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First Shot
Former House Speaker Paul Renner is rolling out his elevator pitch for Governor, and it leans hard on his service record — in uniform, in the courtroom and in the Florida Capitol.
The new three-minute video from Renner’s nascent campaign opens with the candidate at 23, navigating Navy warships through mine-laden waters during Operation Desert Storm.
“Paul’s faith gave him the courage to fulfill his mission,” the narrator says, noting his return to Afghanistan years later as a military intelligence officer leading counterterrorism efforts.
From there, the script pivots to his tenure as a prosecutor “sending violent criminals to prison and giving justice to their victims,” then to his rise in T