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Tony Khan is fond of using the phrase "The Forbidden Door". Well, he is actually trying to break one down as he has filed to run for a seat in The United States House Of Representatives.
In the form, which was filed with the Federal Election Commission on 9/13/21, Khan will noted that he will run as a Democrat and self fund his campaign. If he makes it to the ballot, he will run against Republican John Rutherford.
Pro Football Talk picked up the story this morning.
Updated at 10:25 a.m.
A local news reporter in the Jacksonville market tweeted the following after news of this story broke:
In full transparency- deleted my previous tweet about the Tony Khan filing for US Representative seat. Though there is a statement of candidacy on the Federal Election Commission website, he is not listed as a candidate on the website.
— Katie Jeffries (@Katie_Jeffries) February 10, 2022
We are looking more into it
And a local attorney posted the following:
For all national @NFL reporters such as @RapSheet, @AdamSchefter & others: @TonyKhan is not an active candidate for Congress. Please check the Florida Division of Elections & Federal Elections Commission if you want to verify. I’ll post the links below for your convenience. https://t.co/34bCKZv0BJ
— Chris Hand (@chrishandjax) February 10, 2022
It appears someone pranked Tony Khan, and pranked him big time. The story got picked up by a lot of national outlets.
Thanks to Joseph Smith for his help with this story.
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