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Re - elect Katherine Fernandez Rundle MIAMI - DADE STATE ATTORNEY

DEAR LOYAL SUPPORTER

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I am honored to be your State Attorney, and I look forward to continuing to serve you and our entire community in this capacity for another term.   That is why I am again seeking your support for my reelection in 2024 to continue all the advances we have made and to keep our community safe.

I have dedicated my professional life to this wonderful and diverse community.  I have long believed that the job of your elected State Attorney  is to keep the community safe by implementing evidence based strategies that reduce crime.  My approach to achieving this goal is pioneering a nationally recognized “Smart Justice” strategy that implements crime prevention and rehabilitation programs which allow us to focus our resources on the most dangerous offenders in our community.  Our strategies have resulted in a seventy-five percent decrease in crime since I became State Attorney.  Some of those evidence based strategies include the following:

  • Establishing the first of its kind dedicated Human Trafficking Center to facilitate the identification of perpetrators of this modern-day form of slavery and address our victim’s needs;

  • My successful Gun Violence Initiative (GVI) embeds prosecutors in Miami Gardens and unincorporated North Dade to work alongside law enforcement to solidify investigations and prosecution outcomes;

  • I have always sought to hold Public officials who abuse the public’s trust accountable.  Under my leadership, we have prosecuted mayors, county and city commissioners, a wide range of candidates for public office, and public employees.  My office has prosecuted over 600 cases against public officials and public employees for crimes involving their public positions.  I remain unwavering in my commitment to ferret out and prosecute public officials and employees who breach the public trust when they lie, cheat, and steal;

  • I helped to create Kristi House, which is our Child Advocacy Center for child victims of sexual assault, child abuse, and other crimes.  The Kristi House is a safe place for child victims to heal and to find justice in an age appropriate setting.  By partnering with Kristi House we have provided services to thousands of these vulnerable children and helped to heal their trauma, while holding perpetrators of these heinous crimes accountable;
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  • Through our Child Support Program we collected over $1 billion in financial support to which our children are entitled.  Ensuring that children and families have the resources they need and deserve achieves a safer and healthier community;

  • I am proud to have designed and implemented the Nation’s first Drug Court.  Now a national best practice, our community has long benefited from court supervised drug and alcohol treatment for low level offenders.  Successful drug and alcohol treatment ensures that nonviolent offenders become productive members of our community rather than posing a further threat;

  • I believe that when nonviolent offenders have paid their debt to society, they should be afforded the opportunity to work and become productive members of society.  Accordingly, I created The Second Chance Program.  This program assists members of the community to seal and/or expunge their criminal record.  This allows those individuals who are eligible to gain employment and housing, and move forward with a productive life.

These are just a few of our innovative approaches to keeping our community safe.  Working with Community partners with whom I’ve built strong relationships, we have not only reduced recidivism, we also saved lives.  It’s no wonder that many of our programs serve as State and National  models.

Since I have been your State Attorney, my office has always evolved to face the challenges that directly impact this wonderful community.  The establishment of our Hate Crimes Unit, our Cyber Crimes Unit, our Human Trafficking Unit, our Police Accountability and Integrity Team, and our Elderly Victims Assistance Unit were created in direct response to the needs of the community to combat newly evolving trends in crime.  I am very proud of the work we have done together to improve the safety of all those that live in Miami-Dade County.  However, the work is not done.  I am truly looking forward to facing any new challenges that tomorrow will bring, to make Miami-Dade County the greatest place in the nation to live, work, and raise our families.

Running a countywide campaign in Florida’s largest county can be expensive.  I am counting on your early support to ensure we can achieve our shared goals.  As in the past, if I do not draw an opponent we will be able to return a great majority of each contribution.

I am humbly and deeply appreciative of your support.  It is because of supporters and friends such as yourself that my desire to remain State Attorney continues.  With your help and vote I hope to continue to make a positive difference in our community.

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Kathy has earned and enjoys widespread support and the trust of our community.