{"id":603,"date":"2015-11-23T23:18:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T06:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/?p=603"},"modified":"2016-03-19T23:22:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T05:22:03","slug":"mike-bost-files-re-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/?p=603","title":{"rendered":"Mike Bost Files for Re-Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Murphysboro, IL<\/span><\/strong>\u2014Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Bost submitted 3,121 signatures\u00a0to become a candidate for re-election in Illinois\u2019 12<sup>th<\/sup> Congressional District. Bost\u2019s campaign, which received petitions from every county in the district, far exceeded the 746\u00a0needed to qualify as a candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am humbled by the support I\u2019ve received from those who want me to serve them again in Congress,\u201d Bost said. \u201cOver 3,000\u00a0individuals signed petitions from every county in the district. This overwhelming support reflects that Republicans, Democrats, and Independents believe in what we are doing to serve Southern Illinois.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was elected to fight for jobs, support a strong national defense, and stand up for our way of life in Southern Illinois. I am very thankful to the many supporters willing to send me back to Washington to continue our mission\u2014serving as their voice in Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First elected in 2014, Mike Bost represents Illinois\u2019 12<sup>th<\/sup> Congressional District in the United States Congress. A retired U.S. Marine and former firefighter, Mike and his wife Tracy own a business in their hometown of Murphysboro, IL.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to schedule an interview, contact Evan Handy at 405-570-8665 or <a href=\"mailto:evan@bostforcongress.com\">evan@bostforcongress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murphysboro, IL\u2014Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Bost submitted 3,121 signatures\u00a0to become a candidate for re-election in Illinois\u2019 12th Congressional District. Bost\u2019s campaign, which received petitions from every county in the district, far exceeded the 746\u00a0needed to qualify as a candidate. \u201cI am humbled by the support I\u2019ve received from those who want me to serve them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostforcongress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}