For Immediate Release

Monday, November 30, 2015

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Former U.S. Congressman Steve Southerland Endorses Neal Dunn

for Florida Congressional District 2
Tallahassee, Fla. Former United States Congressman Steve Southerland (R-FL-2) today
announced he has endorsed Panama City Surgeon, U.S. Army Veteran and Republican
Candidate Neal Dunn for Florida Congressional District 2.
This is not just another former congressman endorsing a candidate, said former Congressman
Southerland. I have examined the field thoroughly and feel strongly that Neal Dunn is the best
conservative Republican candidate and is the only candidate I have endorsed for this race. He
and his wife, Leah, are conservative Christians with a long family history of military service and
sacrifice. He also has a distinguished career as a surgeon treating many thousands of North
Florida families. He knows firsthand the failures of Obamacare and is the candidate most
capable of repealing and replacing that broken system with one that is patient centered and
market based.
Neal and Leah are business owners who know how hard it is to start and run a successful
business, meeting payroll, growing jobs and working through the maze of government
regulations, continued former Congressman Southerland. Neal's background in the military,
medicine and business is crucial to these times. His life perfectly qualifies him to speak for and
fight for North and Northwest Florida families. Neal is a conservative with solutions that work
and because of our shared belief in hard work and honest dealings, I stand behind Neal Dunn 100
percent.
I thank my dear friend, Steve Southerland, for his support of my campaign, said Dr. Dunn. I
share former Congressman Southerlands sentiments about North and Northwest Florida and just
how important it is for our district to be well represented in Washington by strong conservative
leadership. I know what it takes to make our community healthier and our economy stronger,
and the need to repeal and replace Obamacare and for businesses to thrive and grow. And, I
pledge, if elected, to help restore Americas faith in Congress. We must get government out of
the business of health care and stop putting mandates on our business community that hamper
job growth and economic prosperity. I am also concerned about the growing threat posed to our

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families by the dark shadow of terrorism. My lifetime of experience has prepared me to address
this.
Since announcing his candidacy for Florida Congressional District 2, Dr. Dunn has been
endorsed by former Speaker Allan Bense, former Senate President Don Gaetz, former Speaker
Will Weatherford, and Representatives Dennis Baxley, Jay Trumbull and Elizabeth Porter.
Neal P. Dunn, MD, FACS has been a surgeon in Panama City for 25 years and in the U.S. Army
for more than 10 years before that. He was the founding president of the Advanced Urology
Institute, a 45-physician practice with more than 400 employees and offices throughout North
Florida. He also founded Panama City Urology Center & the Bay Regional Cancer Center and
has a subspecialty interest in advanced prostate cancer. He sits on the Governor's Prostate Cancer
Advisory Council and also serves on the Florida Blue Physician Advisory Board. He received his
B.S. from Washington & Lee University and his M.D. from George Washington University. His
Urological Residency was at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He has served on the Board of
Governors of the Florida Medical Association for 18 years and was the chairman of the Florida
Medical Association's very successful Council on Legislation. He has served as president of his
County Medical Society, chief of staff of Gulf Coast Hospital and director of the Bay Medical
Center Sacred Heart Joint Venture. He is active in several philanthropies, including serving as
chairman of the Bay Cares program, a charity that provides $30 million of free specialty care
annually to the working poor (with an operational overhead of less than 0.5 percent). He is also
the founding chairman of Summit Bank, a rapidly growing five-star bank headquartered in
Panama City with branches throughout Northwest Florida. In 2014, Dr. Dunn was appointed to
the Board of Space Florida which manages the state's growing assets of space launch,
manufacture and assembly facilities. Space Florida is now the busiest space launch facility in the
world. He is also on the board of directors of Enterprise Florida, a public-private collaborative
group that oversees some $100 million in economic development grants and conduit financing
annually. Dr. Dunn has been married to his wife, Leah, for 30 years and has three sons and three
grandsons.
For more information on the Neal Dunn Campaign for Florida Congressional District 2, please
visit NealDunn.com.
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