Statement from Bonita Springs Mayor Peter Simmons:
Over the past several weeks since Congressman Francis Rooney announced he would not be running for re-election to Florida’s 19th Congressional District, I have received numerous telephone calls, emails, and text messages inquiring if I would be seeking the Republican nomination for Congress. I am flattered beyond words to be held in such high regard by so many friends, activists, business men and women, donors, and political organizations, however, for something that was not on my radar screen a few months ago – after consideration I am announcing that I will not be seeking the Republican nomination for United States Congress.
