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2010 Florida Election Report
A Summary of Florida’s 2010 State and Federal Campaigns
Compiled and Researched by Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate
August 2, 2010
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Florida Election Cycle
2009-2010
Florida’s 2010 Election Cycle is developing into one of the most active campaign seasons in the State’s history.
Florida Governor Charlie Crist (NPA) has announced he will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Mel Martinez (R) and thus, will not seek re-election as Governor. Governor Crist appointed his former chief of staff, George LeMieux (R) to serve out the rest of Martinez’s Senate term. Senator LeMieux (R) already has announced that he will not seek election to the seat once his term ends in November 2010. However, it is rumored that he will challenge incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D) in November 2012. The decision of Governor Crist to run for U.S. Senate will cause all four Florida Cabinet positions to be open for the first time in 120 years. Florida’s Cabinet comprises the positions of Governor, Attorney General, Chief Financial Officer and Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
A number of State Legislators have vacated their respective House and Senate seats in the quest for these open Cabinet posts, causing a political “domino” effect. In addition to those lawmakers seeking Cabinet seats, a number of Representatives are leaving their seats to run for the Senate. These factors, plus a large number of legislators facing term limits, creates a year where more than three-quarters of Florida’s Legislature will be on the 2010 ballot. Collectively, these prevailing factors are expected to produce high levels of campaign activity throughout Florida. Yet, with Florida’s qualifying date still a month away, these races are expected to continue changing between now and then.
Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate hopes you will find this report informative and will be able to use it as a tool to follow Florida’s 2010 election cycle. We will report on races across the state for Cabinet and State Legislative races, as well as Florida’s United States Senate and Congressional races. These reports will be provided following significant campaign activity, such as:
• The release of quarterly fundraising reports
• Qualifying of candidates (State - June 18, 2010)
• Primary Election results (August 24, 2010)
• General Election results (November 2, 2010)
Republican Party of Florida
Former Oviedo City Council member Jim Greer had been the Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (“RPOF”) since 2006. Greer announced his resignation after he received criticism from a group of elected officials, party leaders and major donors. The criticism surrounded excessive spending and his public endorsement of Governor Crist in the U.S. Senate Primary against former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio (R).
Former Speaker of the House and current State Senator John Thrasher (R) was appointed as the new chair of the RPOF. He was challenged by National Committeewoman Sharon Day, but won the vote with a large majority.
Florida Democratic Party
Former Congresswoman Karen Thurman has been the elected Chair of the Florida Democratic Party since 2005. From 1993-2003, she represented Florida's 5th Congressional District and was only the sixth woman to serve on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee in its 200-plus year history.
Thurman first became involved with government in her hometown of Dunnellon. While working as a math teacher at Dunnellon Middle School, her students encouraged her to run for a vacant seat on the Dunnellon City Council. She won that race and went on to serve seven years on the Council, including two terms as mayor. In 1982, at the age of 31, she won her election to the Florida State Senate.
The Republican and Democratic parties have the ability to raise “soft” money without contribution limits. This money can be spent on either Cabinet or Legislative races. Below we have included the 2010 First Quarter totals for soft money raised.
|Party |Funds Raised |Expenditures |
|Republicans |$7,661,753 |$3,941,445 |
|Democrats |$2,732,483 |$1,922,522 |
2010 Florida Cabinet Candidates
In December of 2008, U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (R) announced he would not seek re-election, thus opening his seat for the 2010 election cycle and initiating a “domino” effect throughout Florida for the imminent campaign season. Governor Crist’s (NPA) subsequent decision to not seek re-election and run for the U.S. Senate led to Attorney General Bill McCollum (R) leaving his position to be the Republican Nominee for Governor. Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink (D) also announced she would be vacating her position to be the Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate. Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Charlie Bronson (R) is term-limited, which leaves his Cabinet seat open as well.
Governor
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Bill McCollum (R) |(R) $8,576,712 |Attorney |Orlando |Lead counsel for the U.S. House of |U.S. Congress |Attorney General of Florida |
| |(E) $5,168,700 | | |Representatives in the Clinton impeachment |(1981-2001); Florida Attorney General|(2006-present) |
| | | | |trial; served on active duty and as an officer |(2006-present) | |
| | | | |in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps in the | | |
| | | | |U.S. Navy | | |
|Rick Scott (R) |(R) $415,626 |Businessman |Naples |Founder of Columbia Hospital Corporation, |None |None |
| |(E) $22,658,629 | | |Solantic Corporation. One of his businesses | | |
| | | | |was fined $1.7 billion for Medicare fraud. | | |
| | | | |Founder of Conservatives for Patients’ Rights, | | |
| | | | |an anti-Obama organization. Capable of | | |
| | | | |self-financing his campaign | | |
2010 Florida Cabinet Candidates
Governor (continued)
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Alex Sink (D) |(R) $10,585,911 |Former Bank of America |Tampa |Appointed by Governor Lawton Chiles to the |Florida Chief Financial Officer |None |
| |(E) $1,509,781 |President of Florida | |Commission on Government Accountability to the |(2006-present) | |
| | |Operations | |People; Vice Chair of Florida Tax Watch | | |
|Brian Moore (D) |(R) $3,117 |Community Activist |Spring Hill |Twenty-year veteran of managed healthcare |None |None |
| |(E) $8,022 | | |industry who has designed and implemented | | |
| | | | |infrastructure rehabilitation and public health | | |
| | | | |education and vaccination projects in Central | | |
| | | | |and South America | | |
|Lawton “Bud” Chiles|(R) $86,573 |Businessman |Tallahassee |Son of former Florida Governor Lawton Chiles; |None |None |
|(NPA) |(E) $36,147 | | |recently resigned as head of the Lawton Chiles | | |
| | | | |Foundation; had brief stint with hurricane-proof| | |
| | | | |home building company that went bankrupt | | |
2010 Florida Cabinet Candidates
Attorney General
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Holly Benson (R) |(R) $637,737 |Attorney |Tallahassee |University of Florida College of Law graduate. |Florida House of Representatives |None |
| |(E) $278,976 | | |Municipal bond attorney at Miller, Canfield, |(2000-2006) | |
| | | | |Paddock and Stone. In 2006, Governor Crist | | |
| | | | |appointed her as Secretary of the Florida | | |
| | | | |Department of Business and Professional | | |
| | | | |Regulation and in 2008, as Secretary of the | | |
| | | | |Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. | | |
|Pam Bondi (R) |(R) $713,345 |Attorney |Hillsborough County |Hillsborough County Assistant State Attorney; |None |None |
| |(E) $213,140 | | |serves as a legal analyst on Scarborough | | |
| | | | |Country with Joe Scarborough and other MSNBC | | |
| | | | |and Fox News programs | | |
|Jeff Kottkamp (R) |(R) $884,070 |Attorney |Fort Myers |Former trial attorney with the PIP Law Firm of |Florida House (2000-2006) |Lieutenant Governor of |
| |(E) $417,035 | | |Morgan & Morgan. | |Florida(2006-present) |
|Dave Aronberg (D) |(R) $1,379,113 |Attorney |Greenacres |Assistant to the Florida Attorney General for |Florida Senate |Senate Military Affairs & Domestic |
| |(E) $1,271,974 | | |Economic Crimes, 1999; Harvard Law School |(2002-present) |Security – Chair |
| | | | |graduate. | | |
|Dan Gelber (D) |(R) $1,271,974 |Attorney |Miami Beach |At 25, appointed as one of the youngest Federal|Florida House of Representatives |Served as House Minority Leader |
| |(E) $387,400 | | |Prosecutors in the nation. Selected by former |(2000-2008); |2006-2008 |
| | | | |U.S. Senator Sam Nunn as Chief Counsel and |Florida Senate | |
| | | | |Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Permanent |(2008-present) | |
| | | | |Subcommittee on Investigations, he directed | | |
| | | | |investigations into global terrorism. | | |
2010 Florida Cabinet Candidates
Chief Financial Officer
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Jeff Atwater (R) |(R) $2,971,399 |Banker |North Palm Beach |Former Chairman, President and CEO of Barnett |Florida House of Representatives |Florida Senate President |
| |(E) $147,296 | | |Bank of Broward County and the Treasure Coast; |(2000-2002); Florida Senate |(2008-present) |
| | | | |former Market President of Riverside National |(2002-presnt) | |
| | | | |Bank for Palm Beach and Broward counties | | |
|Loranne Ausley (D) |(R) $991,054 |Attorney |Tallahassee |Current Florida Healthy Kids Corp. Board Chair; |Florida House of Representatives |None |
| |(E) $159,945 | | |Senior Advisor to the Lawton Chiles Foundation |(2000-2008) | |
Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Adam Putnam (R) |(R) $2,302,917 |Farmer/Rancher |Bartow |Elected House Republican Conference Chairman in |Florida House of Representatives |U.S. House of Representatives |
| |(E) $332,032 | | |2006 |(1996-2000); |(2001-present) |
|Scott Maddox (D) |(R) $492,634 |Attorney and Lobbyist |Tallahassee |Served as a member of the Democratic National |Tallahassee City Commission, Mayor; |None |
| |(E) $30,565 | | |Committee; Earned law degree from Florida State |Chairman of the Florida Democratic | |
| | | | |University |Party | |
|Ira Chester (TEA) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Tallahassee |Former registered Democrat |None |None |
| |(E) $7,738 | | | | | |
The Florida Senate
The Florida Senate comprises 40 Districts, which are currently occupied by 26 Republicans and 14 Democrats who all serve four-year terms. In 2010, all even-numbered districts will be on the ballot for re-election, with the addition of a few odd seats due to some Senators having left during mid-term for various reasons. A total of 14 seats are open, nine of those because of term limits and the remaining five as a result of the aforementioned statewide “domino effect.”
District 2 – Currently occupied by Senator Durell Peaden Jr. (R), who is term-limited, this Panhandle seat includes parts of Escambia, Bay, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and Washington counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Greg Evers (R) |(R) $344,019 |Farmer/Small |Milton |Owner of Baker Farm Center since 1981, farming |Florida House of Representatives |House Joint Legislative Auditing |
| |(E) $133,531 |Businessman | |peanuts, soybeans, cotton, corn, wheat and |(2001-present) |Committee – (Alternating Chair) |
| | | | |strawberries | | |
|Walter “Mike” Hill (R) |(R) $62,141 |Insurance Agent |Pensacola | Has worked for State Farm since 1990. Retired U.S. |None |None |
| |(E) $33,277 | | |Air Force | | |
|Christopher Crawford |(R) $2,032 |Unknown |Orlando |No information available |None |None |
|(TEA) |(E) $1,782 | | | | | |
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District 4 – Senator Don Gaetz (R) is eligible for re-election in 2010 to serve another four-year term. This Panhandle seat includes parts of Bay, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE SENATOR GAETZ IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Don Gaetz (R) |(R) $338,865 |Legislator |Fort Walton Beach |Former Chair of the Governor’s Commission on Long-Term|Florida Senate |Senate Policy and Steering |
|Incumbent |(E) $81,715 | | |Health Care; co-founder of VITAS Healthcare |(2006-present); Okaloosa County |Committee on Social Responsibility |
| | | | |Corporation |School District Superintendent |– (Chair); Senate Committee on |
| | | | | | |Health Regulation – (Chair) |
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District 6 – This Panhandle seat includes parts of Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison and Wakulla counties and is open due to Senator Al Lawson (D) being term-limited.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|John Shaw (R) |(R) $2,402 |Owner of Computer |Tallahassee |Campaign platform is the legalization of marijuana and |None |None |
| |(E) $1,882 |Repair Business | |industrial hemp | | |
| | | | | | | |
|Bill Montford (D) |(R) $348,153 |CEO of Florida |Tallahassee |Currently serves on the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce |Leon County School District |None |
| |(E) $250,406 |Association of | |Executive Committee, Board of Directors and Chairs the |Superintendent | |
| | |Districts School | |Chamber’s Governmental Affairs Committee; Board of | | |
| | |Super-intendents | |Directors member for the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and | | |
| | | | |Science, Challenger Learning Center, the Florida Center | | |
| | | | |for Performing Arts and Education; and | | |
| | | | |The Village Square | | |
|Curtis Richardson (D) |(R) $102,845 |Education Consultant|Tallahassee |Cabinet Aide to former Governor Lawton Chiles |Leon County School Board Member; |None |
| |(E) $66,390 | | | |Florida House (2000-2008) | |
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District 8 – This Northeast Florida seat includes parts of Duval, Flagler, Nassau, St. Johns and Volusia Counties and was won by John Thrasher (R) in a November 2009 special election to replace the recently-deceased Senator Jim King (R). The election below will be in 2010.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Charles Perniciaro (R) |(R) $16,096 |Doctor |Jacksonville |Director of Dermatopathology at Bernhardt |None |None |
| |(E) $197,183 | | |Laboratories. Taught at Mayo Clinic before private | | |
| | | | |practice | | |
|John |(R) $217,929 |Attorney; now-former |Orange Park |Appointed by Governor Bush to Clay County Commission |Florida Senate |Senate Ethics and Elections – (Chair)|
|Thrasher (R) |(E) $123,788 |lobbyist for Southern| |2007-2008; Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce General |(2009-present); Florida House of |Former Speaker of the House |
|Incumbent | |Strategy Group since | |Counsel, 2009; U.S. Army 1966-1970; served in Germany |Representatives |(1998-2000) |
| | |2001 | |and Vietnam; heavily decorated and honorably |(1992-2000); Clay County School | |
| | | | |discharged as Captain |Board; (1986-1990) | |
|Deborah Gianoulis (D) |(R) $51,869 |Retired, Former TV |Ponte Vedra Beach |Launched “Save Duval Schools” in 2009 to protest state|None |None |
| |(E) $3,025 |Anchor-woman | |budget cuts to schools. Outspoken critic of using | | |
| | | | |FCAT scores to allocate funding; | | |
| | | | |Emmy, Peabody award winner | | |
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District 10 –This Central Florida seat includes parts of Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk counties. Senator Rhonda Storms (R) is eligible for re-election to serve another four-year term.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Ronda Storms (R) |(R) $209,665 |Educator; Attorney |Brandon |Christian Coalition of Florida, Faith and Family Award |Florida Senate |Senate Committee on Children, |
|Incumbent |(E) $75,886 | | |(2007-2008); Stetson University, Distinguished Alumni |(2006-present); |Families and Elder Affairs – (Chair) |
| | | | |Award, 2008 |Hillsborough County Commission | |
| | | | | |(1998-2006) | |
|Victoria Brake (WRI) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Valrico |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | | | |
District 12 – This Central Florida seat, which includes parts of Hillsborough and Pasco counties, is open due to Senator Victor Crist (R) being term-limited.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Kevin |(R) $305,164 |Attorney |Tampa |15-year litigation attorney currently serves as a |Florida House of Representatives |House Public Safety and Domestic |
|Ambler (R) |(E) $266,607 | | |legislative analyst; served as Air Force Judge Advocate |(2002-present) |Security Policy Committee – (Chair) |
| | | | |and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. | | |
|Jim |(R) $507,935 |Accountant |Tampa |Served two consecutive terms as Hillsborough County |Hillsborough County Commissioner |None |
|Norman (R) |(E) $235,267 | | |Commission Chairman; Salvation Army comptroller |(1994-present) | |
The Florida Senate
District 14 –This North Central Florida seat includes parts of Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Levy, Marion, Putnam and Union counties.
Senator Steve Oelrich (R) is eligible for re-election to serve another four-year term.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Info |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Steve Oelrich (R) |(R) $222,649 |Retired |Gainesville |Served as Alachua County Sheriff for over 14 years. |Florida Senate |Senate Higher Education Committee – |
|Incumbent |(E) $79,015 |Sheriff | |Former Florida Department of Law Enforcement Special |(2006-present); Alachua County |Chair |
| | | | |Agent. Prior to being elected Sheriff, he owned a |Sheriff | |
| | | | |Nationwide Insurance Agency | | |
|Perry |(R) $140,746 |State Farm Insurance|Gainesville |Lost the Democratic primary four years ago. Elected to |Florida House (2000-2002); former|None |
|McGriff Jr. (D) |(E) $10,784 |Agent | |Florida House in 2000 but lost his bid for re-election two|Gainesville Mayor | |
| | | | |years later to Larry Cretul of Ocala, who went on to | | |
| | | | |become House Speaker | | |
District 16 – This Central Florida seat, which includes parts of Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, is open as a result of Senator Charlie Justice (D) not seeking re-election to the Senate in order to run for Congress.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Jack Latvala (R) |(R) $580,331 |Political Consultant |Clearwater |Longtime director of Community Hospital in New Port |Florida Senate |Served as Senate Majority Leader |
| |(E) $185,346 | | |Richey; director of Synovus Bank of Tampa Bay; once |(1994 – 2002) |(1998-2000) |
| | | | |operated a carwash in Steinhatchee and a printing shop | | |
| | | | |in Largo | | |
|Nina Hayden (D) | (R) $16,922 |Attorney |Clearwater |Works in Public Defender’s Office |Pinellas County |None |
| |(E) $10,512 | | | |School Board | |
The Florida Senate
District 18 –This Central Florida seat includes parts of Hillsborough, Manatee and Pinellas counties. Senator Arthenia Joyner (D) is eligible for re-election to serve another four-year term. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE SENATOR JOYNER IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Arthenia Joyner (D) |(R) $45,588 |Attorney |Tampa |University Community Hospital Trustee, 1986-Present; |Florida Senate |Served as House Minority Whip and Floor |
|Incumbent |(E) $20,307 | | |Hillsborough Overall Economic Development Committee, |(2006-present) |Leader; |
| | | | |1992-1994; Director, Tampa Economic Development Board, | | |
| | | | |1992-1994 |Florida House | |
| | | | | |(2000-2006) | |
District 20 – This Central Florida seat, which includes parts of Lake, Marion, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia counties, is open as a result of Senator Carey Baker (R) not seeking re-election. Senator Baker had filed to run for Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, but withdrew his name in that race.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Alan Hays (R) |(R) $267,255 |Retired Dentist |Umatilla |Strong interest on insurance issues; U.S. Coast Guard |Florida House of |House Government Operations |
| |(E) $49,078 | | |(1967-1970); Florida Medical Association, Legislative, |Representatives |Appropriations Committee – (Chair) |
| | | | |Dental Councils; Florida Comprehensive Hurricane Damage |(2004-present) | |
| | | | |Mitigation Advisory Council; | | |
| | | | |My Safe Florida Home Advisory Council; Faith & Family Award| | |
| | | | |winner | | |
|Eunice Garbutt (D) |(R) $3,047 |Non-profit management |Groveland |Affiliated with Florida Voters League, South Lake Democratic|None |None |
| |(E) $2,992 | | |Club, Lake County Democrats, Lake County Black Caucus and | | |
| | | | |the Central Florida Urban League of Young Professionals | | |
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District 22 – This Central Florida seat, which includes parts of Orange and Seminole counties, is held by Senator Lee Constantine (R), who is term-limited.
NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE DAVID SIMMONS IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|David Simmons (R) |(R) $334,113 |Attorney |Altamonte Springs |Financial Managing Partner for the law firm of deBeaubien, |Florida House of |None |
| |(E) $61,914 | | |Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal, LLP |Representatives | |
| | | | | |(2000-2008) | |
District 24 –This Central Florida seat includes parts of Brevard, Orange and Seminole counties. Senator Thad Altman (R) is seeking re-election for another four-year term.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Thad Altman (R) |(R) $289,609 |Contractor/ |Melbourne |Serves as a Director on the Boards of Space Florida and |Florida Senate |Senate Finance and Tax Council - |
|Incumbent |(E) $168,498 |Consultant | |Workforce Florida |(2008-present); Florida House |(Chair) |
| | | | | |(2003-2008); Brevard County | |
| | | | | |Commission | |
|Bart Carmichael (R) |$6,920 |Corporate Executive |Melbourne |President of MIMA Technology Solutions; member of Glenn |None |None |
| |(E) $5,010 | | |Beck’s 9.12 project | | |
The Florida Senate
District 25 – This South Florida seat, which includes parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties, is open due to Senator Jeff Atwater’s (R) vacating to run for Florida‘s Chief Financial Officer.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Ellyn Bogdanoff (R) |(R) $482,831 |Attorney |Ft. Lauderdale |Federal Judicial Nominating Commission 2005-2008; |Florida House |House Finance and Tax Council - |
| |(E) $307,919 | | |affiliated with Guardian Ad Litem Program, 17th Judicial |(2004-present) |(Chair) |
| | | | |Circuit | | |
|Carl Domino (R) |(R) $125,043 |Investment Manager |Jupiter |U.S. Navy, Vietnam, Retired as a Commander in the U.S. |Florida House |House Civil Justice and Courts |
| |(E) $462,677 | | |Naval Reserve 1989; Harvard Business School MBA |(2002-present) |Policy Committee– (Chair) |
|Kelly Skidmore (D) |(R) $196,568 |Regional Director, |Boca Raton |Former Chief of Staff to then-State Senator Ron Klein |Florida House |None |
| |(E) $38,422 |Arthritis Foundation | | |(2006-present) | |
District 26 –This Central Florida seat includes parts of Brevard, Indian River, Osceola and St. Lucie Counties. Senator Mike Haridopolis (R) is seeking re-election for another four-year term. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE SENATOR HARIDOPOLOS IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Mike Haridopolos (R) |(R) $710,117 |University of |Melbourne |Co-Founder of the Freedom Caucus |Florida Senate |Senate President-Elect (2010–2012); Policy and Steering|
|Incumbent |(E) $341,324 |Florida Professor | | |(2003-present); |Committee on Energy, Environment, and Land Use – |
| | | | | |Florida House |(Chair); Senate Committee on Reapportionment – (Chair) |
| | | | | |(2000-2003) | |
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District 27 – This seat includes parts of Glades, Hendry, Charlotte, Palm Beach and Lee Counties and is open as a result of Senator Dave Aronberg’s (D) resigning to campaign for Florida Attorney General.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Lizbeth Benacquisto (R) |(R) $309,396 |Realtor |Loxahatchee |Supported by Senate President Jeff Atwater, former Senate |Wellington Town Council |None |
| |(E) $122,445 | | |President Ken Pruitt and Majority Leader Alex Diaz de la |(2002-present) | |
| | | | |Portilla | | |
|Mike Lameyer (R) |(R) $2,250 |Science and |West Palm Beach |Former commercial and U.S. Marine pilot. Awarded several |None |None |
| |(E) $2,464 |Technology corporate| |U.S. and worldwide technology patents; James Madison | | |
| | |develop-ment | |Institute Board of Advisors | | |
| | |director | | | | |
|Sharon Merchant (R) |(R) $157,919 |Equipment Rental VP |West Palm Beach |Supported by Senators Paula Dockery and Alex Villalobos |Florida House |None |
| |(E) $78,629 | | | |(1992-2000) | |
|Pete Burkert (D) |(R) $152,187 |Attorney |Fort Myers |Partner in the Fort Myers firm of Henderson, Franklin, |None |None |
| |(E) $80,135 | | |Starnes, and Hart from 1977-1986, during which he | | |
| | | | |represented the insurance industry. Formed Burket & Hart | | |
| | | | |in 1986, where he practiced workers’ compensation, | | |
| | | | |personal injury and employment law. Does not currently | | |
| | | | |practice law. | | |
|Kevin Rader (D) |(R) $225,185 |Insurance Agent |Boynton Beach |Partner in Hollywood-based Advanced Insurance |Florida House of |None |
| |(E) $99,247 | | |Underwriters, ranked by the South Florida Business Journal|Representatives | |
| | | | |as state’s fifth largest underwriting company |(2008-present) | |
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District 28 . This South Florida seat includes parts of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties. Senator Joe Negron (R) is eligible to serve another four-year term. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE SENATOR NEGRON IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Joe Negron (R) |(R) $151,710 |Attorney |Stuart |Republican National Convention 2008 delegate; Region|Florida Senate (2009-present); |Senate Committee on Judiciary – |
|Incumbent |(E) $61,770 | | |15 Chairman of President George W. Bush’s Florida 2004|Florida House (2000-2006) |(Chair); Committee on Appropriations |
| | | | |legal team; co-chair of Florida Attorney General Bill | |Chairman (2004-2006) |
| | | | |McCollum’s transition team after the 2008 general | | |
| | | | |election | | |
District 30 –This South Florida seat includes parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties. Senator Ted Deutch (D) won his election to replace Congressman Robert Wexler’s (D) seat, making this an open seat. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE SACHS IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Maria Lorts Sachs (D) |(R) $61,413 |Attorney |West Palm Beach |Appointed by Governor Crist to the Florida Statewide Task Force|Florida House of |House Roads, Bridges and Ports |
| |(E) $18,004 | | |on Human Trafficking, 2009-2011. Recipient of the American |Representatives |Policy Committee – (Chair) |
| | | | |Jewish Congress Distinguished Civic Achievement Award. Palm |(2006-present) | |
| | | | |Beach County Legislative Delegation Vice Chair | |Democratic Deputy Whip |
| | | | |(2008-2009) | | |
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District 32 –This is a South Florida district representing parts of Broward County. Senator Jeremy Ring (D) is seeking re-election for another four-year term.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Position of Interest |
|Patrick Laffey (R) |(R) $3,080 |Realtor, Independent|Margate |Army veteran; owns video and Web production company; served as |None |None |
| |(E) $3,056 |Community | |Emergency Management Coordinator in New Jersey; retired police | | |
| | |Association Manager | |officer | | |
|Jeremy Ring (D) Incumbent|(R) $107,007 |Entrepreneur |Margate |Former Yahoo Executive; National Jewish Democratic Committee, |Florida Senate |Senate Committee on Government |
| |(E) $33,160 | | |Board of Directors; Florida Ocean Sciences Institute, Board of |(2006-present) |Oversight and Accountability (Chair) |
| | | | |Directors; Nova Southeastern University Graduate School of | | |
| | | | |Humanities and Social Sciences, Advisory Committee | | |
District 34 – This is a South Florida seat that includes parts of Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. Incumbent Senator Nan Rich (D) is seeking re-election for another four-year term. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE SENATOR RICH IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Position of Interest |
|Nan Rich (D) Incumbent |(R) $249,119 |Legislator |Sunrise |Broward Children's Services Council Board, 1992-present; Chair|Florida Senate |Senate Minority Leader Designate (2010|
| |(E) $53,121 | | |1999-2000; Broward School Readiness Chair, 1999-2000; Broward |(2004-present) |– 2012) |
| | | | |Health and Human Services Chair 1995-1997; National Council of | | |
| | | | |Jewish Women President, 1996-1999 |Florida House of | |
| | | | | |Representatives | |
| | | | | |(2000-2004) | |
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District 35 – This South Florida seat includes parts of Broward and Miami-Dade Counties and opened with the announcement by Senator Dan Gelber (D) that he is running for Florida Attorney General.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Position of Interest |
|Kevin Burns (D) |(R) $10,951 |Real Estate Broker |North Miami |U.S. Conference of Mayors leader. |Elected Mayor of the City of |None |
| |(E) $9,312 | | |Founded small retail business and |North Miami (2005-2009) | |
| | | | |landscaping company | | |
|Gwen Margolis (D) |(R) $101,390 |Realtor/ |North Miami Beach |Defeated in Broward Tax Collector |Florida Senate |None |
| |(E) $65,258 |Developer | |election; first female Florida Senate |(2003-2008; 1981-1992); Florida | |
| | | | |President (1990 -1992) |House | |
| | | | | |(1975-1980) | |
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District 36 – This South Florida seat includes parts of Miami-Dade County and is open as a result of Senator Alex Diaz de la Portilla (R) being term-limited.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Position of Interest |
|Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (R) |(R) $494,670 |Attorney |Miami |Becker & Poliakoff shareholder |Miami-Dade County Commission |None |
| |(E) $121,724 | | |overseeing government law practice; |(1993-1999) | |
| | | | |Miami-Dade County Commission Chairman, | | |
| | | | |1996; brother of current Senator Alex | | |
| | | | |Diaz de la Portilla and Miami-Dade | | |
| | | | |School Board Member Renier Diaz de la | | |
| | | | |Portilla | | |
|J. Nilo (R) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Miami |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | | | |
|Julio Robaina (R) |(R) $232,531 |AT&T Employee |South Miami |Serves on the Florida Century |Florida House of Representatives|House Joint Legislative Committee on |
| |(E) $122,129 | | |Commission; Film and Entertainment |(2002-present); Served as City |Everglades Oversight – (Alternating |
| | | | |Advisory Board; Governor's Association |of South Miami, Mayor, Vice |Chair) |
| | | | |of Mayors, 1998-present |Mayor and Commissioner | |
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District 38 – This South Florida seat includes parts of Miami-Dade County and is open due to Senator Alex Villalobos (R) being term-limited.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Position of Interest |
|Anitere Flores (R) |(R) $584,691 |Attorney; Director |Miami |Served Governor Jeb Bush as Education |Florida House of Representatives|House Deputy Majority Leader |
| |(E) $200,411 |of Community | |Policy Chief; Director of State |(2004-present) |(2008-2010) |
| | |Partnerships at | |Relations for Florida International | | |
| | |Florida | |University; member of the Cuban-American| |House PreK-12 Appropriations Committee|
| | |International | |Bar Association; National Association of| |– (Chair) |
| | |University | |Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, | | |
| | | | |Educational Fund, Board Member | | |
|David Nelson (R) |(R) $10 |Teacher |Miami |Ran against Agriculture Commissioner |None |None |
| |(E) $1,802 | | |Charlie Bronson four years ago as a | | |
| | | | |Democrat. Switched parties in April | | |
| | | | |2010 to run as a Republican | | |
|Les Gerson (D) |(R) $7,132 |Veterinarian |Miami |Graduate of Cornell and Harvard. Has |None |None |
| |(E) $10,496 | | |worked at the Miami Zoo, Seaquarium | | |
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District 40 – This South Florida seat represents parts of Miami-Dade County and is open as a result of Senator Rudy Garcia (R) being term-limited.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Position of Interest |
|Rene Garcia (R) |(R) $317,869 |External Affairs, |Hialeah |Strong focus on healthcare issues while |Florida House of Representatives|None |
| |(E) $135,935 |Mercy Hospital, Vice| |in the House; serves on Hialeah |(2000-2008) | |
| | |President | |Hospital, Camillus House, Children Trust| | |
| | | | |and A Safe Haven for Newborns Boards |Hialeah City Council (1997-2000)| |
|Alexis Dominguez (WRI) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Hialeah |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
The Florida House of Representatives comprises 120 single member districts, which are currently occupied by 76 Republicans and 44 Democrats. House seats are up for election every two years. After qualifying, number of incumbents will not have an opponent. Currently, there are 28 open seats.
District 1 – This seat is open due to Representative Greg Evers (R) vacating to run for a State Senate seat. This district includes parts of Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa Counties
|Candidate |Funds Raised / |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held|Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Greg Brown (R) |(R) $45,657 |Real Estate/ Legislative |Milton |Former aide to State Senator Durell Peaden Jr. (R) |None |None |
| |(E) $10,355 |Aide | | | | |
|Douglas Vaughn Broxson |(R) $127,554 |Insurance Adjuster |Pensacola |Insurance agent with Hiles McLeod in Pensacola. Brother of former|None |None |
|(R) |(E) $123,074 | | |Santa Rosa County Commissioner John Broxson | | |
|Ricky Perritt (R) |(R) $4,920 |Overseas Contractor/ Law |Pace |Served eight years in the U.S. Army before becoming an officer |None |None |
| |(E) $8,834 |Enforcement | |with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office for 11 years, where he| | |
| | | | |achieved the rank of Sergeant. Since 2009, has worked overseas as| | |
| | | | |a contractor to assist in the rebuilding of Iraq | | |
|Ferd Salomon (R) |(R) $10,350 |Real Estate/ Retired U.S. |Pace |Served as Regional Commander for U.S. Navy facilities surrounding |None |None |
| |(E) $7,589 |Navy Officer | |Pensacola; executive officer at Whiting Field Naval Air Station | | |
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District 2 – This seat is open due to State Representative Dave Murzin (R) vacating to run for State Senate. This district includes parts of Escambia County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised / |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Clay Ingram (R) |(R) $56,148 |Real Estate/ High |Pensacola |Florida State University football player; four-year starter and leader|None |None |
| |(E) $28,525 |School Football Coach | |of the 1999 National Championship team. Communications degree, | | |
| | | | |member of the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll. Former | | |
| | | | |Escambia Republican Executive Committee Chair | | |
|David Martin Karasek (R) |(R) $28,436 |Retired Captain with |Pensacola |Served as FHPs’ Pensacola District Commander for 17 years of a 30-year|None |None |
| |(E) $19,105 |the Florida Highway | |career. Served as Vice President for First Judicial Law Enforcement | | |
| | |Patrol | |Association; military veteran | | |
District 3 – State Representative Clay Ford (R) is seeking to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ Expenditures |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| | | | | | |Interest |
|Clay Ford (R) |(R) $81,542 |Attorney/ Retired |Pensacola |Florida Department of Children and Families attorney; served in |Florida House |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $26,381 |U.S. Army Colonel | |Europe during the Cold War. Former President, Florida League of |(2007-present): | |
| | | | |Cities, |City of Gulf Breeze | |
| | | | |1992-2007 |Councilman | |
|Claudia Brown-Curry (D) |$3,888 |Teacher |Pensacola |University of West Florida graduate, former Escambia County |Escambia School Board |None |
| |(E) $1,146 | | |School Board member |(2006-2008) | |
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District 4 – State Representative Matt Gaetz (R) is seeking re-election. This district includes parts of Okaloosa and Santa Rosa Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE GAETZ IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Matt Gaetz (R) |(R) $0 |Attorney |Fort Walton Beach |Attorney with Keefe Anchors Gordon and Moyle. Son of Florida |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | |Senator Don Gaetz | | |
| | | | |(R-Niceville) | | |
District 5 – State Representative Brad Drake (R) is seeking re-election to another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Walton and Washington Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE DRAKE IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Brad Drake (R) |(R) $41,992 |Marketing Executive |DeFuniak Springs |Owner of Southern Marketing Company, LLC. Former |Florida House of |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $20,844 | | |Legislative Assistant to State Representative Don |Representatives | |
| | | | |Brown (R), 2000-2007 |(2008-present) | |
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District 6 – State Representative Jimmy Patronis (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Bay, Franklin and Gulf Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Jimmy Patronis Jr. (R) |(R) $118,484 |Restaurant Owner |Panama City |Part-owner of Captain Anderson’s Restaurant in Panama|Florida House (2006-present)|None |
|Incumbent |(E) $46,235 | | |City | | |
|John McDonald (D) |(R) $1,350 |Writer and Consultant |Panama City |Former Freedom Communications entertainment editor. |None |None |
| |(E) $2,140 | | |Two-time Florida Press Association award winner for | | |
| | | | |critical writing | | |
District 7 – State Representative Marti Coley (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Wakulla and Walton Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Marti Coley (R) |(R) $151,379 |Teacher |Marianna |English teacher at Chipola College, 1989-2005. |Florida House (2005-present) |House Joint Legislative |
|Incumbent |(E) $33,904 | | | | |Auditing Committee – (Chair) |
|David Pleat (D) |(R) $30,458 |Attorney |Destin |Pleat & Perry senior partner; litigates personal |No information available |None |
| |(E) $28,996 | | |injury, wrongful death, real estate, associations, | | |
| | | | |complex medical malpractice, commercial, bankruptcy | | |
| | | | |and criminal defense | | |
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District 8 – State Representative Alan Williams (D) is seeking re-election for another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Gadsden and Leon Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Alan Williams (D) |(R) $84,380 |Marketing and Business |Tallahassee |Former Community Relations Aide to City of Tallahassee |Florida House of |House Government Operations |
|Incumbent |(E) $15,305 |Consultant | |Mayor John Marks |Representatives |Appropriations Committee – |
| | | | | |(2008-present) |Democratic Ranking Member |
|Davis Rodney (WRI) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Tallahassee |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | | | |
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District 9 – State Representative Michelle Rehwinkel-Vasilinda (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Gadsden, Jefferson and Leon Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Kirk Headley-Perdue (R) |(R) $70,587 |Owns Small Business |Tallahassee |Owns a computer maintenance business |None |None |
| |(E) $7,244 | | | | | |
|Ann Yarko (R) |(R) $5,149 |Unknown |Tallahassee |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $676 | | | | | |
|Rick Minor (D) |(R) $66,770 |Consultant/ Project |Tallahassee |Government public policy consultant; worked on three |Chairman of the Leon County|None |
| |(E) $51,722 |Manager | |Florida gubernatorial campaigns and a presidential |Democratic Party | |
| | | | |campaign. Masters in Public Administration, Harvard |(2005-2009) | |
|Michelle Rehwinkel-Vasilinda |(R) $99,873 |Attorney/ College |Tallahassee |Previously a professor at Tallahassee Community College. |Florida House of |None |
|(D) |(E) $44,354 |Professor | |Developed and wrote content for 14 online legal studies |Representatives | |
|Incumbent | | | |program courses |(2008-present) | |
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District 10 – State Representative Leonard Bembry (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Alachua, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Levy, Madison, Taylor and Wakulla Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|David Feigin (R) |(R) $1,832 |Unknown |Cedar Key |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,800 | | | | | |
|Leonard Bembry (D) |(R) $89,139 |General Manager, |Madison |Family farms in the Hamilton County and North Florida |Florida House of |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $49,971 |University Homes | |region, which has been part of District 10 for four |Representatives | |
| | | | |generations |(2008-present) | |
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District 11 – State Representative Debbie Boyd (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Alachua, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette and Suwannee Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Elizabeth Porter (R) |(R) $24,417 |Partner in medical |Live Oak |Governor Jeb Bush appointee to the Judicial |Columbia County Commission |None |
| |(E) $9,420 |billing and consulting | |Nominating Commission for the Third Circuit; |(2004-present); Chairman | |
| | |firm | |Florida State Medical Examiner’s Commission | | |
|Terry Rauch (R) |(R) $313 |Unknown |Lake City |Aircraft handler in the U.S. Navy |None |None |
| |(E) $2,405 | | | | | |
|Charles Underhill (R) |(R) $3,000 |Unknown |Fort White |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $2,640 | | | | | |
|Paul Watson (R) |(R) $3,972 |Pastor |Bell |Worked at Sumter Electric Cooperative for 15 |None |None |
| |(E) $2,128 | | |years | | |
|Debbie Boyd (D) |(R) $126,208 |Realtor |Newberry |Served 30 years with the University of Florida, |Florida House |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $15,017 | | |Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences as a |(2006-present) | |
| | | | |Research Technician and Laboratory Manager | | |
|John Ferentinos (TEA) |(R) $2,031 |Unknown |Kissimmee |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,782 | | | | | |
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District 12 – State Representative Janet Adkins (R) is seeking re-election for another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Nassau and Union Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE ADKINS IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Janet |(R) $48,368 |Legislator |Fernandina Beach |MBA in Business Administration from the |Florida House (2008-present); Nassau County |None |
|Adkins (R) |(E) $7,083 | | |University of North Florida; former |School Board (1998- present), Republican | |
|Incumbent | | | |partner, Information Systems of Florida, |State Committeewoman, Nassau County | |
| | | | |Inc. |(2000-present) | |
District 13 – State Representative Jennifer Carroll (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Clay and Duval Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE CARROLL IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Jennifer Carroll (R) |(R) $31,433 |Officer, U.S. Navy |Green Cove Springs |First African-American female Republican |Florida House of Representatives |House Economic Development |
|Incumbent |(E) $3,923 |(Retired) |(Jacksonville) |elected to the Florida Legislature. |(2003-present) |Policy Committee – (Chair) |
| | | | |Served 20 years in the U.S. Navy where she| | |
| | | | |retired as a Lieutenant Commander. | | |
| | | | |Former Executive Director of Florida | | |
| | | | |Department of Veterans Affairs | | |
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District 14 – State Representative Mia Jones (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Duval County.
NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE JONES IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ Expenditures|Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| | | | | | | |
|Mia Jones (D) |(R) $32,445 |Legislator |Jacksonville |Former Director, Minority Business |Florida House |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $7,716 | | |Affairs for Duval County Public Schools |(2008 - present); Jacksonville City| |
| | | | | |Council (2003 - 2007) | |
District 15 – This seat is open due to State Representative Audrey Gibson (D) being term-limited. (She will seek Senator Tony Hill’s (D) seat in 2012.) This district includes parts of Duval County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest|
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Randy Smith (R) |(R) $1,080 |Unknown |St. Petersburg |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $975 | | | | | |
|Reggie Fullwood (D) |(R) $83,639 |Developer |Jacksonville |Endorsed by Florida Chamber; President of |None |None |
| |(E) $23,867 | | |Rhino Harbor Development, LLC., a | | |
| | | | |multifamily housing development and | | |
| | | | |consulting firm | | |
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District 16 – State Representative Charles McBurney (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Duval County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Charles McBurney (R) |(R) $83,639 |Attorney |Jacksonville |International Relations Commission of |Florida House of Representatives |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $23,867 | | |Jacksonville; Awarded Southside Business |(2007- present) | |
| | | | |Men's Club 2006 Small Business Person of the | | |
| | | | |Year | | |
|Luiz Melendez (R) |(R) $1,724 |Board Certified |Jacksonville |Certified Allied Healthcare professional with|None |None |
| |(E) $2,251 |Surgical | |practicing privilege credentials; trains | | |
| | |Technologist | |surgical technologists; | | |
| | | | |U.S. Navy Veteran | | |
District 17 – State Representative Lake Ray (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Duval County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Lake Ray (R) |(R) $74,154 |Civil Engineer |Jacksonville |Currently a civil engineer with Halcrow |Florida House |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $40,412 | | |corporation |(2008 - present); | |
| | | | | |Jacksonville City Council | |
| | | | | |(1999-2007) | |
|John Rosso III (WRI) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Jacksonville |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | | | |
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District 18 – State Representative Ronald “Doc” Renuart (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Duval and
St. Johns Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Ronald “Doc” Renuart (R)|(R) $89,189 |Osteopathic Physician|Ponte Vedra Beach |Florida Army National Guard, Colonel, (1990-present); Chief |Florida House (2008 - |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $28,580 | | |Medical Officer, (2004-2008); Flight Surgeon, Operation Iraqi |present) | |
| | | | |Freedom, 2007; Operation Enduring Freedom, (2005-2006); Field | | |
| | | | |Surgeon, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003. Appointed by Governor | | |
| | | | |Jeb Bush Member to the State Medicaid Pharmaceutical and | | |
| | | | |Therapeutics Committee (2005-2008) | | |
|Tom Collins (D) |(R) $7,543 |Physicist |Jacksonville |Before retiring to Florida in 2006, served as Vice President for |None |None |
| |(E) $1,976 | | |Innovation and Economic Development at Oklahoma State University | | |
| | | | |and has served as the chief research officer for three | | |
| | | | |universities. Recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Senior | | |
| | | | |American Scientist Award; author of two books and more than 80 | | |
| | | | |science journal articles | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 19 – State Representative Mike Weinstein (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Clay, Duval, and St. Johns Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE WEINSTEIN IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Mike Weinstein (R) |(R) $55,429 |Prosecutor |Jacksonville |Former president of Take Stock in Children, a mentoring |Florida House |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $22,326 | | |program serving more than 13,000 low-income children in |(2008 - present) | |
| | | | |Florida. Former CEO of the Jacksonville Super Bowl Host| | |
| | | | |Committee | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 20 – State Representative William Proctor (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Clay, Flagler and St. Johns Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Alan Kelso (R) |(R) $2,256 |Businessman |St. Augustine |Created an ISP (internet service provider) and has a |None |None |
| |(E) $8,015 | | |software company; formerly in wireless communications | | |
| | | | |industry; served on an advisory council for then-president| | |
| | | | |George Bush, leading to Business Commission appointment; | | |
| | | | |worked with Ken Asplund to launch Christian Professional | | |
| | | | |Resources to help develop ethical businesses in St. Johns | | |
| | | | |County | | |
|William Proctor (R) |(R) $50,713 |Chancellor Flagler |St. Augustine |U.S. Army Reserve (1954-1964) |Florida House of Representatives |House State Universities |
|Incumbent |(E) $40,432 |College | |Member of the Florida State Board of Education |(2004-present) |and Private Colleges |
| | | | |(2001-2004); Past Chairman of the Flagler Hospital Board | |Appropriations Committee |
| | | | |of Trustees | |Chairman |
|Doug Courtney (D) |(R) $3,921 |Corporate Executive |Palm Coast |Hired as the first City Clerk for the City of Palm Coast |None |None |
| |(E) $2,948 | | |and also concurrently worked as the Town Clerk for the | | |
| | | | |Town of Beverly Beach. Currently President of ExecData, | | |
| | | | |Inc. a medical records software company. | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 21 – State Representative Charles Van Zant (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Bradford, Clay, Lake, Marion, Putnam and Volusia Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE VAN ZANT IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Charles |(R) $67,609 |Christian Pastor |Palatka |Owns an architectural firm |Florida House of Representatives |None |
|Van Zant (R) |(E) $32,383 |Architect | |Lifetime member of the NRA; |(2008 - present); former Clay | |
|Incumbent | | | |doctorate in theology |County School Board and Clay County| |
| | | | | |Florida Code Board, Vice Chairman | |
| | | | | |by appointment | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 22 – This seat is open due to Speaker of the House Larry Cretul (R) being term-limited. This district includes parts of Alachua, Levy and Marion Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position|
| |Expenditures | | | | |of Interest |
|John Patrick Deakins (R)|(R) $5,367 |Funeral Home Director |Dunnellon |Ran campaign of Dennis Baxley; |None |None |
| |(E) $2,727 | | |Vietnam veteran | | |
|Keith Perry (R) |(R) $91,429 |Owner of Perry Roofing, a $20 |Gainesville |Served as the President of the “House of Hope,” a |None |None |
| |(E) $69,806 |million dollar roofing company | |Christian-based program that integrates former inmates back| | |
| | | | |into society. Donates all labor for roofing Alachua | | |
| | | | |County’s Habitat for Humanity homes and the restoration of | | |
| | | | |the historic Cotton Club | | |
|Remzey L. Paul Samarrai |(R) $121,947 |Former Special Assistant and |Micanopy |Governor Crist appointee to the Gainesville Alachua County |Former Commissioner, Mayor|None |
|(R) |(E) $55,663 |Senior Advisor with the U.S. | |Regional Airport Authority for 2008-2011 |of Micanopy | |
| | |Department of State | | | | |
|Jon Paugh (D) |(R) $5,367 |Unknown |Ocala |Former high school teacher |None |None |
| |(E) $2,727 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 23 – State Representative Charles Chestnut (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Alachua and Marion Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE CHESTNUT IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position |
| |Expenditures | | | | |of Interest |
|Charles Chestnut (D) |(R) $15,600 |Funeral Director; |Gainesville |Graduate of Bethune-Cookman College |Florida House (2006 - |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $18 |Life Insurance Director | | |present) | |
| | | | | |Gainesville City Commission | |
| | | | | |(2000-2006); Mayor Pro | |
| | | | | |Tempore (2003-2004; | |
| | | | | |2005-2006) | |
District 24 – State Representative Kurt Kelly (R) is not seeking re-election, but running for a Congressional seat. This seat includes parts of Marion County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position |
| |Expenditures | | | | |of Interest |
|Dennis Baxley (R) |(R) $45,884 |Businessman |Ocala |Served as executive director of the Christian Coalition of|Florida House (2000 - 2007) |None |
| |(E) $43,927 | | |Florida; Mayor/Commissioner of Belleview, Florida (1982 |Florida House Speaker Pro | |
| | | | |-1983) |Tempore | |
| | | | | |(2006 – 2007) | |
|Michael Hageloh (D) |(R) $29,609 |Promoter |Ocala |Spent 20 years with Apple Inc., responsible for company’s |None |None |
| |(E) $6,623 | | |largest Florida higher education accounts | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 25 – This seat is open due to State Representative Alan Hays (R) vacating to run for a State Senate Seat. This district includes parts of Lake, Seminole and Volusia Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position |
| |Expenditures | | | | |of Interest |
|Rick Joyce (R) |(R) $78,552 |Mediation attorney and former|Tavares |Central Florida Mediator with focus on Alternate Dispute |None |None |
| |(E) $44,272 |CEO of Dixon-Ticonderoga | |Resolution. In 2008 he started Central Florida Mediators, a | | |
| | | | |business dispute resolution service. Currently serves as an | | |
| | | | |Adjunct Professor at Rollins College Crummer Graduate School| | |
| | | | |of teaching negotiation; leads OFB Commercial Properties; | | |
| | | | |Lake County Republican Executive Committee | | |
|Larry Metz (R) |(R) $32,119 |Attorney/Civil Litigator |Yalaha |Florida State University graduate; former Captain in the U.S.|Lake County School Board|None |
| |(E) $19,623 | | |Marine Corp Reserves |(2006 to present) | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
|Frank Layne Wood (D) |(R) $16,553 |Educator |Eustis |High school teacher |None |None |
| |(E) $5,102 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 26 – This seat is open due to State Representative Pat Patterson (R) vacating office to run for Florida Chief Financial Officer. This district includes parts of Flagler and Volusia Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Vince Champion (R) |(R) $32,550 |Retired Police Officer |Ormond Beach |President, Coastal Florida Police |None |None |
| |(E) $11,638 | | |Benevolent Association; Sergeant at | | |
| | | | |Arms, Florida PBA | | |
|Fred Costello (R) |(R) $128,701 |Dentist/Mayor |Ormond Beach |Practiced Cosmetic and Comprehensive |Mayor of Ormond Beach |None |
| |(E) $71,878 | | |Dentistry in Ormond Beach for over 20|(2002 to present); | |
| | | | |years; |City Commission (1999-2002) | |
| | | | |President of Florida Academy of | | |
| | | | |Cosmetic Dentists (2004) | | |
|Nathan McDonell (R) |(R) $8,268 |Military/ Businessman |Ormond Beach |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $7,080 | | | | | |
|Tim Huth (D) |(R) $78,912 |Deputy Superintendent |DeLand |Served as teacher, principal and |None |None |
| |(E) $7,804 | | |administrator during a 35 year career| | |
| | | | |in the school system; now deputy | | |
| | | | |superintendent | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 27 – State Representative Dwayne Taylor (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Volusia County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Dwayne Taylor (D) |(R) $58,140 |Writer/Producer |Daytona Beach |Daytona Beach Police and Fire Pension Board |Florida House |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $17,015 | | |Trustee; Florida League of Cities; Florida Black |(2008 to present); | |
| | | | |Caucus of Local Elected Officials, First Vice |Daytona Beach City Commissioner | |
| | | | |President (2006-2008) |(2003-2008) | |
|Christopher Kennedy |(R) $0 |Unknown |Deland |No information available |None |None |
|(NPA) |(E) $0 | | | | | |
District 28 – State Representative Dorothy Hukill (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Volusia County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Theresa Valdes (R) |(R) $14,508 |Businesswoman |Port Orange |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $35,398 | | | | | |
|Dorothy Hukill (R) |(R) $90,553 |Attorney |Port Orange |Law practice focuses on probate and real estate |Florida House |House Military and Local|
|Incumbent |(E) $58,897 | | | |(2004 to present); Port Orange City |Affairs Policy Committee|
| | | | | |Council (1998-1999); Mayor |– (Chair) |
| | | | | |(2000-2004); Town of Port Inlet | |
| | | | | |Council (1992-1994) | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 29 – This seat is open due to State Representative Ralph Poppel (R) being term-limited. This includes parts of Brevard and Indian River Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Robert Dale (R) |(R) $10,530 |Unknown |Rockledge |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $31,095 | | | | | |
|Tom Goodson (R) |(R) $77,338 |Businessman |Cocoa |Owns Goodson Paving and Seminole Curbs in |None |None |
| |(E) $31,935 | | |Cocoa; | | |
| | | | |Canaveral Port Authority Board Chairman (2002| | |
| | | | |to present) | | |
|Erin Grall (R) |(R) $69,126 |Attorney |Vero Beach |Indian River County Bar Association Board of |None |None |
| |(E) $49,210 | | |Directors; Florida Justice Association’s | | |
| | | | |Women’s Caucus Board of Directors Chairman | | |
|Roger Shealy (R) |(R) $32,591 |Accountant |Titusville |Co-owner of the wealth management firm SK |None |None |
| |(E) $12,169 | | |Advisors in Titusville | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 30 – State Representative Ritch Workman (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Brevard County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Ritch Workman (R) |(R) $104,410 |Mortgage Broker |Melbourne |Co-owner of Workman Mortgage, a family-run firm |Florida House |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $65,415 | | | |(2008-present) | |
|Amy Tidd (D) |(R) $38,591 |Unknown |Rockledge |Community activist, Sierra Club member |None |None |
| |(E) $5,003 | | | | | |
District 31 – State Representative John Tobia (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Brevard County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Lori Halbert (R) |(R) $37,498 |Small Business Owner |Indialantic |Marketing executive for Brevard-based Rayco, Inc. |None |None |
| |(E) $63,644 | | |for 10 years; started small business in 2008 | | |
|John Tobia (R) |(R) $100,459 |College Professor |Melbourne |Native of Honolulu, Hawaii |Florida House | None |
|Incumbent |(E) $81,610 | | | |(2008-present) | |
|Jane Havet (D) |(R) $0 |Horse Trainer |Malabar |Defeated in multiple local Brevard elections |Malabar Town Council |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | |(2002-2004) | |
|Jodi James (D) |(R) $7,877 |Unknown |Melbourne |Limited government activist |None |None |
| |(E) $2,501 | | | | | |
|Joe Pishgar (D) |(R) $2,005 |Gaming developer |West Melbourne |Collaborated with Microsoft, Sony, and Disney |None |None |
| |(E) $5,085 | | |building gaming communities | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 32 – State Representative Steve Crisafulli (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Brevard and Orange Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE CRISAFULLI IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Steve Crisafulli (R) |(R) $121,912 |Businessman/ Real |Merritt Island |Brevard County Soil and Water Conservation|Florida House of |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $37,153 |Estate Broker,/ | |Board, Supervisor (1998-2002); Brevard |Representatives | |
| | |Builder | |County Farm Bureau, Director 1996-2004; |(2008-present) | |
| | | | |Past President | | |
| | | | |2003-2005 | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 33 – This seat is open due to State Representative Sandy Adams (R) vacating to run for U.S. Congress. This district includes parts of Orange, Seminole and Volusia Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Jason Brodeur (R) |(R) $162,906 |Account Executive/ |Sanford |Proctor & Gamble Account Executive. Adjunct Professor |None |None |
| |(E) $105,570 |Adjunct Professor | |at Seminole Community College. Appointed by Governor | | |
| | | | |Charlie Crist to the Judicial Nominating Committee for | | |
| | | | |the 18th Judicial Circuit. City of Seminole Charter | | |
| | | | |Review Committee. Former Chairman, Seminole County | | |
| | | | |Republican Executive Committee; Seminole County Chairman| | |
| | | | |for the McCain for President campaign, 2008 | | |
|Alice Sterling (R) |(R) $130,327 |Optometrist |Altamonte Springs|Currently serving as chairman of the Florida Board of |Seminole County Republican |None |
| |(E) $78,839 | | |Optometry; |Executive Committeewoman, | |
| | | | |State Board Exams Overseer |Precincts 110, 116 | |
|James DeCocq (R) |(R) $7,927 |Owner at NJC Corporate|Orlando |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $8,099 |Enterprises | | | | |
|Leo Cruz (D) |(R) $15,444 |City/Urban Planner and|Oviedo |Masters in Public Administration, University of Central |None |None |
| |(E) $14,054 |Navy Veteran | |Florida. Former Sanford, now Orlando city planner | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 34 – State Representative Chris Dorworth (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Orange and Seminole Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Chris Dorworth (R) |(R) $135,411 |Real Estate Investor |Lake Mary |Former manager with Proctor & Gamble and Johnson|None |Potential Speaker of the House, 2014 |
|Incumbent |(E) $104,884 | | |& Johnson. Appointed to the Seminole Community | | |
| | | | |College Board of Trustees by Governor Jeb Bush; | | |
| | | | |re-appointed by Governor Crist as Chairman. | | |
| | | | |Former Seminole County Chairman of the 2004 | | |
| | | | |Bush/Cheney Campaign | | |
|Steve Barnes (D) |(R) $52,308 |Former Teacher/ |Sanford |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $3,533 |Journalist | | | | |
|John DeVries (TEA) |(R) $2,032 |Unknown |Winter Park |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,782 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 35 –House Speaker Designate Dean Cannon (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Orange County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Dean |(R) $754,070 |Attorney |Winter Park |Previously served on the City of Orlando Redistricting |Florida House of |House Select Policy Council on |
|Cannon (R) |(E) $286,935 | | |Advisory Committee 2000-2002. Orange County Charter Review |Representatives |Strategic and Economic Planning|
|Incumbent | | | |Commission General Counsel, 2002 |(2004-present) |– (Chair) |
|Amy Mercado (D) |(R) $49,121 |Senior Manager |Orlando |Currently Operations Manager for the National Mango Board; |None |None |
| |(E) $27,316 | | |Managing Member of the family firm Torres and Mercado; Senior| | |
| | | | |Manager for Team Liberty Benefits, with which Torres and | | |
| | | | |Mercado are affiliated | | |
|Juanita “Nina” Virone |(R) $2,132 |Consultant |Orlando |Partner with Dunmire Consulting |None |None |
|(TEA) |(E) $1,782 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 36 – State Representative Scott Randolph (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Orange County.
