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Former Congressman, David Jolly, served in the US House of Representatives from 2014 to 2017. Known for his fierce independent streak and bipartisan approach, Jolly was first elected in a special election in Florida, a Republican winning a Democratic-leaning district. Today, Jolly can often be seen as a policy and politics analyst on MSNBC and CNN. Jolly\u2019s work has been published in TIME magazine, Roll Call, The Washington Post, CNN.com, NewsMax, The Washington Times, and The Tampa Bay Times and he is currently writing his first book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Congressman, David Jolly, served in the US House of Representatives from 2014 to 2017. Known for his fierce independent streak and bipartisan approach, Jolly […]
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