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David Silverberg

Democratic · Florida · 2026

Running for Florida Senate District 28, Florida

Biography

David Silverberg is a veteran journalist who worked as Editor-at-Large for Armed Forces Journal, Managing Editor for The Hill, and founding editor of Homeland Security Today. Since 2018 he has written as The Paradise Progressive, covering Southwest Florida politics. He is the Democratic candidate for Florida Senate District 28, covering Collier and Hendry counties and eastern Lee County, facing Republican Lauren Uhlich Melo, per Florida Politics.

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