Note: Incumbent running unopposed.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Craig McCarthy (R) |(R) $3,967 |Attorney/ Retired |Orlando |Regional Soil and Water District supervisor; |None |None |
| |(E) $2,910 |Army Officer | |West Point graduate | | |
|Greg Reynolds (R) |(R) $9,305 |Unknown |Orlando |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $8,832 | | | | | |
|Scott Randolph (D) |(R) $50,088 |Attorney |Orlando |Bachelor of Science from Bradley University, |Florida House of |House Government Accountability Act Council|
|Incumbent |(E) $16,062 | | |1995; University of Georgia, School of Law, |Representatives |- (Democratic Ranking Member) |
| | | | |J.D.; 1999 |(2006-present) | |
District 37 – State Representative Scott Plakon (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Orange and Seminole Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE PLAKON IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Scott |(R) $42,171 |CEO/Publisher |Longwood |Founder of Nationwide Publishing Company, |Florida House of Representatives |None |
|Plakon (R) |(E) $9,270 | | |Inc. |(2008-present) | |
|Incumbent | | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 38 – State Representative Bryan Nelson (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Orange County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Bryan |(R) $75,853 |Insurance Agent/ |Apopka |Bachelor of Science in Ornamental |Florida House of Representatives |House Joint Administrative Procedures|
|Nelson (R) |(E) $33,562 |Nurseryman | |Horticulture from University of Florida. |(2006-present) |Committee – (Chair) |
|Incumbent | | | |Member of the Orange County Zoning Board, | | |
| | | | |2002-present, Chair 2006. Apopka Area | | |
| | | | |Chamber of Commerce President, 2003 | | |
|James “Heinie” Heinzelman|(R) $0 |Retired |Orlando |Retired small businessman |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | | | |
District 39 – State Representative Geraldine Thompson (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Orange County. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Geraldine Thompson (D) |(R) $18,750 |Legislator/ Retired |Orlando |Retired as Director of the Equal Opportunity |Florida House |House Economic Development Policy |
|Incumbent |(E) $0 |College Administrator| |Office at Valencia Community College, where |(2006-present) |Committee - (Democratic Ranking |
| | | | |she served for 24 years as Assistant to the | |Member); Democratic Leader Pro |
| | | | |President | |Tempore (2008-2010) |
Florida House of Representatives
District 40 –State Representative Eric Eisnaugle (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Orange County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position |
| |Expenditures | | | | |of Interest |
|Eric |(R) $105,693 |Attorney |Orlando |Associate at Jacksonville-based Foley & Lardner, |Florida House (2008-present) |None |
|Eisnaugle (R) |(E) $17,927 | | |practicing General Commercial Litigation. Served as a | | |
|Incumbent | | | |law clerk in both the White House Counsel’s Office and | | |
| | | | |Florida Governor General Counsel’s Office. Appointed by| | |
| | | | |Governor Bush to the Judicial Nominating Commission for | | |
| | | | |the Ninth Judicial Circuit | | |
|Todd Christian (D) |(R) $11,588 |Unknown |Orlando |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $6,142 | | | | | |
|Darin Richard Dunmire |(R) $1,882 |Unknown |Orlando |No information available |None |None |
|(TEA) |(E) $1,782 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 41 – State Representative Stephen Precourt (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Lake, Orange and Osceola Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Stephen Precourt (R) |(R) $99,459 |Engineer |Winter Garden |Former appointee to the Orange County Building Codes|Florida House of Representatives |House State Universities and |
|Incumbent |(E) $66,366 | | |Board of Adjustment and Appeals; Chairman, Orange |(2006-present) |Private Colleges Policy |
| | | | |County Development Advisory Board | |Committee – (Chair) |
|Lee Douglas (D) |(R) $3,869 |Unknown |Winter Garden |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $3,108 | | | | | |
|Jon Foley (TEA) |(R) $1,782 |Unknown |Orlando |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,782 | | | | | |
District 42 – Representative Marlene O’Toole (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Lake, Marion and Sumter Counties
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Marlene O’Toole (R) |(R) $42,056 |Project Director, |Lady Lake |Director for Lake and Sumter County’s Take Stock In Children;|Florida House |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $6,752 |Take Stock in | |former Southern Regional Manager with IBM |(2008-present) | |
| | |Children | | | | |
|Jeff Shoobridge (NPA) |(R) $1,140 |Unknown |Mascotte |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,619 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 43 – State Representative Ron Shultz (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Citrus, Hernando and Levy Counties
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Ron Shultz (R) |(R) $17,050 |Appraiser (Inactive) |Homosassa |Former Citrus County Property Appraiser, 1990-2005; |Florida House of Representatives |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $1,984 | | |originally appointed by then-Governor Bob Martinez. |(2008-present) | |
| | | | |Former Pinellas County Property Appraiser, | | |
| | | | |1976-1988, appointed by then-Governor Reubin Askew. | | |
| | | | |Florida Association of Property Appraisers, former | | |
| | | | |director | | |
|Jimmie Smith (R) |(R) $7,324 |Unknown |Inverness |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $3,241 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 44 – State Representative Robert Schenck (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Hernando, Pasco and Sumter Counties
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Robert Schenck (R) |(R) $88,998 |Real Estate Broker |Spring Hill |Former teacher at Central High School in Brooksville |Florida House |House Governmental Affairs Policy|
|Incumbent |(E) $5,801 | | | |(2006-present); |Committee – (Chair) |
| | | | | |Hernando County Commission | |
|Diane Rowden (D) |(R) $41,533 |Nurse/ Home Health |Brooksville |Owner of Smart Energy Evaluations, a company that |Hernando County Commissioner |None |
| |(E) $16,244 |Coordinator | |uses infrared technology to detect energy loss in |(2000-2008) | |
| | | | |homes and businesses; provides energy- efficient | | |
| | | | |solutions. |Hernando County School Board | |
| | | | | |member (1990-1993) | |
|Jay Thompson (D) |(R) $2,762 |Community College |Ocala |Utah native who attended South Florida University. |None |None |
| |(E) $2,441 |Professor | |Vocal opponent of SB 6, the recently vetoed | | |
| | | | |education reform bill | | |
|David Werder (D) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Hudson |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 45 – This seat is open due to State Representative Tom Anderson (R) being term-limited. This district includes parts of Pasco and Pinellas Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | |Held | |
|Fabian Calvo (R) |(R) $39,063 |Developer |Clearwater |Conservative activist, managing member of the Malibu, CA|None |None |
| |(E) $39,026 | | |developer, 2049 Edgewater, LLC. Hosts a weekly radio | | |
| | | | |program airing on three stations across West Central | | |
| | | | |Florida; member of the Pinellas County Republican | | |
| | | | |Executive Committee | | |
|Richard Corcoran (R) |(R) $191,947 |Attorney |Trinity |Currently does legal work for the Pasco County Sheriff’s|None |None |
| |(E) $151,742 | | |Office; Chief of Staff to former Florida House Speaker | | |
| | | | |Marco Rubio | | |
|Kathryn Elizabeth |(R) $128,955 |School Board Member |New Port Richey |Vice President of Citizens For |Currently a |None |
|Starkey (R) |(E) $67,312 | | |A Scenic Florida. |second-term member | |
| | | | | |of the Pasco County | |
| | | | | |School Board | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 46 – State Representative John Legg (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Pasco County.
NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE LEGG IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|John Legg (R) |(R) $29,475 |Administrator/ Teacher|New Port Richey |Serves as Board Member for the Bayonet Point |Florida House of |House PreK-12 Policy Committee – |
|Incumbent |(E) $6,552 | | |Regional Medical Center since 2004. He and his|Representatives |(Chair) |
| | | | |wife co-founded Dayspring Academy, a charter |(2004-present) |Deputy Majority Whip (2006-2008) |
| | | | |school in Pasco County. | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 47 – This seat is open due to State Representative Kevin Ambler (R) vacating to run for a State Senate seat. This district includes parts of Hillsborough County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Tom Aderhold (R) |(R) $1,775 |Retired Businessman |Tampa |Currently President of Keystone Civic Association. Previously|None |None |
| |(E) $12,633 | | |owned a human resources and risk management firm | | |
|Brian Blair (R) |(R) $30,655 |Businessman |Tampa |In 1989, started Blair's Health and Fitness, Inc., d.b.a. |Hillsborough County |None |
| |(E) $28,295 | | |Gold's Gym, which he built into a multi-location business and |Commissioner, | |
| | | | |managed a multi-million dollar budget. Has over 6,000 |(2004-present) | |
| | | | |documented hours in community service | | |
|James William Grant (R) |(R) $76,271 |Attorney |Tampa |Board of Directors, General Norman Schwarzkopf’s Children’s |None |None |
| |(E) $47,539 | | |Home Sporting Clays Classic charity event. Auburn University | | |
| | | | |graduate, Stetson Law School | | |
|Irene Guy (R) |(R) $69,691 |Former Verizon |Tampa |Chairperson of the Hillsborough County Children’s Services |None |None |
| |(E) $30,701 |Communi-cations | |Board | | |
| | |Executive | | | | |
|Michael Steinberg (D) |(R) $20,786 |Unknown |Tampa |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $60,709 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 48 – State Representative Peter Nehr (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Pasco and Pinellas Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Marg Baker (R) |(R) $3,447 |Real Estate Broker |Palm Harbor |District Committeewoman for Pinellas County |None |None |
| |(E) $1,828 | | |Republican Executive Committee | | |
|Steven Mueller (R) |(R) $0 |Corporate Executive |Palm Harbor |Current President of Marathon Technology |None |None |
| |(E) $6,982 | | |Services, LLC., “an Authorized SugarCRM | | |
| | | | |Business Partner” | | |
|Peter Nehr (R) |(R) $110,097 |Businessman |Tarpon Springs |Two-term Tarpon Springs City Commissioner |Florida House (2006-present) |Deputy Whip |
|Incumbent |(E) $44,571 | | |(2002-2006) | | |
|Thomas McKone (D) |(R) $21,759 |Healthcare Recruiter|Tarpon Springs |President of Healthcare Recruiters |None |None |
| |(E) $14,410 | | |International of Central Florida | | |
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District 49 – State Representative Darren Soto (D) is seeking re-election to another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Orange and Osceola Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Darren |(R) $44,634 |Attorney |Orlando |Former Orange County Democratic Executive |Florida House of |House Health Care Services Policy |
|Soto (D) |(E) $3,450 | | |Committee VP, Treasurer; Orange County Young |Representatives |Committee – (Democratic Ranking |
|Incumbent | | | |Democrats, 2007; City of Orlando Civil Service |(2007-present) |Member) |
| | | | |Board | | |
|Betty La Chance (NPA) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Orlando |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | | | |
District 50 – State Representative Ed Hooper (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Pinellas County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Ed Hooper (R) |(R) $61,825 |Retired Firefighter/|Clearwater |Partner in the Consus Group, LLC, a government |Florida House |Deputy Whip |
|Incumbent |(E) $13,070 |Consultant | |and community relations consulting firm |(2006-present) | |
| | | | | |Clearwater City Commission | |
| | | | | |(1996-2000) | |
|Shelly Leonard (D) |(R) $335 |Unknown |Clearwater |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $305 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 51 – State Representative Janet Long (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Pinellas County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Larry Ahern (R) |(R) $25,647 |Businessman |St. Petersburg |Owns Larry Ahern Pools in |None |None |
| |(E) $14,166 | | |St. Petersburg | | |
|Janet Long (D) |(R) $122,976 |Assistant to the |St. Petersburg |Appointed to State Tax Reform Committee by |Florida House |House Military and Local Affairs |
|Incumbent |(E) $39,871 |President, Clearwater | |Governor Jeb Bush; appointed to Healthy Kids |(2006-present) |Policy Committee – (Democratic |
| | |Central Catholic High | |by U.S. Senator Bill Nelson; appointed by |Previously elected to the |Ranking Member) |
| | |School | |Governor Chiles and U.S. Senator Bill Nelson |Seminole City Council | |
| | | | |to the Prostate Cancer Task Force | | |
|Victoria Torres (TEA) |(R) $1,782 |Unknown |Orlando |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,782 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 52 – State Representative Bill Heller (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Pinellas County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Jeff Brandes (R) |(R) $96,371 |Realtor/ |St. Petersburg |Bay Cities Bank and Haines City Economic |None |None |
| |(E) $14,140 |Ex-Military | |Development Council Board of Directors member | | |
|Bill Heller (D) |(R) $59,745 |University Professor |St. Petersburg |Previously CEO and Dean/Vice Chancellor, |Florida House of |House Education Policy Council – |
|Incumbent |(E) $8,971 | | |University of South Florida, St. Petersburg; Dean |Representatives |(Democratic Ranking Member) |
| | | | |of the College of Education at the University of |(2006-present) | |
| | | | |North Carolina, Charlotte. Former Superintendent | |House State Universities and |
| | | | |of Bryce Psychiatric Hospital in Tuscaloosa, | |Private Colleges Appropriations |
| | | | |Alabama; Chairman of the Bayfront Health Systems | |Committee – (Democratic Ranking |
| | | | |Board of Trustees; Board, Great Explorations | |Member) |
| | | | |Children’s Museum | | |
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District 53 – State Representative Rick Kriseman (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Pinellas County
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Thomas Cuba (R) |(R) $147 |Scientist |St. Petersburg |Chief Scientist of Delta Seven, Inc. |None |None |
| |(E) $965 | | | | | |
|Rick Kriseman (D) |(R) $60,411 |Attorney |St. Petersburg |Vice Chairman of the Pinellas Metropolitan Planning|Florida House of |House Energy and Utilities Policy |
|Incumbent |(E) $16,986 | | |Organization (2004-2006). Joined the law firm of |Representatives |Committee – (Democratic Ranking |
| | | | |Saunders & Walker, in 2007 after being a solo |(2006-present) |Member) |
| | | | |practitioner; Democratic Leadership Council |St. Petersburg City Council| |
| | | | |Legislative Advisory Board |(2000-2006) Chairman (2005)| |
District 54 – State Representative James Frishe (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Pinellas County
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|James “Jim” Frishe (R) |(R) $77,173 |Real Estate Broker |St. Petersburg |Pinellas Park Board of Adjustment, 1984; |Florida House of Representatives|House Florida Legislative |
|Incumbent |(E) $35,977 | | |Pinellas County Republican Executive Committee |(2008-present)(1984-1990) |Committee on Intergovernmental |
| | | | |(1978-present) | |Relations – (Chair) |
| | | | | | | |
|Mary Russell (D) |(R) $5,415 |U.S. Navy/ Former |Seminole |U.S. Navy reservist; former school teacher |Pinellas County School Board |None |
| |(E) $494 |Teacher | | |member (2002-2006) | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 55 – State Representative Darryl Rouson (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas and Sarasota Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Darryl Rouson (D) |(R) $56,429 |Attorney |St. Petersburg |Senior Partner, Rouson & Associates; first African |Florida House of |House Criminal and Civil Justice |
|Incumbent |(E) $30,534 | | |American Assistant State Attorney in Pinellas County |Representatives |Appropriations Committee (Democratic|
| | | | | |(2008-present) |Ranking Member) |
|April Danielle Sheffield|(R) $2,147 |Owns Business |Sarasota |Owns True Care Services, an independent living |None |None |
|(D) |(E) $1,876 | | |facility | | |
District 56 – State Representative Rachel Burgin (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Hillsborough County
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Rachel |(R) $116,276 |Legislator |Brandon |Former state legislative aide, Hillsborough County |Florida House of |None |
|Burgin (R) |(E) $53,239 | | |Commission aide; Hillsborough County Republican |Representatives | |
|Incumbent | | | |Executive Committee |(2008-present) | |
|Marc Johnson (R) |(R) $13,130 |Dentist |Lithia |PHd in Dental Medicine, Boston University. U.S. Army|None |None |
| |(E) $4,560 | | |Reserve Major; runs a dental practice | | |
|David Chalela (D) |(R) $16,192 |Attorney/ businessman|Tampa |Trial litigator in both state and federal court |None |None |
| |(E) $3,403 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 57 – This seat is open due to State Representative Faye Culp (R) being term-limited. This district includes parts of Hillsborough County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of|
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Todd Marks (R) |(R) $54,878 |Attorney |Tampa |Founder of the Westchase Law Group, Westchase Title, LLC |None |None |
| |(E) $46,309 | | | | | |
|Dan Molloy (R) |(R) $30,925 |Unknown |Tampa |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $23,641 | | | | | |
|Dana Young (R) |(R) $224,289 |Attorney |Tampa |Political Science major, Florida State University; held a |None |None |
| |(E) $81,826 | | |variety of governmental relations positions in Washington D.C., | | |
| | | | |was selected for an Honorary Clerkship with the U.S. Department | | |
| | | | |of Justice. Graduated from the University of Virginia School of| | |
| | | | |Law in 1993, returned to Florida, where she is an attorney for | | |
| | | | |Fowler, White, Boggs | | |
|Stacy Frank (D) |(R) $176,827 |Attorney/ Small |Tampa |CEO of Collier Enterprises II, a cell phone tower company. |None |None |
| |(E) $13,969 |Business Owner | | | | |
|Matthew Russell (TEA) |(R) $1,862 |Unknown |Tampa |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,862 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 58 – State Representative Janet Cruz (D) is seeking re-election. This seat includes parts of Hillsborough County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Janet Cruz (D) |(R) $13,425 |Optician/CIGNA |Tampa |Hillsborough County Democratic Hispanic Caucus,|Florida House of |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $3,729 |Healthcare Executive | |past Chair; Pearl Vision Center owner |Representatives (2010-present)| |
|Joe Redner (NPA) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Tampa |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $3,238 | | | | | |
District 59 – State Representative Betty Reed (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Hillsborough County.
NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE REED IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Betty Reed (D) |(R) $31,095 |Retired Educator |Tampa |Advisory boards for the Hillsborough County |Florida House (2006-present) |House State and Community |
|Incumbent |(E) $3,245 | | |Commission and School Board; City-County | |Colleges and Workforce Policy |
| | | | |Planning Board member | |Committee – (Democratic Ranking|
| | | | | | |Member) |
Florida House of Representatives
District 60 – This seat is open due to State Representative Ed Homan (R) being term-limited. This district includes parts of Hillsborough and Pasco Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Shawn Harrison (R) |(R) $146,550 |Attorney |Tampa |Served on the Hillsborough County Consumer Protection |Tampa City Council |None |
| |(E) $90,105 | | |Board and Public Transportation Commission; Chairman of |(1999-2007) | |
| | | | |the Tampa Palms Community Development District | | |
|Ramon “Trey” Stroud (R) |(R) $41,03 |Marketing Consultant|Tampa |Florida Regional Marketing Consultant for Verizon |None |None |
| |(E) $32,337 | | | | | |
|Christopher Carlos Cano |(R) $10,814 |Community Activist |Tampa |Attended the U.S. Air Force Academy and graduated from |None |None |
|(D) |(E) $4,856 | | |University of South Florida. Served as Legislative | | |
| | | | |Intern in 2009 for State Representative Michael Scionti| | |
| | | | |(D) of House District 58 | | |
|Russ Patterson (D) |(R) $63,627 |Military Officer |Tampa |U.S. Air Force officer |None |None |
| |(E) $21,543 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 61 – State Representative Will Weatherford (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Hillsborough and Pasco Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Kevin Wright (R) |(R) $7,259 |Small Business Owner|Tampa |Owns “Thundershirts,” an imprinted sportswear|None |None |
| |(E) $2,177 | | |company | | |
|Will Weatherford (R) |(R) $538,106 |Real Estate Broker |Wesley Chapel |Former legislative assistant to State |Florida House of |House State and Community Colleges and |
|Incumbent |(E) $270,764 | | |Representative Alan Bense; also Bense’s |Representatives |Workforce Appropriations Committee – (Chair);|
| | | | |son-in-law; Member of the Wesley Chapel |(2006-present) |House Speaker Designate for 2012 |
| | | | |Chamber of Commerce | | |
|Elena McCullough (D) |(R) $25,059 |Retired Coast Guard |Wesley Chapel |Key worker for the Obama campaign |None |None |
| |(E) $8,902 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 62 – State Representative Richard Glorioso (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Hillsborough and Pasco Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE GLORIOSO IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Richard Glorioso (R) |(R) $108,372 |Colonel (retired), |Plant City |Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization, |Florida House of |House Transportation and Economic |
|Incumbent |(E) $34,450 |U.S. Air Force | |1998-2004; Chairman 1999-2004; Vice-Chairman, |Representatives |Development Appropriations Committee –|
| | | | |Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission |(2004-present) |(Chair) |
| | | | |1998-2004; Retired Colonel, U.S. Air Force |Plant City, City | |
| | | | | |Commissioner (1998-2004) | |
District 63 – State Representative Seth McKeel (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Hillsborough and Polk Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE McKEEL IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Seth McKeel (R) |(R) $76,640 |Real Estate Agent |Lakeland |Vice President of Lakeland Properties and Management, |Florida House of |House State and Community Colleges |
|Incumbent |(E) $7,488 | | |Inc. His grandfather of the same name served on the |Representatives |Committee; Workforce Policy Committee –|
| | | | |Polk County School Board and has two charter schools |(2006-present) |(Chair) |
| | | | |named in his honor. |Lakeland City Commission, | |
| | | | | |(2000-2005) | |
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District 64 – State Representative Kelli Stargel (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Polk County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Kelli |(R) $17,844 |Investment Property |Lakeland |Spouse is 10th Judicial Circuit Judge John Stargel,|Florida House of |None |
|Stargel (R) |(E) $5,421 |Manager | |who formerly held this seat |Representatives | |
|Incumbent | | | | |(2008-present) | |
|Carol Castagnero (D) |(R) $2,200 |Retired Teacher |Lakeland |Ran for Governor in 2006; also ran for Polk County | | |
| |(E) $1,782 | | |School Board, Senate District 15 and U.S. | | |
| | | | |Representative, District 5. Accepts no campaign | | |
| | | | |donations | | |
District 65 – State Representative John Wood (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Polk County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|John Wood (R) |(R) $43,774 |CEO/ Attorney/ |Winter Haven |Principal Broker of John Wood Realty and John Wood|Florida House of |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $9,171 |Realtor | |Realty Referrals, Inc. |Representatives | |
| | | | | |(2008-present) | |
|Joshua Davis (NPA) |(R) $1,405 |Unknown |Haines City |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,288 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 66 – This seat is open due to State Representative Baxter Troutman (R) being term-limited. This district includes all of Hardee County and parts of Highlands and Polk Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Ben Albritton (R) |(R) $195,475 |Vice President, Grove |Wauchula |Currently Chairman of the Florida Citrus Commission. Helps run |None |None |
| |(E) $116,549 |Service Company | |family-owned Albritton Companies, which provides citrus | | |
| | | | |grove-related service | | |
|Chevon Baccus (R) |(R) $10,029 |Business Development |Lake Wales |Citizens Bank and Trust’s former vice president for marketing and |None |None |
| |(E) $8,031 |Consultant | |community relations; public education administrator for 14 years; | | |
| | | | |graduate of the Republican National Committee Campaign Management | | |
| | | | |College | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 67 – This seat is open due to State Representative Ron Reagan (R) being term-limited. This district includes parts of Hillsborough, Manatee and Sarasota Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Jeremiah Joseph |(R) $76,351 |Businessman |Bradenton |Founder/President, Heart Gallery of Sarasota |None |None |
|Guccione (R) |(E) $46,431 | | | | | |
|Robert McCann (R) |(R) $103,381 |Physician/ |Bradenton |Owns McCann Medicare & Law. Former 2001 candidate for U.S. |None |None |
| |(E) $103,263 |Attorney | |Surgeon General; Assistant Secretary for Health in 2007 | | |
|Greg Steube (R) |(R) $207,550 |Attorney |Bradenton |U.S. Army Captain who served in Iraq in the Judge Advocate |None |None |
| |(E) $66,883 | | |General’s Corps. Father is Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube | | |
|Z.J. Hafeez (D) |(R) $68,308 |Attorney |Apollo Beach |Tampa Bay Community Education Center Youth Group Chairman |None |None |
| |(E) $8,716 | | | | | |
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District 68 – This seat is open due to State Representative Bill Galvano (R) being term-limited (he will seek Senator Bennett’s seat in 2012). This district includes parts of Hillsborough and Manatee Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Jim Boyd (R) |(R) $111,396 |Insurance Agent |Bradenton |CEO/Co-owner of Boyd Insurance & Investment Services, also President|Palmetto City Council |None |
| |(E) $51,753 | | |of The Boyd Group, a commercial real estate brokerage firm. His |(1989-1993) | |
| | | | |Uncle, Wilbur Boyd and grandfather, Hugh Boyd, both served the | | |
| | | | |Florida House. | | |
|Dave Miner (NPA) |(R) $3,555 |Unknown |Bradenton |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,302 | | | | | |
District 69 – State Representative Keith Fitzgerald (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Manatee and Sarasota Counties
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Ray Pilon (R) |(R) $55,126 |Unknown |Sarasota |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $20,539 | | | | | |
|Keith Fitzgerald (D) |(R) $106,023 |College Professor |Sarasota |Board of Trustees member for New College of |Florida House of |House Policy Council – (Democratic |
|Incumbent |(E) $9,748 | | |Florida; Sarasota City Charter Review Board |Representatives |Ranking Member); Deputy Policy Chair |
| | | | |member |(2006-present) |(2006-2008); Democratic Caucus Policy |
| | | | | | |Chair (2008-2010) |
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District 70 – State Representative Doug Holder (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Sarasota County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Doug Holder (R) |(R) $56,147 |Partner, Math |Sarasota |Middle Tennessee State University, Bachelor |Florida House |House Joint Committee on Public |
|Incumbent |(E) $7,494 |Matters, Inc. | |of Science in Political Science, 1990. |(2006-present) |Counsel Oversight – (Chair) |
| | | | |Member of Florida Association of Realtors, | | |
| | | | |National Association of Realtors; Sarasota | | |
| | | | |Association of Realtors; Sarasota Chamber of | | |
| | | | |Commerce Trustee | | |
|Nancy Feehan (D) |(R) $12,093 |Attorney |Osprey |Appointed Florida Emeritus Attorney by the |None |None |
| |(E) $2,237 | | |Florida Supreme Court; served as Assistant | | |
| | | | |Attorney General for the State of Maine | | |
| | | | |Department of Business Regulation before | | |
| | | | |coming to Florida in 1993; also practiced | | |
| | | | |law in Rochester, New York | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 71 – State Representative Kenneth Roberson (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Charlotte, Lee and Sarasota Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest|
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Kenneth Roberson (R) |(R) $61,704 |Funeral Director |Port Charlotte |President and founder of Roberson Funeral Home & |Florida House of |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $22,734 | | |Crematory, Inc., Restlawn Memorial Park & Mausoleum,|Representatives | |
| | | | |Inc. and Venice Memorial Gardens |(2008-present) | |
|Andrew Frank Saltman (D)|(R) $2,230 |Business Owner |North Port |Former professional tennis player; sports-related |None |None |
| |(E) $2,031 | | |business owner | | |
District 72 – State Representative Paige Kreegel (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Charlotte, Desoto and Lee Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE KREEGEL IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Paige Kreegel (R) |(R) $95,708 |Doctor |Punta Gorda |Emergency and Family Practice Physician |None |House Energy and Utilities Policy|
|Incumbent |(E) $40,465 | | | | |Committee – (Chair) |
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District 73 – State Representative Nick Thompson (R) is not seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Lee County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest|
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Matt Caldwell (R) |(R) $22,972 |Real Estate Appraiser |Lehigh Acres |South Florida Water Management District's Lake |None |None |
| |(E) $16,579 | | |Okeechobee Subcommittee; endorsed by former House | | |
| | | | |Speaker Marco Rubio | | |
|Deanna Casalino (R) |(R) $4,255 |Realtor |Fort Myers |Child actor, active in the Screen Actors Guild. |None |None |
| |(E) $4,178 | | |Promotes Florida as a film production center | | |
|Jason Moon (R) |(R) $107,814 |Administrator, |Ft. Myers |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $23,926 |21st Century Oncology | | | | |
|John Schultz (R) |(R) $34,351 |Florida Highway Patrol|Fort Myers |Aide-de-Camp Security Detail to Lieutenant |None |None |
| |(E) $10,826 | | |Governor of Florida (2006-2010) | | |
|Cole Peacock (D) |(R) $50,660 |President, |Ft. Myers |Former state legislative aide and consultant for |None |None |
| |(E) $12,202 |RC Peacock Consulting | |campaigns, including Keith Arnold for Governor, | | |
| | | | |City of Fort Myers Mayor Jim Humphrey and State | | |
| | | | |Senator Dave Aronberg | | |
|Raul Ismael Pantoja |(R) $2,312 |Unknown |Orlando |No information available |None |None |
|Rodriguez (TEA) |(E) $1,923 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 74 – State Representative Gary Aubuchon (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Charlotte and Lee Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE AUBUCHON IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Gary Aubuchon (R) |(R) $96,169 |Homebuilder |Cape Coral |President of Aubuchon Homes |Florida House |House Health Care Services Policy |
|Incumbent |(E) $2,612 | | | |(2006-present); Charlotte County |Committee – (Chair) |
| | | | | |Legislative Delegation Chairman | |
| | | | | |(2006-2008) | |
District 75 – State Representative Trudi Williams (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Collier and Lee Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Trudi Williams (R) |(R) $50,651 |Engineer |Ft. Myers |CEO of Florida civil, structural and |Florida House of |House Agriculture and Natural Resources|
|Incumbent |(E) $14,055 | | |environmental engineering firm, with |Representatives |Policy Committee – (Chair) |
| | | | |headquarters in Fort Myers and branch |(2004-present) | |
| | | | |offices in Orlando, Jacksonville and | | |
| | | | |Tallahassee | | |
|Stephen Cosgrove (NPA) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Naples |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $2,182 | | | | | |
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District 76 –State Representative Tom Grady (R) recently announced he will not seek re-election, however, his wife is running for this seat, which includes parts of Collier County. THE ONLY OTHER CANDIDATE THAT QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT WITHDREW, THEREFORE KATHLEEN PASSIDOMO IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Kathleen Passidomo (R) |(R) $73,533 |Attorney |Naples |Former Collier County Bar Association |None |None |
| |(E) $34,204 | | |president; founding chairman of the Collier | | |
| | | | |County Juvenile Justice Council and a member of| | |
| | | | |the Board of Trustees of Hodges University | | |
District 77 – State Representative Denise Grimsley (R) is seeking re-election to another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Collier, Glades, Hendry and Highlands Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE GRIMSLEY IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Denise Grimsley (R) |(R) $122,603 |Retired Nurse/Citrus |Sebring |Member of Florida Cattlemen's Association, |Florida House of |House Government Accountability |
|Incumbent |(E) $40,700 |Grower | |Highlands County Citrus Growers Association, |Representatives |Act Council – (Chair); |
| | | | |Florida Hospital Foundation. Degrees in |(2004-present) |House Joint Legislative Sunset |
| | | | |nursing, organizational management | |Committee – (Chair) |
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District 78 – State Representative Kevin Rader (D) is not seeking re-election due to his run for the State Senate. This seat includes parts of Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE STEVEN PERMAN IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Steven Perman (D) |(R) $16,034 |Chiropractic |Boca Raton |Opened the Mission Bay Chiropractic Center in 1995 |None |None |
| |(E) $1,346 |physician | | | | |
District 79 – State Representative Mike Horner (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola and Polk Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Thomas Chalifoux Jr. |(R) $13,044 |Investment Broker/ |Kissimmee |No information available |Osceola County School Board|None |
|(R) |(E) $22,375 |Retired Army Colonel | | | | |
| | | | | |(2000-2008) | |
|Mike |(R) $210,122 |President, Kissimmee/|Kissimmee |Osceola Regional Medical Center Board member; served in |Florida House of |Deputy Whip |
|Horner (R) |(E) $53,928 |Osceola City Chamber | |the Florida National Guard, U.S. Army |Representatives | |
|Incumbent | | | | |(2008-present) | |
|Eddie Freeman (D) |(R) $2,002 |Teacher |Titusville |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,785 | | | | | |
|Jose A. Alvarez (TEA) |(R) $6,287 |Unknown |Kissimmee |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,939 | | | | | |
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District 80 – State Representative Debbie Mayfield (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Brevard, Indian River and St. Lucie Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Art Argenio (R) |(R) $48,512 |Chiropractor |Fort Pierce |Founding member of the Treasure Coast Tea Party in |Florida House of Representatives |None |
| |(E) $31,521 | | |St. Lucie County. Owner of two health clubs |(1999-2000) | |
| | | | | | | |
|Debbie Mayfield (R) |(R) $168,733 |Mortgage Broker |Vero Beach |Indian River County Economic Development Council; |Florida House of Representatives |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $79,772 | | |City of Vero Beach Finance Committee |(2008-present) | |
|Bradley Ward (R) |(R) $5,294 |Financial Advisor |Vero Beach |Owns Orchid Wealth Management; is a licensed |None |None |
| |(E) $6,884 | | |financial advisor and accredited asset management | | |
| | | | |specialist; holds B.S. in Business/Finance from | | |
| | | | |the University of Baltimore; Past President, | | |
| | | | |Treasure Coast Business Builders | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 81 – State Representative Adam Fetterman (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Martin and St. Lucie Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Gayle Harrell (R) |(R) $146,213 |Former Teacher |Stuart |Lost race for the Congressional seat|Florida House of Representatives |None |
| |(E) $43,262 | | |vacated by U.S. Rep. Mark Foley of |(2000-2008) | |
| | | | |West Palm Beach | | |
|Adam Fetterman (D) |(R) $156,564 |Attorney |Port St. Lucie |Currently serves as General Counsel |Florida House of Representatives |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $27,549 | | |for the St. Lucie County Sheriff's |(2008-present) | |
| | | | |Office | | |
District 82 – State Representative William Snyder (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Martin, Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|William Snyder (R) |(R) $37,846 |Retired Law |Stuart |Former Martin County Sheriff's |Florida House of Representatives |House Criminal and Civil Justice Policy |
|Incumbent |(E) $2,506 |Enforcement | |Office, Director of Law Enforcement |(2006-present) |Council – (Chair); Joint Legislative |
| | | | | | |Committee on Everglades Oversight – |
| | | | | | |(Chair) |
Florida House of Representatives
District 83 – This seat is open due to State Representative Carl Domino (R) vacating to run for a State Senate seat. This district includes parts of Palm Beach County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Nancy Cardone (R) |(R) $41,849 |Realtor |Jupiter |Executive Director of a real estate company |None |None |
| |(E) $22,263 | | | | | |
|Francisco Rodriguez (R) |(R) $16,017 |Unknown |Jupiter |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $13,908 | | | | | |
|Patrick Rooney (R) |(R) $126,383 |Businessman |Palm Beach |Autism Project of Palm Beach County Board of Directors; Vice |None |None |
| |(E) $80,226 | | |President for Renaissance Learning Academy | | |
|Mark Marciano (D) |(R) $102,034 |Optometrist |Palm Beach |Owns an optometry practice with his wife in West Palm Beach |None |None |
| |(E) $33,325 | | | | | |
District 84 – State Representative Mack Bernard (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This district includes parts of Palm Beach County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Albert Key (R) |(R) $3,240 |Unknown |Lake Park |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $3,054 | | | | | |
|Mackenson “Mack” |(R) $37,350 |Attorney |West Palm Beach |Lawyer with the Delray firm of Bernard & Auguste; practices |Florida House of |None |
|Bernard (D) |(E) $20,639 | | |business law |Representatives | |
|Incumbent | | | | |(2009-present) | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 85 – State Representative Joseph Abruzzo (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Palm Beach County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|D.J. DeRenzo (R) |(R) $9,953 |Everglades Polo Club |Wellington |Works at Everglades Polo Club in Wellington |None |None |
