents in the community. Michael Waltz defeated Costello and John Ward in the Republican primary with 42.4% of the vote, compared to 30.4% for Ward and 27.2% for Costello.^[6] Waltz went on to win the general election over Democrat Nancy Soderberg.^[7]

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References

↑ Ruano González, Eloísa (October 25, 2010). "Ormond Beach Mayor Fred Costello runs against Tim Huth for Florida House District 26". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved May 30, 2014.
↑ Ward, Kenric (February 10, 2012). "As Republicans Jump In, CD 6 Race Gets Crowded Quickly". Sunshine State News. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
↑ Dixon, Matt (August 8, 2012). "A breakdown of the growing feud between Fred Costello and Ron DeSantis". Florida Times-Union . Retrieved May 30, 2014.
↑ Henderson, Jeff (February 12, 2014). "It's a Safe Bet Fred Costello is Headed Back to Tallahassee". Sunshine State News. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
↑ Graham, Chris (October 23, 2014). "Ormond's Costello looks for return to House seat". The Daytona Beach News-Journal . Retrieved December 8, 2014.
↑ "August 28, 2018 Primary Election Republican Primary" . Retrieved June 24, 2021.
↑ "November 6, 2018 General Election" . Retrieved June 24, 2021.

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[1] Ruano González, Eloísa (October 25, 2010). "Ormond Beach Mayor Fred Costello runs against Tim Huth for Florida House District 26". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[2] Ward, Kenric (February 10, 2012). "As Republicans Jump In, CD 6 Race Gets Crowded Quickly". Sunshine State News. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[3] Dixon, Matt (August 8, 2012). "A breakdown of the growing feud between Fred Costello and Ron DeSantis". Florida Times-Union . Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[4] Henderson, Jeff (February 12, 2014). "It's a Safe Bet Fred Costello is Headed Back to Tallahassee". Sunshine State News. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[5] Graham, Chris (October 23, 2014). "Ormond's Costello looks for return to House seat". The Daytona Beach News-Journal . Retrieved December 8, 2014.

[Primary_Election-6] "August 28, 2018 Primary Election Republican Primary" . Retrieved June 24, 2021.

[General_Election-7] "November 6, 2018 General Election" . Retrieved June 24, 2021.

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Fred Costello


Member of the FloridaHouseofRepresentatives from the 25th district
In office November 18, 2014 –November 8, 2016