{"id":54715,"date":"2022-09-03T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=54715"},"modified":"2022-09-04T02:15:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T06:15:38","slug":"matt-wood-ready-for-an-uphill-battle-in-lee-county-commissioner-race-vs-greenwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/09\/matt-wood-ready-for-an-uphill-battle-in-lee-county-commissioner-race-vs-greenwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Wood ready for an uphill battle in Lee County Commissioner race vs Greenwell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It\u2019s a story similar to David versus Goliath. A political underdog with next to no name recognition is trying to take on a former major league baseball player for a seat on the Lee County Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans outnumber Democrats in Lee County nearly two to one. Those numbers make it nearly impossible for a democrat to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democratic candidate Matt Wood said the odds won\u2019t stop him from trying to defeat Republican Mike Greenwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wood took a break from the campaign trail Friday to spend time with his daughters at a Lehigh Acres Park and says his commission race is no day in the park as he coaxes his young daughter across the monkey bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cI\u2019m for the people and the average working person that is just trying to make it here in this county,\u201d Wood stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lifelong republican turned democrat realizes his grass root campaign faces an uphill battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to need donations. We need to buy signs and get advertising up,\u201d Wood stressed after pinning campaign buttons to his daughter\u2019s book bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Political Consultant Dennis Pearlman said that hope is a great thing but without money, it\u2019s impossible for any candidate to touch the over 510,000 registered voters in Lee County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write-in candidate Anglea Chenaille has even fewer odds of winning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNever in history and never in the future in this county will a write-in candidate win an elected position,\u201d Pearlman noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Greenwell said it was a relief after he won the Republican Primary defeating Joseph Gambino and John Albion and said he isn\u2019t taking anything for granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverybody says never take your foot off the gas,\u201d Greenwell responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the major league baseball players and the backing of the governor, he plans to continue his general election campaign to the finish line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe still have to run against Matt Wood here and I\u2019m proud of him for stepping up,\u201d Greenwell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the odds, Wood appears as determined as his daughter to cross the finish line just as she eventually slayed the monkey bars in the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The General Election is November 8th. Every voter who is registered in Lee County can vote in the District 5 commission race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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