PUNTA GORDA — As one of the last candidates to enter the county judge’s race, Sean Lux knows he has a tall order ahead of him.
Despite the circumstances, the Punta Gorda attorney said he feels ready for the campaign.
“If I didn’t think I could win, I wouldn’t run,” Lux told The Daily Sun in an interview on Friday.
Lux has lived in Punta Gorda for the past six years with his wife Debi, who currently serves as a member of the Punta Gorda City Council.
The couple originally lived in Naples, until they were drawn to the more easygoing pace of Charlotte County.
“It’s the fact that things aren’t as busy here,” Lux said.
After completing his service with the U.S. Air Force, Lux obtained his law degree and began working as a prosecutor in Lee County. He later transferred to Charlotte County before going into private practice for criminal defense and family law.
As a prosecutor, Lux said, he has covered nearly every kind of case — from low-level misdemeanors and DUIs, up to high-level felonies with a specialization in financial crimes and crimes against children.