Luther Campbell Wants A Congress Seat!

Officially in. The race for a Florida U.S. Congressional seat now has Luther Campbell competing. 

If Donald J. Trump, Jesse Ventura, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Heath Schuler, Collin Allred, Burgess Owens, Anthony Gonzales, Sonny Bono, Antonio Delgado, Jamal Barrow and Ronald Reagan can run for office, why not Uncle Luke?

The former lead rapper of 2 Live Crew announces his run to replace Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL). Cherfilus-McCormick is embattled. 

He is known for having helped create the Miami bass genre, for establishing one of the first rap groups and rap labels in Southern hip hop, and his sexually crude call and response lyrics which were unique for the time period.

He also starred in a short-lived show on VH1, Luke's Parental Advisory.

Luke made the Congress pass regulations on music. Instead of minding their business and letting parents decide on what is appropriate for children, they pass a law to place parental advisory labels on music. This was the Moral Majority meddling in Congress.

The same folks are now molded as Turning Point USA, Moms for Liberty, Live Action, Project Veritas, American Family Association, Family Research Council, Libs of TikTok and numerous others.

He could split the vote and a progressive could end up winning as in the race that Analila Mejia won.

Cherfilus-McCormick is under federal indictment and ethics watch.

Luther Campbell, known as Uncle Luke is a rapper, music producer, actor, activist and media personality. He officially filing to run as a Democrat to challenge Cherfilus-McCormick.

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is vulnerable and likely heading to defeat. Her support of Israel, allegations of corruption and tone deafness may doom her reelection bid.

Campbell was born on 1960, in Miami. His mother was a beautician of Bahamian ancestry and his father was a custodian of Jamaican ancestry. He was the youngest of five sons and was named after Martin Luther King Jr. He was raised Catholic.

In a statement posted on social media on Monday, Campbell said he's officially decided to run for Congress in Florida's 20th District.

"After decades of fighting for my community—from the courtroom defending free speech all the way to the United States Supreme Court, to building businesses that created jobs across the South, to mentoring and coaching thousands of young people into college—I have officially decided to run for Congress in Florida’s 20th District. My first order of business is to qualify by petition and let the people speak," the statement read, in part.

The 65-year-old Campbell said his priorities include job creation, affordable housing, and investing in youth programs.

Official Statement from Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell
Candidate for U.S. Congress – Florida’s 20th District

“After decades of fighting for my community—from the courtroom defending free speech all the way to the United States Supreme Court, to building businesses that created…

— Luther Luke Campbell (@unclelukereal1) February 16, 2026

Campbell will run for the seat currently held by embattled Cherfilus-McCormick, who was indicted for alleged campaign fraud and multiple other charges.

Campbell became a columnist for Miami New Times, an alternative weekly newspaper distributed in the Miami metropolitan area. Campbell's column, called "Luke's Gospel", provides "a forum for his crazy-ass views on current events," which include politics, sports and entertainment. He is quoted on the Miami New Times website as saying, "It's the perfect place for me. I am a free-speech guy. It's just a match made in Heaven. Can you believe it? Me turned loose on the world in New Times. Wow."

Elijah Manley could be the next Maxwell Frost or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Cherfilus-McCormick was born in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, to parents from Haiti and raised in the borough of Queens. She moved to Florida at 13 to attend high school.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and government from Howard University and a Juris Doctor from the St. Thomas University School of Law.

After graduating from college, Cherfilus-McCormick served as a project manager for the New York City Transit Authority. From 1999 to 2007, she worked as the vice president for operations of Trinity Health Care Services, a Florida-based family home health care company co-founded by her stepfather, Gabriel Smith. She later served as CEO.

Cherfilus-McCormick voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

So make this clear: Black or White, Brown or Yellow, any Democrat or Republican running for Congress backing Israel is a defining no. They will not get my support any further.

I supported Cherfilus-McCormick, Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA), Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA) and Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH) in the past. No longer. If these Sisters are about sorority and unity, they need to be on the right side of history. 

Give up the AIPAC money and denounce Israel or face a primary opponent strong enough to defeat you.

Luther Campbell, if you support Israel, I cannot support you. 

Also running Elijah Manley, who is running as a candidate who vehemently opposes Israel and call its actions a genocide. He has refused to take AIPAC funding and is concerned that Campbell and Cherfilus-McCormick will drown him out.

To be clear, vote for the candidate who doesn't support our taxpayer money going to a country committing a genocide.