| |(E) $6,421 | | | | | |
|Tami Donnally (R) |(R) $9,193 |Business Administrator|Lake Worth |29-year veteran non-profit business administrator |None |None |
| |(E) $11,995 | | | | | |
|Joseph Abruzzo (D) |(R) $91,743 |Legislator |Wellington |U.S. Coast Guard, Port Security Specialist (2005-present) Palm |Florida House of |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $18,948 | | |Beach County Consumer Affairs Hearing Board 2008 and City of Boca|Representatives | |
| | | | |Raton Education Advisory Board 2002-2003 |(2008-present) | |
District 86 – State Representative Maria Lorts Sachs (D) is not seeking re-election due to her run for the State Senate. This seat includes parts of Palm Beach County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Lori Berman (D) |(R) $105,155 |Attorney |Boca Raton |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $56,440 | | | | | |
|Carol Penny Kaye (D) |(R) $3,930 |Realtor |Delray Beach |Immigrant rights activist |None |None |
| |(E) $2,833 | | | | | |
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District 87 – This seat is open due to State Representative Adam Hasner (R) being term-limited. This includes parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Bill Hager (R) |(R) $108,586 |Attorney |Boca Raton |Owner of Insurance Metrics, which provides nationwide expert |None |None |
| |(E) $69,416 | | |witness on insurance matters; former President and CEO of NCCI. | | |
| | | | |Former Boca Raton Deputy Mayor; Chair of the Boca Community | | |
| | | | |Redevelopment Agency; Boca Raton Community Hospital Board member; | | |
| | | | |Assistant Iowa Attorney General (1975-1976); Iowa Insurance | | |
| | | | |Commissioner (1986-1990) | | |
|Hava Holzhauer (D) |(R) $38,904 |Attorney |Boca Raton |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $3,650 | | | | | |
District 88 – State Representative Mark Pafford (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Palm Beach County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Ron Miranda (D) |(R) $12,950 |Unknown |Wellington |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $2,797 | | | | | |
|Mark Pafford (D) |(R) $55,511 |Director of Leadership |West Palm Beach |Legislative Assistant to State Representative Lois Frankel |Florida House |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $28,041 |Giving, The Lord’s | |(1996-1997); Aide to Congressman Larry Smith (1989-1992) |(2008-present) | |
| | |Place | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 89 - This seat is open due to State Representative Mary Brandenburg (D) being term-limited. This district includes parts of Palm Beach County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Steven Rosenblum (R) |(R) $3,614 |Host of Conservative |West Palm Beach |Edward Lynch congressional campaign volunteer as a senior |None |None |
| |(E) $3,465 |Republican Forum on | |advisor (2008 -2010) | | |
| | |Blog Talk Radio | | | | |
|Peter Brandenburg (D) |(R) $27,734 |Unknown |West Palm Beach |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $21,203 | | | | | |
|Jeff Clemens (D) |(R) $24,373 |Financial Advisor |Lake Worth |Morgan Stanley financial advisor; former aide to a State |City of Lake Worth Mayor |None |
| |(E) $1,215 | | |Representative; former Chief of Strategic Planning for the |(2007-present) | |
| | | | |Florida Institute of Public Health under Florida Secretary of | | |
| | | | |Health John Agwunobi. Also consulted for several governmental| | |
| | | | |organizations | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 90 - This seat is open due to State Representative Kelly Skidmore (D) vacating to run for a State Senate seat. This district includes parts of Palm Beach and Broward Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Sheldon “Klassy” |(R) $12,140 |Principal |Boca Raton |Principal of a private high school that he operates with |None |None |
|Klasfeld (D) |(E) $6,143 | | |his wife. | | |
|Alison Rampersad (R) |(R) $50 |Teacher |Boca Raton |Member of the Constitution Committee of the U.S., which |None |None |
| |(E) $2,038 | | |advocates for limited government | | |
|Irving Slosberg (D) |(R) $21,277 |Legislator |Boca Raton |Left the Florida House in 2006 to run for State Senate. |Florida House of |None |
| |(E) $22,408 | | |Lost in primary to Senator Ted Deutch |Representatives | |
| | | | | |(2000-2006) | |
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District 91 – This seat is open due to State Representative Ellyn Bogdanoff (R) vacating to run for a State Senate seat. This district includes parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|David Maymon (R) |(R) $162,905 |Attorney/ Businessman|Ft. Lauderdale |Owns a healthcare business |None |None |
| |(E) $137,857 | | | | | |
|George Moraitis (R) |(R) $85,564 |Retired Navy |Ft. Lauderdale |Submarine officer for seven years; now serves as Navy |None |None |
| |(E) $58,599 | | |Reservist | | |
|Yomin Postelnik (R) |(R) $33,968 |Consultant |South Florida |Marketing company president, business and non-profit |None |None |
| |(E) $15,586 | | |development, political consulting | | |
|Barbra Stern (D) |(R) $71,326 |Unknown |Ft. Lauderdale |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $7,768 | | | | | |
|John Perez (TEA) |(R) $1,812 |Attorney |Oviedo |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $2,626 | | | | | |
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District 92 – State Representative Gwyndolen Clarke-Reed (D) is seeking re-election to another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Gwyndolen “Gwyn” |(R) $46,000 |Legislator |Pompano Beach |American Cancer Society member (2005-present); Broward |Florida House |None |
|Clarke-Reed (D) |(E) $12,526 | | |County Planning Council (2000-2005); Florida League of |(2008-present); | |
|Incumbent | | | |Cities, Board of Directors (1999-2005) |Deerfield Beach Commissioner | |
| | | | | |(1993-2005) | |
|Justin Flippen (D) |(R) $34,288 |Vice Mayor |Ft. Lauderdale |Endorsed by U.S. Congressman Jared Polis (D- Colorado) |Vice Mayor of Wilton Manors |None |
| |(E) $13,620 | | | | | |
District 93 – State Representative Perry Thurston (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward County.
NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE THURSTON IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Perry Thurston (D) |(R) $37,443 |Attorney |Ft. Lauderdale |Specializes in criminal defense and public finance. |Florida House (2006-present) |House Criminal and Civil |
|Incumbent |(E) $18,238 | | |Served on the Safety and Security Council, Committees | |Justice Policy Council |
| | | | |on Business Regulation; Courts; Education Innovation | |(Democratic Ranking Member); |
| | | | |and Career Preparation | |Finance and Tax Council |
| | | | | | |(Democratic Ranking Member) |
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District 94 – State Representative Hazelle Rogers (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Hazelle Rogers (D) |(R) $52,770 |Mortgage Professional|Lauderhill |President of the Broward League of Cities. Member of |Florida House of |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $13,567 |/ Loan Officer | |Broward County Charter Review Commission 2006-2008 and|Representatives (2008-present) | |
| | | | |Broward County Land Preservation Advisory Board. | | |
| | | | |Consultant with a local tile company | | |
|John Labriola (D) |(R) $20 |Unknown |Lauderhill |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $857 | | | | | |
District 95 – State Representative James Waldman (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Scott Yardley (R) |(R) $4,768 |Information |Margate |Owns a Christian art business |None |None |
| |(E) $3,802 |Technologist | | | | |
|James Waldman (D) |(R) $29,813 |Attorney |Coconut Creek |General Counsel, Keiser University |Florida House (2006-present); |House General Government Policy|
|Incumbent |(E) $12,372 | | | | |Council – (Democratic Ranking |
| | | | | |Former City of Coconut Creek |Member); Democratic Whip |
| | | | | |Commissioner, Vice Mayor and |2006-2008 |
| | | | | |Mayor | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 96 – State Representative Ari Porth (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Ari Abraham Porth (D) |(R) $39,574 |Attorney - Prosecutor|Coral Springs |Assistant State Attorney for Broward County; currently |Florida House (2004-present); |House Health Care Regulation |
|Incumbent |(E) $11,114 | | |heads the Truancy Division. Former Legislative Aide |Broward Legislative Delegation,|Policy Committee – (Democratic |
| | | | |to U.S. Senator Bob Graham |Vice Chair (2008-2009) |Ranking Member); Democratic |
| | | | |(1991-1992) | |Whip 2004-2006 |
|Jason B. Weakley (TEA) |(R) $4,121 |Unknown |Coral Springs |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,956 | | | | | |
District 97 – State Representative Martin Kiar (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward County.
NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE KIAR IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Martin Kiar (D) |(R) $74,066 |Attorney |Parkland |Assistant Town Attorney and Assistant Municipal |Florida House (2006-present) |House PreK-12 Appropriations |
|Incumbent |(E) $2,625 | | |prosecutor for the Town of Davie. Former member of | |Committee – (Democratic Ranking|
| | | | |the School Advisory Board for the Town of Davie and | |Member); PreK-12 Policy |
| | | | |Housing and Finance Authority of Broward County | |Committee – (Democratic Ranking|
| | | | | | |Member) |
Florida House of Representatives
District 98 – State Representative Franklin Sands (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Kimberly Burgess (R) |(R) $750 |Drowning Prevention |Plantation |CEO of International Swim Instructors Association. |None |None |
| |(E) $82 |Coordinator | | | | |
|Franklin |(R) $84,875 |Retired Businessman |Plantation |Independent Nikken Wellness Consultant. Prominent |Florida House (2004-present) |House Rules and Calendar |
|Sands (D) |(E) $31,074 | | |advocate for biomedical research, especially embryonic| |Council – (Democratic Ranking |
|Incumbent | | | |stem cell research | |Member) |
District 99 – State Representative Elaine Schwartz (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward County.
NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE SCHWARTZ IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Elaine Schwartz (D) |(R) $36,524 |Attorney |Hollywood |City of Hollywood Assistant City Attorney |Florida House |Democratic Ranking Member, Elder and Family |
|Incumbent |(E) $6,068 | | | |(2006-present) |Services Policy Committee, Healthy Seniors |
| | | | | | |Appropriations Committee; Democratic Whip |
| | | | | | |(2006-2008) |
Florida House of Representatives
District 100 – State Representative Evan Jenne (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward County
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held|Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Evan Jenne (D) |(R) $60,800 |Banker/ Business |Dania Beach |Son of former Broward Sheriff and Florida Senator Ken Jenne; |Florida House |Democratic Whip 2006-current |
|Incumbent |(E) $10,186 |Consultant | |business consultant for two Broward-based health companies. |(2006-present) |Democratic Floor Leader 2008 |
|Edward Bender (NPA) |(R) $600 |Unknown |Ft. Lauderdale |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,419 | | | | | |
District 101 – State Representative Matt Hudson (R) is seeking re-election to another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward and Collier Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Matt |(R) $116,565 |Broker |Naples |VP of Operations, Broker, VIP Realty Group; Golden Gate |Florida House of |None |
|Hudson (R) |(E) $4,490 | | |Fire Commission Chairman 2003-2006; Golden Gate Community |Representatives | |
|Incumbent | | | |Emergency Response Team; Naples Area Board of Realtors |(2007-present) | |
| | | | |(1999-present); Treasurer (2005-2007) | | |
|Larry Wilcoxson (NPA) |(R) $1,100 |Unknown |Immokalee |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,204 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 102 – State Representative Eduardo Gonzalez (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward and
Miami-Dade counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Eduardo Gonzalez (R) |(R) $84,646 |Business Development |Hialeah Gardens |City of Hialeah Water and Sewer Department Board, |Florida House |Deputy Whip |
|Incumbent |(E) $27,377 |Leader | |1998; Florida League of Cities, Board of Directors,|(2006-present) | |
| | | | |1999-present; Municipal Loan Council, Executive |Hialeah City Councilman | |
| | | | |Committee |(1999-2006) | |
|Cali Vallejo (WRI) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Hialeah |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | | | |
District 103 – State Representative Oscar Braynon II (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward and Miami-Dade counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE BRAYNON IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Oscar |(R) $25,863 |Governmental |Miami Gardens |Governmental Consultant, Pittman Law Group. |Council Member, City of Miami |House Government Operations |
|Braynon II (D) |(E) $5,600 |Consultant | |Former intern for State Representative Kendrick |Gardens (2003-2008); Vice |Appropriations, Governmental Affairs |
|Incumbent | | | |Meek |Mayor, (2005-2007) |Policy Committees – (Democratic Ranking |
| | | | | | |Member) |
Florida House of Representatives
District 104 – This seat is open due to State Representative Yolly Roberson (D) being term-limited. This includes parts of Miami-Dade County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Michael Etienne (D) |(R) $5,660 |Attorney |Miami |Works as a court-appointed counsel to the Criminal |None |None |
| |(E) $10,033 | | |Conflict Court in Miami-Dade and Broward counties; | | |
| | | | |former public defender | | |
|Michael Hepburn (D) |(R) $1,201 |Unknown |Miami |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $2,256 | | | | | |
|John Patrick Julien (D) |(R) $39,616 |Businessman |North Miami Beach |National League of Cities Leadership Training Council |North Miami Beach |None |
| |(E) $18,571 | | |and International Council member; National Black |Councilman (2005-present) | |
| | | | |Caucus and Florida Black Caucus-Local Elected | | |
| | | | |Officials member | | |
|Dominique Simon (D) |(R) $3,995 |Unknown |Miami Beach |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $10,068 | | | | | |
|Matthew Tisdol (D) |(R) $0 |Unknown |North Miami Beach |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 105 – State Representative Joe Gibbons (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Miami-Dade County. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE GIBBONS IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Joseph Gibbons (D) |(R) $33,278 |Businessman |Hallandale Beach |Former member of Broward County Planning Council |Florida House (2006-present); |House Transportation and Economic |
|Incumbent |(E) $632 | | |2004-2006. |City Commissioner, Hallandale |Development Appropriations |
| | | | | |Beach, (2003-2006) |Committee – (Democratic Ranking |
| | | | | | |Member) |
District 106 – State Representative Richard Steinberg (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Miami-Dade County. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE STEINBERG IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Richard Steinberg (D) |(R) $21,600 |Attorney |Miami |Former Miami-Dade County Metropolitan Organization Board |Florida House (2008-present); |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $4,143 | | |Member (2005-2008); Aventura Marketing Council Trustee |Miami Beach Commissioner | |
| | | | |(2006-present); Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami. Mentor, |(2001-2008) | |
| | | | |Director (2001-present) | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 107 - State Representative Luis Garcia (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Miami-Dade County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Gustavo Barreiro (R) |(R) $38,686 |Consultant |Miami Beach |Brother of former State Representative Bruno A. Barreiro, |Florida House, |None |
| |(E) $21,769 | | |Miami-Dade County Commissioner |(1998-2002) | |
|Tony Japour (R) |(R) $59,702 |Physician-Scientist |Miami Beach |Infectious diseases physician-scientist; owns an |None |None |
| |(E) $35,322 | | |Internet-based fine art business | | |
|Luis Garcia Jr. (D) |(R) $99,764 |Retired Fire Chief |Miami |Vice Chair, Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation; American |Florida House |House Health and Family Services |
|Incumbent |(E) $4,059 | | |Cancer Society; Florida Hispanic Legislative Caucus, |(2006-present) |Policy Council; Public Safety and|
| | | | |Vice Chair | |Domestic Security Policy |
| | | | | | |Committee |
Florida House of Representatives
District 108 – This seat is open due to State Representative Ronald Brise (D) not seeking re-election. This seat includes parts of Miami-Dade County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Daphne Campbell (D) |(R) $9,312 |Nurse |North Miami Beach |Haiti native; currently a critical care nurse; active |None |None |
| |(E) $9,142 | | |in numerous community organizations | | |
|Alix Desulme (D) |(R) $0 |Business Owner |North Miami |Began communications consulting in 1995 for |None |None |
| |(E) $1,782 | | |organizations interested in reaching the Haitian | | |
| | | | |Community; Owner of Alix Desulme & Associates, Inc., | | |
| | | | |a public relations, marketing and political consulting| | |
| | | | |firm | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 109 – This seat is open due to State Representative James Bush (D) not seeking re-election. This seat includes parts of Miami-Dade County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Bernadine Bush (D) |(R) $1,540 |Teacher |Miami Beach |Wife of incumbent James Bush III |None |None |
| |(E) $148 | | | | | |
|Roy Hardemon (D) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Miami |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | | | |
|Bess McElroy (D) |(R) $6,498 |City of Miami Senior |Miami |Previously ran for this seat, but lost to James Bush III |None |None |
| |(E) $3,951 |Administrator | | | | |
|Cynthia Stafford (D) |(R) $21,314 |Attorney |Miami |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $15,619 | | | | | |
District 110 – State Representative Esteban Bovo (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Miami-Dade County. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE BOVO IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Esteban |(R) $38,686 |Director of Public |Hialeah |Hialeah City Council 1998-2008; President 2005-2008 |Florida House (2008-present) |None |
|Bovo (R) |(E) $21,769 |Policy, Miami Children’s | | |Hialeah City Council | |
|Incumbent | |Hospital | | |(1998-2008) | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 111 – State Representative Erik Fresen (R) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Miami-Dade County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Erik Fresen (R) |(R) $78,016 |Land Use Consultant |Miami |Former legislative aide (2000-2002); Blue Ribbon |Florida House of Representatives |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $60,622 | | |Committee on Workforce Housing; Educational Facilities |(2008-present) | |
| | | | |Benefit District, Chair; School Concurrency Task Force,| | |
| | | | |Participating Member | | |
|Cristina Albright (D) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Unknown |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $2,040 | | | | | |
District 112 – This seat is open due to State Representative David Rivera (R) vacating to run for a Congressional seat. This includes parts of Broward, Collier and Miami-Dade Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|James Patrick Guerrero |(R) $1,960 |Retired |Naples |20-year veteran, retired with the rank of Captain |None |None |
|(R) |(E) $2,418 |U.S. Marines | | | | |
|Jeanette Nunez (R) |(R) $210,791 |Governmental Relations |Miami |MBA in Public Administration |None |None |
| |(E) $68,801 |VP, Jackson Health | | | | |
| | |Systems | | | | |
|Johnny Farias (D) |(R) $20,144 |Electrician |Miami |Owner of Electrical Masters |None |None |
| |(E) $14,958 | | | | | |
