For the past 20 years, ‘Real Florida Magazine’ has offered the opportunity to political candidates to appear on the TV show and discuss their candidacy and qualifications for the office for which they are running.
Appearances have included Florida Governor Rick Scott, Florida Senators George Gainer and Don Gaetz, State Representatives Jimmy Patronis, Marti Coley and Jamey Westbrook, U.S. Representatives Steve Southerland, Neal Dunn and Matt Gaetz, Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam and many other state figures, as well as many City and County political candidates from Bay, Washington, Holmes, Jackson, Calhoun, Walton and Leon County, Florida.
Local candidates have included Superintendents of Schools, School Board members, County Commissioners, Tax Collectors, Supervisors of Election, and Sheriffs, and the show has always provided informative, enlightening information and a tool for voters to make a conscious decision when they go to the ballot box.
Recently West Florida Electric Cooperative Trustee for District 6 George Clayton Owens made an appearance on the program to discuss his candidacy for that office and took the opportunity to discuss exactly what West Florida Electric does and the progress it has made over the past several years.