Sanford, FL – Bale Dalton, the Navy Reserve Captain and former NASA Chief of Staff running to unseat Rep. Cory Mills, issued the following statement:
“Cory Mills is clearly unfit for office and should be removed. He’s an arms dealer sitting on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, he faces campaign finance violations and an ethics investigation, and he had a restraining order issued against him for being a danger to a Florida woman 19 years his junior. Any one of these should be disqualifying for a job as serious as a U.S. Representative. But D.C. politicians don’t seem interested in cleaning house and rooting out the corruption that is running rampant in Washington. I’m running to give Central Florida a better option — someone focused on the real issues facing working families, not their own self-interest.”
ABOUT BALE DALTON:
Bale Dalton is a decorated Navy Reserve Captain and former NASA Chief of Staff who has always answered the call to serve America. One of four raised in a hardworking Central Florida family, Bale graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and has served in the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve for 23 years. He deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, and the Pacific, flying Navy helicopters and directing air combat support with Navy SEALs in Afghanistan.
Following active duty, he worked for Senator Bill Nelson, helping Florida veterans access the care and benefits they had earned. After an additional stint on active duty, Bale returned to government service as NASA Chief of Staff. At NASA, he managed 16,500 employees and helped run one of the federal government’s most effective agencies.
After a lifetime of service, Bale is now running against Congressman Cory Mills in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. Mills is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for sexual misconduct, dating violence, and for improperly profiting from arms sales in government contracts. In October, a Florida judge issued a restraining order against Cory Mills, to protect his ex-girlfriend from blackmail and intimidation.
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