|Sandra Ruiz (D) |(R) $53,722 |Unknown |Doral |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $27,958 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 113 – State Representative Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R) is seeking re-election to another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Miami-Dade County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R)|(R) $99,208 |Commercial |Miami |My Safe Florida Home Advisory Council; Property Tax |Florida House of Representatives |House Joint Select Committee |
|Incumbent |(E) $9,478 |Realtor | |Reform Committee; Miami-Dade County Mayor's Mortgage |(2004-present) |on Collective Bargaining – |
| | | | |Fraud Task Force; Miami-Dade County Planning Advisory | |(Co-Chair) |
| | | | |Board 2002-2004; Miami-Dade Living Wage Advisory Board, | |Majority Whip 2008-2010 |
| | | | |2000-2002; Member, Greater Miami Realtors Association | | |
|Alex Cruzet (D) |(R) $1,782 |U.S. Navy |Miami |Served the U.S Navy for four years, Bachelors degree in |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | |International Relations from Florida International | | |
| | | | |University | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 114 - This seat is open due to State Representative Anitere Flores (R) vacating it to run for State Senate. This district includes parts of Miami-Dade County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Ana Rivas Logan (R) |(R) $75,113 |School Board member |Miami |No information available |Miami-Dade School Board Member |None |
| |(E) $38,369 | | | |(2004-present) | |
|Robert Blanco (D) |(R) $4,225 |Unknown |Miami |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $2,258 | | | | | |
|Millie Herrera (D) |(R) $29,116 |Strategic Management and |Miami |Founded The Miami Group, a technology company |None |None |
| |(E) $7,606 |Marketing Professional | |providing strategic marketing consulting services to | | |
| | | | |businesses, non-profits and political campaigns | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 115 - This seat is open due to State Representative Juan-Carlos Planas (R) being term-limited. This district includes parts of Miami-Dade County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held|Legislative Position of|
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Carla Ascancio-Savola |(R) $94,280 |Currently manages |Miami |Citizen Advisory Committee for the Kendall Police Department; National |None |None |
|(R) |(E) $49,358 |law firm; realtor; | |Association of Female Professionals; Parents Fellowship Organization; | | |
| | |former travel agent | |Kendall Community Council – District 12 Chairman | | |
|Jose Felix Diaz (R) |(R) $266,432 |Government Law |Miami |Former contestant on season five of NBC’s “The Apprentice” with Donald |None |None |
| |(E) $123,434 |Attorney | |Trump; serves on the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates | | |
|Jeffrey Solomon (D) |(R) $121,854 |Chiropractor |Miami | Vice Chair of the Miami-Dade Sports Commission; President of Mobile |None |None |
| |(E) $57,033 | | |Chiropractic Inc.; served as official Team USA Medical Staff Chiropractor | | |
| | | | |in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy | | |
|Christopher Blau (TEA) |(R) $1,800 |Unknown |Largo |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,782 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 116 - This seat is open due to State Representative Marcelo Llorente (R) vacating to run for Mayor of Miami. This district includes parts of Miami-Dade County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions |Legislative Position of|
| |Expenditures | | | |Held |Interest |
|Francisco Amador (R) |(R) $14,261 |Attorney |Miami |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $32,133 | | | | | |
|Whilly Bermudez (R) |(R) $43,453 |Businessman |Miami |Founder of Whilly Bernudez Group, Miami event and marketing service since|None |None |
| |(E) $21,368 | | |1993 | | |
|Carlos Manrique (R) |(R) $110,085 |Administrator for |Miami |Former legislative aide and staff assistant |Florida House |None |
| |(E) $58,469 |Miami-Dade County | | |(1992-1994) | |
| | |Public Schools | | | | |
|Carlos |(R) $74,086 |Unknown |Miami |No information available |None |None |
|Trujillo (R) |(E) $42,647 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 117 - This seat is open due to State Representative Julio Robaina (R) vacating to run for a State Senate seat. This district includes parts of Miami-Dade County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions |Legislative Position of|
| |Expenditures | | | |Held |Interest |
|Ana Alliegro (R) |(R) $10,140 |Program Director |Miami |Program Director of a non-profit agency |None |None |
| |(E) $15,790 | | | | | |
|Michael Bileca (R) |(R) $144,371 |Businessman |Miami |Founding partner and the President of Towncare Dental Partnership, Inc. |None |None |
| |(E) $101,394 | | | | | |
|Ernesto Martinez (R) |(R) $7,249 |Unknown |Miami |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $8,153 | | | | | |
|Jose Pazos (R) |(R) $18,070 |Realtor |Miami |Realtor for Shelton and Associates |None |None |
| |(E) $6,867 | | | | | |
|Marcus Rivchin Jr. (R) |(R) $14,778 |Unknown |Miami |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $10,787 | | | | | |
|Juan Carlos Robaina (R) |(R) $4,227 |Student |Miami |Recent graduate of Florida International University with a degree in |None |None |
| |(E) $3,056 | | |Political Science | | |
|Ralph Rosado (R) |(R) $97,096 |City Planner |Miami |Masters in Public Affairs and Urban and Regional Planning from Princeton;|None |None |
| |(E) $61,053 | | |worked for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; PhD | | |
| | | | |candidate in City Planning; Directs City Planning and Grants Services | | |
| | | | |divisions of C3TS, an architecture and engineering firm | | |
|Lisa Lesperance (D) |(R) $81,506 |Attorney |Miami |Florida Bar’s Annual Meeting Committee |None |None |
| |(E) $28,350 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 118 – State Representative Dwight Bullard (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Miami-Dade County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of|
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Charles Lopez (R) |(R) $4,280 |Consultant |Miami |Works for large non-profit organizations managing $1 million-plus |None |None |
| |(E) $4,955 | | |contracts and providing internal auditing services for quality | | |
| | | | |assurance; currently works for SIATech Charter High School, a | | |
| | | | |drop-out prevention and recovery program | | |
|Dwight Bullard (D) |(R) $34,135 |Teacher |Miami |Coral Reef Senior High School teacher (2000-2008); son of State |Florida House of | None |
|Incumbent |(E) $22,198 | | |Senator Larcenia Bullard |Representatives | |
| | | | | |(2008-present) | |
|Kionne L. McGhee (D) |(R) $6,450 |Assistant State |Homestead |Board member of Transition Inc, Greater Miami Service Corps, MPACT, |None |None |
| |(E) $1,376 |Attorney/ College | |and other community non-profit organizations | | |
| | |Professor/ National | | | | |
| | |Motivational Speaker | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 119 - This seat is open due to State Representative Juan Zapata (R) being term-limited. This district includes parts of Miami-Dade County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of|
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Frank |(R) $117,477 |Attorney/ Public |Miami |Small business owner of Pinnacle Appraisal and Umpire Services; |None |None |
|Artiles (R) |(E) $56,477 |Adjuster | |Artiles2 Solutions, LLC; consults for urban real-estate developers, | | |
| | | | |community hospitals, local non-profit organizations and property | | |
| | | | |management companies. Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003 war veteran | | |
|Katie Edwards (D) |(R) $167,658 |Attorney |Miami |Executive Director, Miami-Dade County Farm Bureau |None |None |
| |(E) $36,341 | | | | | |
|Alex Fernandez (TEA) |(R) $1,700 |Unknown |Miami |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,782 | | | | | |
Florida House of Representatives
District 120 – State Representative Ron Saunders (D) is seeking re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Matt Gardi (R) |(R) $2,342 |Small Business Owner |Key West |Worked for the State Attorney’s Office, served|None |None |
| |(E) $3,201 | | |in the U.S. Army and now owns a small business| | |
|Morgan McPherson (R) |(R) $70,107 |Small Business Owner |Key West |Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Board |Former Mayor of Key West |None |
| |(E) $27,064 | | |Member | | |
|Ron |(R) $132,636 |Attorney |Key West |Juris Doctorate from University of Florida in |Florida House (2006-present, |House Full Appropriations Council on |
|Saunders (D) |(E) $51,054 | | |1979. |1986-1994) |Education and Economic Development – |
|Incumbent | | | | | |(Democratic Ranking Member); House |
| | | | | | |Minority Leader Designate |
| | | | | | |(2010-2012) |
|Henry Llorella (TEA) |(R) $1,800 |Unknown |Miami |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $1,782 | | | | | |
U.S. Senate
Florida Governor Charlie Crist (NPA) has announced he will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Mel Martinez (R) and thus, will not seek re-election as Governor. Governor Crist (NPA) appointed his former chief of staff, George LeMieux (R) to serve out the rest of Martinez’s term. Senator LeMieux has already announced that he will not seek election to the seat once his term ends in November 2010. However, it is rumored that Senator LeMieux (R) will challenge incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D) in November 2012.
On April 29, 2010, Governor Crist announced he would run for the Senate as an Independent, breaking with the Republican Party and setting up a three-way battle for the General Election. The decision came after polling numbers indicated Crist had gone from the primary favorite to trailing his Republican primary opponent, Marco Rubio (R) by double digits.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Charlie Crist (NPA)|(R) $12,245,508 |Florida Governor |St. Petersburg |Received his law degree from Cumberland Law |Florida Senate |None |
| |(E) $4,020,863 | | |School in Birmingham, Alabama; played college |(1992-1998); Florida Commissioner of | |
| | | | |football at Wake Forest University |Education | |
| | | | | |(2000-2002); Florida Attorney General| |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | |(2002-2006); | |
|Marco Rubio (R) |(R) $11,564,046 |Attorney |Miami |First Cuban-American Speaker of the Florida |West Miami City Commissioner; Florida|Speaker of the House |
| |(E) $7,122,913 | | |House (2006–2008); Florida Chairman of GOPAC and|House (2000-2008) | |
| | | | |a political analyst for Univision TV | | |
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|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Jeff Greene (D) |(R) $5,870,595 |Real Estate Investor; |Palm Beach |A billionaire entrepreneur, he moved to Florida |None |None |
| |(E) $5,857,356 |Businessman | |in 2008 and is capable of self-financing his | | |
| | | | |campaign. | | |
|Kendrick Meek (D) |(R) $7,060,269 |Former Florida Highway |Miami |Member of the New Democratic Coalition; his |Florida House of Representatives |None |
| |(E) $3,004,471 |Patrol Captain | |mother, Carrie, held the Senate seat prior to |(1995-1998); Florida Senate | |
| | | | |his seeking to replace her |(1998-2002); U.S. Congress | |
| | | | | |(2003-present) | |
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Florida has 25 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, 15 are held by Republicans and 10 are held by Democrats. All seats are up for re-election every two years. There are only three open seats during the 2010 election cycle. Representatives Browne-Waite (R), Meek (D) and Putnam (R) are not seeking re-election to their seats.
District 1 – U.S. Representative Jeff Miller (R) is eligible for re-election to serve another four-year term. This seat includes parts of Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and Washington Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|John E. Krause (R) |(R) $26,245 |Owner of |Pensacola |Authored “The Private Investigators Guide;” petitioned|None |None |
| |(E) $25,970 |Investigation Agency | |the State of Florida against legislation detrimental to| | |
| | | | |the insurance industry | | |
|Jeff Miller (R) Incumbent|(R) $370,474 |Former Real Estate |Pensacola |Has appeared on FOX, CNN, MSNBC, and ITN network news; |U.S. Congress |U.S. House Permanent |
| |(E) $322,152 |Broker and Deputy | |guest on national radio programs such as the |(2001-present); Florida |Select Committee on |
| | |Sheriff | |G. Gordon Liddy Show and the Oliver North Show |House (1998-2001) |Intelligence |
|James Jim Bryan (D) |(R) $0 |Previously owned a |Laurel Hill |Retired from U.S. Army –Vietnam War Veteran |None |None |
| |(E) $0 |trucking company | | | | |
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District 2 – U.S. Representative Allen Boyd (D) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla and Walton Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Eddie |(R) $54,638 |Diabetes specialty sales |Tallahassee |Graduate of The Citadel; retired Captain in the U.S. |None |None |
|Hendry (R) |(E) $54,331 |representative | |Army | | |
|Barbara Olschner (R) |(R) $46,032 |Realtor/ Attorney |Santa Rosa Beach |Ex-professional tennis player; attended Cumberland Law|None |None |
| |(E) $36,182 | | |School at Sanford University in Birmingham, Alabama. | | |
| | | | |Founded and managed the law firm of Olschner & Hart in| | |
| | | | |Birmingham | | |
|David Scholl (R) |(R) $73,633 |Airline Pilot / Retired |Niceville |Degree in mechanical engineering from Air Force |None |None |
| |(E) $26,589 |U.S. Air Force Officer | |Academy; Delta Airlines pilot for over 20 years | | |
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|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Steve Southerland (R) |(R) $366,573 |Funeral Director; |Panama City |Co-owner and president of Southerland Family |None |None |
| |(E) $171,750 |Insurance Agent | |Funeral Homes and a founding partner in two other| | |
| | | | |businesses | | |
|Allen Boyd (D) |(R) $1,695,136 |Farmer and business owner |Monticello |A fifth generation farmer, Boyd graduated from |U.S. Congress |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $1,792,732 | | |Florida State University in 1969 and served in |(1997-present); Florida House| |
| | | | |Vietnam. He continues to oversee the family farm|of Representatives | |
| | | | |operation. |(1989-1996) | |
|Al Lawson (D) |(R) $176,281 |Insurance Agent |Tallahassee |Insurance agent, with Northwestern Mutual Life |Florida Senate |Senate Minority Leader |
| |(E) $141,046 | | |Insurance Co. (1976-Present); holds bachelor's |(2001-present); Florida House|(2008-2010) |
| | | | |degree from Florida A&M University and Master of |of Representatives | |
| | | | |Public Administration from Florida State |(1983-2000) | |
| | | | |University | | |
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District 3 – U.S. Representative Corrine Brown (D) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Clay, Duval, Lake, Marion, Orange, Putnam, Seminole and Volusia Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Dean Black (R) |(R) $48,148 |Businessman/ Ex-radio |Jacksonville |Served in the Florida National Guard and the U.S. Air |None |None |
| |(E) $42,744 |show Host | |Force from 1989 to 1995. In 1997, took over an AAMCO | | |
| | | | |Transmission franchise and began operating, buying, | | |
| | | | |developing and selling AAMCO franchises- his current | | |
| | | | |occupation; serves as Jacksonville AAMCO Dealers | | |
| | | | |Association National Board of Directors and Chairman | | |
|Chris Nwasike (R) |(R) $24,618 |Businessman |Jacksonville |Tea Party activist |None |None |
| |(E) $22,270 | | | | | |
|Michael Yost (R) |(R) $39,421 |Auto Mechanic |Jacksonville |Garber Ford-Mercury Service team member in Green Cove |None |None |
| |(E) $38,639 | | |Springs, Florida | | |
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|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Scott Fortune (D) |(R) $43,531 |Attorney |Jacksonville |Earned law degree from the University of Florida; |None |None |
| |(E) $35,286 | | |represented first African-American plaintiff in the | | |
| | | | |United States to be awarded over $1 million by a jury | | |
| | | | |for racial discrimination at work | | |
|Corrine Brown (D) |(R) $659,426 |Politician, College |Jacksonville |Florida A&M University graduate in Science in 1969. |Florida House of |Chair of the Transportation|
|Incumbent |(E) $534,197 |Professor | |She earned a masters degree in 1971 and an educational |Representatives (1982-1992)|Subcommittee on Railroads, |
| | | | |specialist degree from the University of Florida in | |Pipelines and Hazardous |
| | | | |1974; received an Honorary Doctor of Law degree from | |Materials |
| | | | |Edward Waters College in Jacksonville; re-elected to | | |
| | | | |the U.S. House for a ninth term in November 2008 | | |
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District 4 - U.S. Representative Ander Crenshaw (R) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Baker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Nassau and Union Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Ander Crenshaw (R) |(R) $483,480 |Investment Banker |Jacksonville |In November 1999, became the first Republican |U. S. Congress |Deputy Minority Whip in |
|Incumbent |(E) $372,063 |and Attorney | |elected as president of the Florida Senate in 118 |(2001-present); Florida |the U.S. House of |
| | | | |years. This represented a compromise between |Senate (1986-1994); Florida |Representatives |
| | | | |Republicans and Democrats who were evenly split in |House of Representatives | |
| | | | |the Senate that year. He agreed to serve only one |(1972-1978) | |
| | | | |year instead of the usual two. | | |
|Troy Stanley (NPA) |(R) $11,083 |Retired Veteran |Jacksonville |Twenty-year veteran of the United States Navy |None |None |
| |(E) 10,992 | | | | | |
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District 5 – U.S. Representative Ginny Brown-Waite (R) is not seeking re-election. This seat includes parts of Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Levy, Marion, Pasco and Polk Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position|
| |Expenditures | | | | |of Interest |
|Richard Nugent (R) |(R) $145,635 |Hernando County Sheriff |Brooksville |In 1969, joined the Illinois Air National Guard, |Hernando County Sheriff |None |
| |(E) $31,393 | | |where he served for six years; has served the |(1984-2010) | |
| | | | |Hernando County Sheriff’s Office since 1984 | | |
|Jason Sager (R) |(R) $33,296 |Audio-Visual Engineer/ Navy|Brooksville |Served four years in the U.S. Navy; founded his |None |None |
| |(E) $28,527 |Veteran | |own company, The Department of Constitutional | | |
| | | | |Protection, to educate voters on the founding | | |
| | | | |principles of America | | |
|James John Piccillo (D) |(R) $82,055 |Mortgage Negotiator with |Land O’Lakes |Instrumental in President Obama's Florida victory.|None |None |
| |(E) $74,290 |National Home Retention | |Retired from U.S. Army; MBA | | |
| | |Alliance | | | | |
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District 6 – U.S. Representative Clifford Stearns (R) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Gilchrist, Lake, Levy and Marion Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Don Browning (R) |(R) $26,900 |Businessman/ Artist |East Lake Weir |Worked with 3M Company, Uarco Inc. and Barker |Winter Springs Councilman |None |
| |(E) $25,240 | | |Business Forms Inc.; founder/CEO of Browning Forms | | |
| | | | |and Systems in 1974; added Browning Press in 1984; | | |
| | | | |U.S. Navy Veteran | | |
|Clifford Stearns (R) |(R) $559,208 |Small Business Owner |Ocala |Retired U.S. Air Force Officer. Very active in |U. S. Congress |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $225,652 |and Engineer | |veterans’ affairs |(1988 -present) | |
| | | | | | | |
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District 7 – U.S. Representative John Mica (R) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Flagler, Orange Putnam, Seminole, St. Johns and Volusia Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|John Mica (R) |(R) $781,808 |Former Executive Director |Orlando |Republican member of the United States House |None |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $301,938 |of a local study commission| |of Representatives since 1993, representing | | |
| | |for two counties | |Florida's 7th Congressional District. | | |
| | | | |Brother of former Representative Daniel A. | | |
| | | | |Mica; his other brother, David, is a former | | |
