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Son of Former Chief Justice Campaigns for Florida Attorney General By Zach Rinkins From the steps of the Florida Supreme Court in January, Sean Shaw, a Sean Shaw debates on the political scion, floor of the Florida House secondof Representatives. generation attorney, and state legislator recently launched his campaign to become attorney general for the state of Florida. If Shaw has his way, on August 28, he will defeat his fellow primary candidates to become the Democratic nominee for what he describes as, “The best office in the state.” “The people of Florida are your client,” asserts Shaw, a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Florida’s law school. “You wake up every day trying to figure out how to protect them. The greatest thing you can do is serve others.” In 2016, the Jacksonville-bred and
Tallahassee-raised litigator was elected state representative for District 61. His platform emphasizes the opioid crisis, gun violence, and criminal justice reform. He also received endorsements from the Florida Professional Firefighters, Florida Education Association, and Florida Police Benevolent Association, and former U.S. senator and Florida governor Bob Graham. A general election victory would yield Florida its first Black attorney general. Making history is the Shaw family way.“ When you have someone like Leander Shaw as your father, it just affects how your life goes,” said Shaw referring to his father who was Florida’s first Black Supreme Court chief justice. “I really believe in this idea of public service. I grew up around it.” Sean Shaw is an insurance attorney, a lawmaker, and crisscrosses the state campaigning on the legal philosophy that, “Everyone is equal under the law.” Despite serving an unfinished first term as
an elected official, Shaw interjects, “These are not normal times.” “When I was considering whether or not to do this, I looked at what was going on around this country,” Shaw notes. “Some of the things the president was doing inspired me to do something. It’s the attorneys general around the country who are suing the president about privacy, net neutrality, seeking his tax returns, opposing travel bans, and challenging him on important issues.” Shaw, whose first statewide position was serving as insurance consumer advocate, insists, “The president has to follow the law just like anyone else.” He says if elected he aims to give Floridians a greater voice. “A lot of the bad stuff that emanates from Tallahassee is the result of the Legislature. We have constitutional amendments that the people passed that the Legislature doesn’t enforce. Whether it is public education, medicinal cannabis,
or the environment, there are certain things that the voters tell us to do and we don’t do them,” he disclosed. “The attorney general is the only person who can hold the Legislature accountable under those circumstances.” Shaw says residents deserve higher service standards.“I am someone that is going to be active and aggressive as attorney general in making sure that laws are enforced equally. Whether it’s the smallest fraudster on the state, the largest bad actor in the state doing wrong to the people, and anywhere in between,” Shaw declared. “Whoever is breaking the law is going to hear from Attorney General Shaw. Everyone has to follow the same set of rules.” Shaw says he takes the oath of office “very seriously” and promises to, “remember why I ran, remember what I told the people I would do if elected, and work every day to get it done.” For more information, log on to www.seanshaw.com.
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