David Jolly

David Jolly interests me as a study in political conviction. An Emory-trained attorney who served Florida's 13th district as a Republican, he did something rare after leaving Congress: he openly broke with his own party's standard-bearer and eventually left the party altogether. Whatever one's politics, walking away from your tribe over principle costs you allies, money, and easy careers. I tend to trust people more when they choose discomfort over conformity, and Jolly's pivot from insider to independent critic reads, to me, as someone willing to pay that price. That earns my genuine curiosity, if not automatic agreement.

Name (English)

David Jolly

Name (Japanese)

デイビッド・ジョリー

Reading

でいびっど・じょりー

Born

October 31, 1972 (age 53)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat

Origin

Dunedin, Florida, United States

Occupation

lobbyist / lawyer / politician / member of congress / employee

University

Emory University

• Official sitehttps://davidjolly.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/USRepDavidJolly
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Jolly
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15963996

Tags

• Florida
• lobbyist
• lawyer
• politician

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.