section_path: Political aspirations/2016 House of Representatives election
section_name: 2016 House of Representatives election
paragraph_text: 2016 House of Representatives election
  
  After moving to Florida in 2015, Bongino contemplated running for the United States Senate and Florida's 18th congressional district in 2016. However, in June 2016, Bongino declared that he would seek the Republican nomination for Florida's 19th congressional district. He faced Chauncey Goss, a Sanibel city councilman who sought the seat in 2012, and Francis Rooney, a businessman and former United States ambassador to the Holy See, in the primary.
  
  In an August 2016 interview with a Politico reporter, Bongino went on a profanity-laced rant against a reporter who asked about a story in the Naples Daily News that Bongino said was dishonest. The recorded phone call was published by Politico. He placed third in the August 2016 primary, losing the nomination to Rooney.
  
  After moving to Florida in 2015, Bongino contemplated running for the United States Senate and Florida's 18th congressional district in 2016. However, in June 2016, Bongino declared that he would seek the Republican nomination for Florida's 19th congressional district. He faced Chauncey Goss, a Sanibel city councilman who sought the seat in 2012, and Francis Rooney, a businessman and former United States ambassador to the Holy See, in the primary.
  
  In an August 2016 interview with a Politico reporter, Bongino went on a profanity-laced rant against a reporter who asked about a story in the Naples Daily News that Bongino said was dishonest. The recorded phone call was published by Politico. He placed third in the August 2016 primary, losing the nomination to Rooney.