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<p>AVOCA &#8212; At least one Republican is already eyeing the 2020 election. Teddy Daniels has announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 8th Congressional District.</p><p>The 8th District seat is currently held by Democrat Matt Cartwright of Moosic. The 8th Congressional District includes Lackawanna, Wayne, and Pike counties and portions of Luzerne and Monroe counties.</p><p>Daniels, 44, of Wyoming, said he has a combined 20 years in uniformed service to his community and nation.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a pro-Trump conservative Republican, I&#8217;m a wounded combat veteran, a retired police officer and a successful business entrepreneur,&#8221; Daniels said in a news release announcing his candidacy. &#8220;I&#8217;ve built and sold several companies for a profit. I understand how the economy works and I understand how to motivate and help hardworking men and women in this country.&#8221;</p><p>Daniels said Cartwright &#8220;is a weak Democrat incumbent who represents a district won by President Donald Trump in 2016.&#8221;</p><p>Daniels is married and has four children. He attended Valley Forge Military Academy, West Virginia University, Pennsylvania Police Academy, Pennsylvania Sheriffs Academy, and U.S. Army Infantry School.</p><p>Daniels said he is retired and lives in Luzerne County.</p><p>For more information on Daniels, or to contribute to his campaign, go to: <a href="https://teddydanielspa.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">teddydanielspa.com</a>.</p><p>Daniels said the Democratic Party, to him, is no longer a legitimate party.</p><p>&#8221;They have forgotten the hard-working men and women, they have forgotten about the people who sit at night and worry about putting food on the table and paying bills,&#8221; Daniels said. &#8220;I can be your voice in Congress, let me fight for you. Let me take the hits. I&#8217;ve taken them for 20 years as a police officer and as a soldier overseas in Afghanistan.&#8221;</p><p>Daniels said he is &#8220;100% pro 2nd amendment, he is pro-life and pro economy.&#8221;</p><p>&#8221;I&#8217;m pro-immigration reform and I believe Americans need to come first,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s the way it needs to be in this country &#8212; Americans first.&#8221;</p><p>Daniels said he is not a polished politician.</p><p>&#8221;I don&#8217;t have a speech in front of me telling me what to say, how to say it or what special interest I have to bow down to,&#8221; Daniels said. &#8220;I&#8217;m a fighter and I&#8217;m here to fight for you. I don&#8217;t give up, I don&#8217;t back down and I don&#8217;t give in. I am here for you, for the American people. I have broad shoulders &#8212; let me carry your voice for you. Let me carry your voice to the House of Representatives. Let me carry your voice to Washington, D.C.&#8221;</p><p>Daniels said he is a man with morals, character, integrity and a backbone to stand up and fight for what&#8217;s right. He said the moral fabric of the country has been under attack by &#8220;the radical left&#8221; for the last several years.</p><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s not what we stand for,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s un-American. As Americans, we need to go back and we need to take the House of Representatives. We need to rebuild this country.&#8221;</p><p>Daniels said Democrats have been &#8220;obstructionists&#8221; to Trump.</p><p>&#8220;Help me fight for you to make this country better for blue-collar families, for the steelworkers, the cops, the firemen, the veterans, for everybody out there who looks at their paycheck and they look at the taxes coming out and then they see all the illegals coming across the border getting everything handed to them for free,&#8221; Daniels said. &#8220;It&#8217;s not right and as an American, it&#8217;s time to take a stand.&#8221;</p><p>Daniels said he is a husband, a father, a fighter and an American.</p><p><strong>Cartwright campaign</strong></p><p>Cartwright reported last week more than $1 million cash-on-hand after a third quarter fundraising haul.</p><p>&#8220;I am incredibly grateful for our campaign&#8217;s supporters who know I am fighting to protect Social Security, provide affordable healthcare, fully fund veterans&#8217; programs, and create good paying jobs for the hardworking families of Northeastern Pennsylvania,&#8221; Cartwright said.</p><p>Cartwright, 58, of Moosic, is serving his fourth term in Congress. In 2018, he defeated Republican businessman, John Chrin by 9 points in the newly drawn 8th District.</p><p>Cartwright was named the fourth most-effective House Democrat in Congress by the Center for Effective Lawmaking.</p><p>Cartwright is a member of House Democratic Leadership and the House Committee on Appropriations. He serves as Vice Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee and is a member of Financial Services and General Government and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies subcommittees. He also serves on the Committee on Natural Resources.</p><style>
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Teddy Daniels seeks GOP nomination in 8thl District