Anna Hochkammer feels out Florida House District 115 race with push poll

Anna Hochkammer feels out Florida House District 115 race with push poll
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Pinecrest Councilwoman Anna Hochkammer — who once aspired to the Florida Senate — is considering a run for State House in District 115, according to a poll that voters got on their cellphones Friday evening.

The first questions of the short poll, after identifiers like race and ethnicity, were to gauge the favorability and unfavorability of several politicians — including both Republican candidates in the 115 race already, GOP campaign veterans and first time candidates Alina Garcia and Alexis Catalayud, who are relatively unknown.

The next questions asked who the voter would vote for today between Garcia and Hochkammer and Catalayud and Hochkammer. Undecideds get a little campaign push.

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“Democrat Anna Hochkammer is a mom of three and Pinecrest councilwoman who escaped Ecuador’s socialist uprising. Along with her family, Anna moved to Miami where he daughters were able to receive a strong education from local public schools. As councilwoman, Anna has always fought for safe communities and the ability for parents like her to have an active voice in the decision-making of their government.

“Republican Alina Garcia is a Cuban American mom who has worked her entire life for local leaders like former congressman David Rivera and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio. Alina is endorsed by Governor Ron DeSantis because she will fight for his agenda and stand against socialist policies.”

Nothing about Catalayud, which tells you who Christian Ulvert thinks is going to with the GOP primary. Because Ulvert is Hochkammer’s consultant.

The poll did ask for favorability or unfavorability scores on two of Ulvert’s other clients: Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava — to get a sense of how she’s doing with voters — and Pinecrest Mayor Joseph Corradino, who is probably looking for his next step as he approaches term limits. Corradino is pretty busy already as president of the Miami-Dade League of Cities and development services director for the City of Homestead, plus his own urban planning practice, but Ulvert likes to keep his stable full.

This will be Hochkammer’s second try at a state seat. The first in 2019 was cut short. Citing medical reasons with no details, she withdrew from the Senate Race in District 39 to replace Anitere Flores.

Hochkammer — an ambitious politico who has been waxing on state issues on Twitter lately — did not return a call to her cellphone Friday. But it’s good to know she is feeling better.