Candidate with J’can ties in the runnings for US Senate seat
STANLEY CAMPBELL, who boasts Jamaican heritage, has tossed his hat into the ring to contest the United States senate seat currently held by Republican Rick Scott.
Campbell, whose father is Jamaican, is among nine candidates running in the Democratic Party’s primary on August 20, this year.
Campbell says he made the decision to run as he believes he is the best candidate to take on Senator Rick Scott and beat him.
“I bring a wealth of experience to this race and I know that I will be able to beat the current sitting Republican senator,” he said.
He credits the influence of his father and the Jamaican culture for his decision to give back to his community.
“The Jamaica culture has been instilled in me by my father and other family members who believe that making a difference in your community is essential,” said Campbell.
He noted that he is no stranger to Jamaica, having visited the country on several occasions and spent time with relatives in Jamaica on extended periods.
Campbell said that, although he was not born in Jamaica, the country still had a tremendous impact on him and on his upbringing.
The owner of his own business, as well as three golf courses in Florida and North Carolina, Campbell has loaned his campaign $1 million to kick-start his run.
According to his bio, he received his education from the Miami-Dade public school system, and furthered his studies at Florida A&M University (FAMU). At just 19 years old, and while at FAMU, he created the data reduction algorithm and aero analysis for the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune.
The probe is now in interstellar space, the region outside the heliopause, or the bubble of energetic particles and magnetic fields from the sun.
Upon graduation, he embarked on a distinguished military career by becoming a US Navy pilot and test pilot, later assuming command over the navy’s primary Airborne Communications Platform TACAMO. His expertise in mathematics and physics, combined with this wealth of experience, ultimately resulted in his appointment to NASA’s Executive Advisory Board during the George H.W. Bush administration.
His accomplishments in the realm of cybersecurity, highlighted by his tenure at the Defence Intelligence Agency and his pivotal contributions to the TSA’s Passenger Screening and Security initiative, underscore his adeptness in bolstering national security protocols.
Furthermore, his portfolio boasts 14 patents in Artificial Intelligence, reflecting his dedication to leveraging innovative technologies for enhancing and safeguarding lives.
Today, he runs a global healthcare technology company that is directly responsible for preventing $120 million in Medicare fraud penalties daily, and over half a trillion dollars to date.
He and his wife, Cheryl Campbell, assistant secretary of administration for the US Department of Health and Human Services, currently reside in Palm City, Florida, at Martin Downs Golf Country Club, which they purchased and redeveloped in 2021.
They have been married for 35 years and are the proud parents of three adult sons.