Belinda Keiser Is Clear Choice for Congress

Florida’s 22nd Congressional District needs a representative with more than promises. We need a proven leader who understands education, job creation, workforce development, government accountability and the needs of Florida’s families.

Belinda Keiser has devoted approximately 40 years to expanding opportunity and strengthening Florida. Her record demonstrates why she is the only real choice in the congressional primary.

Consider her accomplishments:

• Expanding access to education: As Vice Chancellor of Community Relations and Student Advancement at Keiser University, she has championed higher education, career preparation and upward economic mobility.
• Building Florida’s workforce: Keiser University serves approximately 20,000 students and offers more than 100 degree programs, including programs supporting healthcare and other industries essential to Florida’s economy.
• Creating jobs and economic growth: With 19 Florida campuses and approximately 3,800 employees, Keiser University generates an estimated $3 billion in annual economic impact and supports more than 30,000 direct and indirect jobs.
• Supporting veterans and military families: Approximately 20 percent of the university’s students are active-duty service members, veterans or members of military families.
• Strengthening healthcare: Keiser University is a leader in educating nurses and works with hospitals throughout Florida to prepare qualified, career-ready healthcare professionals.
• Promoting responsible government: As a member of the Executive Committee of Florida TaxWatch, Keiser supports government efficiency, accountability and the responsible use of taxpayer dollars.
• Advancing Florida’s economy: She served consecutive eight-year terms on the boards of Enterprise Florida and Space Florida, helping guide statewide economic and aerospace development.
• Preparing Florida’s workforce: Her service on Workforce Florida—now CareerSource Florida—gave her direct experience connecting education, employers and employment opportunities.
• Serving Florida’s families: She serves on the Florida Children and Youth Cabinet and the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, where she chairs the Public Policy Committee.
• Providing constitutional leadership: Keiser was one of only 37 Floridians selected to serve on the 2017–2018 Constitution Revision Commission, which convenes just once every 20 years.
• Opening doors for deserving students: Through the Keiser Mills Foundation, she has created scholarship, leadership and civic-engagement opportunities. Keiser University has awarded more than $72 million in scholarships during the past two years.
• Earning statewide recognition: She was named to the 2023 Florida Trend Florida 500, recognizing Florida’s most influential leaders.

Belinda Keiser understands how education creates opportunity, how businesses create jobs and how accountable government protects taxpayers. She possesses the experience, relationships and judgment to be effective from her first day in Congress.

The choice is clear. Belinda Keiser is prepared to lead, ready to serve and uniquely qualified to represent Florida’s 22nd Congressional District.

Kevin J. Dohm, Captain United Airlines, Retired; Former member of Collier MPO BPAC and CAC Committees; Former Chairman Marco Island Ad Hoc Bike Committee responsible for securing over $14,000,000 in county, state and federal grants enhancing pedestrian safety. Twenty-six-year, full-time resident of Marco Island.