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The right to face off against Democrat Congresswoman Lois Frankel is at the center of the Republican Primary in the new U.S. House District 22. It's replacing the old CD-21, where Frankel currently serves.
It's also where you'll find the City Diner. The congresswoman was caught on video sharing her dismay with the owner who had a campaign poster for one of the five candidates in the primary.
The former West Palm Beach mayor calls him "Mr. Trump" and tells him she'll never be back.
The poster was for candidate Deborah Adiemy, a fifth-generation Palm Beach County native.
"So uniquely I have a lifetime knowledge, not only of my district but of the history of Lois Frankel and her political pattern."
Adiemy has spent 30 years in the financial services sector and considers herself the only viable candidate to beat Frankel come November. She talks about issues including inflation and illegal immigration, calling the Southern Border "completely open."
Fellow candidate Peter Arianas is a former FEMA staffer who works as a disaster manager for a private company. He's a first-generation American with his family hailing from Greece.
"My parents are both immigrants. They came to this country legally."
Arianas lists justice reform among his platforms.
"There seems to be a two-tier level of justice. One for the rich elites. They can do whatever they want, break every rule they want and they're just not held accountable. Then you have the guys, the grunts like us who we speed, we get a ticket, we gotta pay for it. We say something the wrong way, they arrest you. That's unfair to everyone."
Rod Dorilas is also in this race to determine who faces Democrat Lois Frankel in the general election. The U.S. Navy veteran and son of Haitian immigrants touts his time in the Trump administration as counsel for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
Dorilas, who grew up in Delray Beach, now runs his own law firm. On why he's running...
"I'm someone that believes that our elected officials, their primary responsibilities are to protect the American people, their prosperity and their freedom. And I feel like right now our leaders in Washington are doing the exact opposite."
Dan Franzese has been living in Florida for three years and spent nearly 40 years working in finance, and says he has also been involved in successful entrepreneurial projects.
The country's financial shape is among his key concerns.
"I was a teenager in the 1970s so I distinctly remember the last time we had an inflation crisis like this one and how much it hurt families like mine and that's why I'm dedicated to fixing that."
And our fifth and final candidate in this race is Carrie Lawlor, a New York transplant who moved to Florida 8 years ago. She's been in different careers including the most recent one as a financial advisor, but says she quit her job to run for Congress.
Lawlor speaks out against machines being used in our election process and the 2020 Presidential election specifically.
"I do believe that the election was stolen. I believe it's been manipulated. I don't believe it's the first election that's been manipulated. I believe that for at least the past 20 years our elections have been manipulated."
One of these candidates will prevail and go against Frankel in the General Election.