Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz is opening his General Election campaign by returning to the worst day in his hometown’s history.
His campaign just released its first television spot since the Primary, highlighting his role in passing post-Parkland gun safety regulations as evidence that a divided government can still deliver.
It’s a case he needs to make in a district redrawn to end his political career.
The 30-second ad, titled “Once,” focuses on the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Moskowitz’s alma mater, where 17 students and staff members were killed alongside 17 others who were injured.
Moskowitz, then a state Representative, worked with grieving parents and Republican colleagues to push through a legislative package his re-election campaign says is the broadest firearm restriction enacted anywhere in the country in two decades.