| | | | |ranking staffer with Senator Lawton Chiles | | |
|Heather Maurine Beaven |(R) $147,718 |CEO of The Florida |Palm Coast |Former U.S. Navy officer; awarded a Navy |None |None |
|(D) |(E) $90,036 |Endowment Foundation for | |Achievement Medal during Operation Desert | | |
| | |Florida’s Graduates | |Storm | | |
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District 8 – U.S. Representative Alan Grayson (D) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Osceola, Orange and Seminole Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Ross Bieling (R) |(R) $0 |Businessman |Sanford |Owns Select Medical Products, Inc., a medical parts |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | |supply company, following a patented invention of | | |
| | | | |several new orthopedic devices he designed | | |
|Daniel Roy Fanelli (R) |(R) $43,165 |Retired Navy Pilot, |Orlando |Active Tea Party member |None |None |
| |(E) $41,710 |Small Business Owner| | | | |
| | |and Realtor | | | | |
|Alan |(R) $3,509,371 |Attorney |Orlando |Harvard Ph.D in Government and Law. Founded and ran|U. S. Congress |None |
|Grayson (D) |(E) $1,620,107 | | |IDT, a Fortune 1000 public company with $2 billion a|(2008-present) | |
|Incumbent | | | |year in sales | | |
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|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Kurt Kelly (R) |(R) $223,275 |Business owner |Ocala |Owner & CEO, 3-D Background Screening. Former board|Florida House of |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $85,299 | | |member: Marion County Economic Development |Representatives (2007 - | |
| | | | |Corporation, Education/Workforce Committee |present) | |
| | | | | |Marion County School Board | |
| | | | | |(2001-2007) | |
|Todd Long (R) |(R) $220,065 |Attorney |College Park |In 2005, founded law firm of Long and Gonzalez. |None |None |
| |(E) $110,883 | | |Previously practiced commercial litigation and | | |
| | | | |insurance defense with the firm of Drage, deBeaubien,| | |
| | | | |Knight and Simmons | | |
|Bruce O’Donoghue (R) |(R) $528,092 |Businessman |Winter Park |Owns a traffic engineering company; Orlando chapter |None |None |
| |(E) $229,622 | | |of National Federation of Independent Business | | |
| | | | |Chairman | | |
|Patricia Sullivan (R) |(R) $56,254 |Home school teacher |Eustis |Organized the North Lake Tea Party |None |None |
| |(E) $47,322 |and 4-H leader | | | | |
|Daniel Webster (R) |(R) $240,944 |Businessman |Orlando |First Republican Speaker of the Florida House in 122 |Florida Senate (1998-2008) |Florida Speaker of the House |
| |(E) $75,974 | | |years; retired as the longest-serving member of the |Florida House of |(1996-1998) |
| | | | |Florida Legislature. Owns an air conditioning |Representatives (1980-1998) | |
| | | | |company | | |
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District 9 – U.S. Representative Gus Bilirakis (R) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Gus M. |(R) $834,683 |Attorney |Palm Harbor |In January of 2009, appointed Ranking Member (Lead |U. S. Congress (2006-present)|Member of the Republican |
|Bilirakis (R) |(E) $503,387 | | |Republican) on the important Subcommittee on | |Party's Whip Team; Chair |
|Incumbent | | | |Management, Investigations and Oversight. In this | |of Veterans’ Affairs Task |
| | | | |role, he oversees the U.S. Department of Homeland |Florida House of |Force for the Republican |
| | | | |Security. |Representatives (1998-2006) |Policy Committee. |
| | | | | | | |
|Anita de Palma (D) |(R) $13,222 |Civil Rights |Dunedin |Has served four terms as League of United Latin |None |None |
| |(E) $13,048 |Activist | |American Citizens Director; currently Chair of | | |
| | | | |Senator Bill Nelson’s Air Force Academy Appointment | | |
| | | | |Committee and is a Commissioner of the League of | | |
| | | | |United Latin American Citizens’ National Housing | | |
| | | | |Commission | | |
|Phil Hindahl (D) |(R) $12,499 |Unknown |Lutz |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $11,064 | | | | | |
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District 10 – U.S. Representative Bill Young (R) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Pinellas County.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|C.W. “Bill” Young (R) |(R) $521,588 |Insurance Executive |Indian Shores |Senior member of the Florida congressional delegation|U. S. Congress |Ranking Republican Member |
|Incumbent |(E) $362,815 | | |and the longest-serving Republican member of Congress|(1971-present) ; Florida |on the House |
| | | | | |Senate |Appropriations |
| | | | | |(1961-1971) |Subcommittee on Defense |
|Charlie |(R) $289,777 |Academic Advisor, |St. Petersburg |Former Board of Directors member of Big Brothers Big |Florida Senate |None |
|Justice (D) |(E) $251,330 |USF | |Sisters |(2006-present); Florida House| |
| | | | | |of Representatives | |
| | | | | |(2000-2006) | |
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District 11 – U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (D) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Hillsborough, Manatee and Pinellas Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of|
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Eddie |(R) $114,550 |Architect |Tampa |Works with The Rosier Alliance Inc.’s Tampa office and |None |None |
|Adams Jr. (R) |(E) $63,394 | | |started his own business, Adams & Associates Residential | | |
| | | | |Design. Board Member, 100 Black Men of Tampa Bay; Central | | |
| | | | |City YMCA; Hillsborough County NAACP Executive Committee; | | |
| | | | |Chairman, Veteran’s Affairs Advisory Board of Everest | | |
| | | | |University | | |
|Tony Buntyn (R) |(R) $32,886 |Cyber Security |Tampa |Has worked in Information Technology for over 25 years in |None |None |
| |(E) $28,675 |Consultant | |the private sector with various industries, such as USAA and| | |
| | | | |Raytheon. Currently owns U.S. Cyber Solutions, Inc. | | |
|Thomas Castellano (R) |(R) $39,793 |Businessman |Tampa |Owner of Castellano Air Conditioning and Heating |None |None |
| |(E) $23,853 | | | | | |
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|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of|
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Kathy |(R) $607,579 |Attorney |Tampa |Daughter of former Hillsborough County Judge Don Castor and |U. S. Congress |None |
|Castor (D) |(E) $300,634 | | |University of South Florida President and Florida Education |(2006-present); | |
|Incumbent | | | |Commissioner Betty Castor |Hillsborough County | |
| | | | | |Commissioner | |
| | | | | |(2002-2006) | |
|Tim Curtis (D) |(R) $14,376 |Businessman |Tampa |1992 graduate of the University of South Florida (B.A., |None |None |
| |(E) $13,354 | | |Business Administration); | | |
| | | | |20-year honorably retired U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant | | |
| | | | |Officer | | |
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District 12 – This seat is open due to U.S. Representative Adam Putnam (R) vacating to run for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. This district includes parts of Hillsborough, Osceola and Polk Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of|
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|John Lindsey Jr. (R) |(R) $11,962 |Unknown |Winter Haven |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $11,909 | | | | | |
|Dennis Ross (R) |(R) $791,425 |Attorney |Lakeland |In 2007, along with State Representative Don Brown, |Florida House of |None |
| |(E) $351,110 | | |were the only two state legislators to vote against |Representatives | |
| | | | |a property insurance bill that made Citizens the |(2000 -2008) | |
| | | | |largest property insurer in Florida | | |
|Randy Wilkinson (TEA) |(R) $41,596 |Minister, Adjunct Professor |Bartow |Masters in Education and Theology, as well as in |Polk County Commissioner|None |
| |(E) $38,020 |South Florida Community | |Library and Information science | | |
| | |College, News Correspondent | | |(1998-present); Polk | |
| | | | | |County School Board | |
| | | | | |(1994-1998) | |
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District 12 (continued)
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of|
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Lori |(R) $307,533 |Former news Reporter |Lakeland |16-year elected official |Polk County Supervisor of |None |
|Edwards (D) |(E) $203,822 | | | |Elections (2000-present); | |
| | | | | |Florida House | |
| | | | | |(1992- 2000) | |
|Douglas David Tudor (D) |(R) $46,563 |Attorney, Former Navy |Riverview |As a Navy veteran, he served as an administrative aide|None |None |
| |(E) $24,021 |Veteran | |to three U.S. Central Commanders: General Tommy | | |
| | | | |Franks, General John Abizaid and Admiral William | | |
| | | | |Fallon | | |
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District 13 – U.S. Representative Vernon Buchanan (R) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee and Sarasota Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Don Baldauf (R) |(R) $10,500 |Alarm Contractor |Bradenton |Has studied behavioral sciences and business |None |None |
| |(E) $10,440 | | |management | | |
|Vernon Buchanan (R) |(R) $1,785,539 |Auto dealer and |Long Boat Key |One of the two founders of American Speedy Printing. |U. S. Congress (2006-present)|None |
|Incumbent |(E) $728,902 |owner of two | |With over $100 million in assets, is among the five | | |
| | |offshore reinsurance| |wealthiest members of Congress. Holdings include | | |
| | |companies. | |fifty different businesses, among which are several | | |
| | | | |Florida auto dealerships, offshore reinsurance | | |
| | | | |companies and a charter-jet business | | |
|Rick Eaton (D) |(R) $12,219 |Businessman |Venice |Gulf War veteran |None |None |
| |(E) $11,337 | | | | | |
|James Theopolis Golden |(R) $83,112 |Attorney and |Bradenton |Manatee County’s state committeeman for eight years; |Bradenton City Council |None |
|(D) |(E) $76,754 |Minister | |one of Florida’s delegates to the Democratic National|(1999-2007) | |
| | | | |Convention in 2004 and a Florida elector who cast one| | |
| | | | |of the State’s 27 votes for President Obama in 2008 | | |
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District 14 – U.S. Representative Connie Mack (R) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position|
| |Expenditures | | | | |of Interest |
|Connie |(R) $784,068 |Independent business|Fort Myers |Married to U.S. Rep. Mary Bono Mack. Son of former U.S. |U. S. Congress (2004-2008); |None |
|Mack (R) |(E) $645,974 |and marketing | |Senator Connie Mack and cancer activist Priscilla Mack. |Florida House (2000-2003) | |
|Incumbent | |consultant | |Formerly with Fort Myers-based LTP Management. | | |
|James Lloyd Roach (D) |(R) $26,989 |Businessman |Fort Myers |Technology consultant; automotive engineer; Vietnam war |None |None |
| |(E) $23,680 | | |veteran | | |
District 15 – State Representative Bill Posey (R) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Brevard, Indian River, Osceola and Polk Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position|
| |Expenditures | | | | |of Interest |
|Shannon Roberts (D) |(R) $19,606 |Associate Director |Cape Canaveral |30-year NASA veteran, U.S. Departments of Justice and |Cape Canaveral City Council |None |
| |(E) $14,383 |Kennedy Space Center| |Transportation, President's Council on Management | | |
| | | | |Improvement; Xerox Corporation | | |
|Bill Posey (R) Incumbent |(R) $889,993 |Realtor |Rockledge |In the Florida Senate, he led a successful effort to reform |U.S. Congress |None |
| |(E) $615,715 | | |Florida’s insurance laws in response to the devastating 2004 |( 2008-present); Florida | |
| | | | |hurricane season |Senate (2001-2008); Florida | |
| | | | | |House (1992-2000) | |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 16 – U.S. Representative Tom Rooney (R) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Charlotte, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Tom |(R) $1,084,165 |Attorney |Tequesta |Assistant Attorney General for Charlie Crist; former |U. S. Congress |None |
|Rooney (R) |(E) $462,200 | | |CEO of “The Children’s Place at Home Safe,” a home for|(2008-present) | |
|Incumbent | | | |abused and neglected children | | |
|Jim Horn (D) |(R) $50,000 |Businessman/ Army |Port St. Lucie |Owns and operates Techkraft, a consulting firm. |None |None |
| |(E) $10,440 |Veteran/ | |Various businesses have included bodybuilding | | |
| | |Entrepreneur | |supplements, a power boat company and an Italian | | |
| | | | |restaurant | | |
|Ed Tauitiva (D) |(R) $26,102 |Teacher |West Palm Beach |B.A. in Psychology from Salem State College; currently|None |None |
| |(E) $24,630 | | |a 7th Grade civics teacher at Okeeheelee Middle School| | |
| | | | |in West Palm Beach | | |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 17 - This seat is open due to U.S. Representative Kendrick Meek (D) vacating to run for U.S. Senate. This includes parts of Broward and Miami-Dade Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Marleine Bastien (D) |(R) $82,454 |Clinical Social |Miami |In 2005, was named “One Of The 35 Most Remarkable Women|None |None |
| |(E) $66,936 |Worker and | |In The World” by Essence Magazine. | | |
| | |paralegal | |Founder, former president and current Executive | | |
| | | | |Director of Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc. (Haitian | | |
| | | | |Women of Miami) that serves Haitian families and the | | |
| | | | |community at large. Current Chair of the Florida | | |
| | | | |Immigrant Coalition and Vice-Chair of the | | |
| | | | |Haitian-American Grassroots Coalition | | |
|Phillip Brutus (D) |(R) $74,723 |Attorney |North Miami |Attorney recognized for work in diversity |Florida House of |None |
| |(E) $70,168 | | | |Representatives | |
| | | | | |(2000-2006) | |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 17 (continued)
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Position of |
| | | | | | |Interest |
|James Bush III (D) |(R) $0 |Teacher, Doctor of |Miami |National Board Member of the Southern Christian Leadership |Florida House |None |
| |(E) $0 |Ministry-Christian | |Conference |(2008-present) | |
| | |Education | | |(1992-2000) | |
|Scott Galvin (D) |(R) $112,644 |Non-Profit Group |Miami |Vice President of Education for Junior Achievement of Greater |North Miami City |None |
| |(E) $98,025 |Executive/ | |Miami. Former aide to U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek (1993-1999) |Councilman (1999-present)| |
| | |Ex-Congressional Aide| | | | |
|Shirley Gibson (D) |(R) $140,139 |Minister, Retired |Miami Gardens |Co-hosted the “Miami Talk” radio program. Holds Master of Arts |Mayor of Miami Gardens |None |
| |(E) $137,972 |Police Officer | |in Pastoral Ministry | | |
| | |Business- | | | | |
| | |woman | | | | |
|Rudolph “Rudy” Moise (D) |(R)$1,453,551 |Physician and |Miami |A Lieutenant Colonel in U.S. Air Force Reserve who served as a |None |None |
| |(E) $544,676 |Attorney | |Flight Surgeon. Co-owner of Access Health Solutions, a | | |
| | | | |minority healthcare network dedicated to treating underserved | | |
| | | | |immigrant populations that is also one of the largest providers | | |
| | | | |of Medicare services in Florida. | | |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 17 (continued)
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Yolly Roberson (D) |(R) $111,834 |Attorney and former |Miami Beach |Served as a Senior Assistant Attorney General |Florida House of |House Select Committee on |
| |(E) $78,454 |Nurse | |for the State of Florida. Now owns community |Representatives |Department of Juvenile |
| | | | |law firm in Miami. Received the Minority |(2002-present) |Detention Facilities; Select |
| | | | |Business Development Center Emerging Leadership| |Committee on Condominium & |
| | | | |Award; member of the National Governors | |Homeowners Association |
| | | | |Association Center for Best Practices Policy | |Governance; Select Committee on|
| | | | |Academy on Chronic Disease Prevention and | |Seminole Indian Compact Review;|
| | | | |Management | |House Select Committee on |
| | | | | | |Affordable Health Care for |
| | | | | | |Floridians |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 17 (continued)
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Position of |
| | | | | | |Interest |
|Roderick Vereen (D) |(R) $81,435 |Attorney |Miami |Assistant State Attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit; became |None |None |
| |(E) $72,849 | | |the first African-American Assistant Federal Public Defender for | | |
| | | | |the Northern District of Florida; adjunct professor at Florida | | |
| | | | |State University’s School of Criminology and Florida A & M | | |
| | | | |University’s School of Criminal Justice. In 1989, was voted | | |
| | | | |“Professor of the Year” at Florida State University’s Panama City | | |
| | | | |campus. At-Large Member of the American Civil Liberties Union | | |
| | | | |(ACLU); a Life Member of the NAACP | | |
|Andre Williams (D) |(R) $134,110 |Attorney & Real |Miami Gardens |Featured in TIME magazine for leading the City of Miami Gardens’ |Miami Gardens City Council|None |
| |(E) $112,217 |Estate Investor | |efforts to help its residents through the foreclosure crisis |(2006-present) | |
|Frederica Wilson (D) |(R) $205,107 |Former School |Miami Gardens |Worked with Governor Jeb Bush to remove the Confederate flag from | Florida Senate |None |
| |(E) $126,673 |Principal and | |the state capitol; helped start prison HIV/AIDS testing; reformed |(2002-present); Florida | |
| | |Teacher | |FCAT. Joined Governor Charlie Crist to restore felon voting |House | |
| | | | |rights. Founded 5,000 Role Models of Excellence, a dropout |(1998-2002); Miami-Dade | |
| | | | |prevention program |School Board (1992-1998) | |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 18 – U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) |(R) $1,235,153 |Retired Educator |Miami |PhD in Education, married to former Florida House |U. S. Congress |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $444,615 | | |member Dexter Lehtinen, the U.S. Attorney for the |(1989-present); Florida | |
| | | | |Southern District of Florida. Founded and operated |Senate (1986-1989); Florida | |
| | | | |Eastern Academy, a private elementary school in |House of Representatives | |
| | | | |Hialeah, Recently inducted into the Florida Women’s |(1982-1986) | |
| | | | |Hall of Fame | | |
|Rolando Banciella (D) |(R) $0 |Realtor |Miami |Worked in the banking industry; Associate of Arts |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | |Degree in Economics. | | |
District 19 – U.S. Representative Ted Deutch (D) is eligible for re-election. This includes parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of|
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Joe Budd (R) | (R) $46,643 |Financial Planner |Coral Springs |Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor |None |None |
| |(E) $44,533 | | | | | |
|Ted Deutch (D) |(R) $1,751,207 |Attorney |Delray |Active in Jewish philanthropic efforts and pro-Israel |Florida Senate |None |
| |(E) $1,602,720 | | |activities; Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County |(2006-present) | |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 20 – U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward, Dade and Monroe Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held|Legislative Position|
| |Expenditures | | | | |of Interest |
|Karen Harrington (R) |(R) $167,207 |Restaurant Owner |Pembroke Pines |With her family, has owned and operated Rickey’s Restaurant and Lounge since|None |None |
| |(E) $129,017 | | |1974 | | |
|Robert Lowry (R) |(R) $62,130 |President and CEO of |Hollywood |Owner and developer of assisted living facilities |None |None |
| |(E) $52,154 |Lowry Group | | | | |
| | |Properties | | | | |
|Donna Milo (R) |(R) $31,124 |Business-woman |Ft. Lauderdale |Became a licensed contractor in 1982 and started her own business. In 1991,|None |None |
| |(E) $22,940 | | |began a marine fabrication business; returned to the building industry in | | |
| | | | |2000 and owns a plumbing company | | |
|Debbie Wasserman Schultz |(R) $1,314,376 |Former Program |Weston |17-year political veteran and the first Jewish Congresswoman ever elected |U. S. Congress |U.S. House |
|(D) |(E) $947,804 |Administrator and | |from Florida. Masters degrees from University of Florida. One of the key |(2005-present); |Appropriations |
|Incumbent | |College Instructor | |leaders in the Terri Schiavo debate, and the Senate Judiciary Committee |Florida Senate |Committee; U.S. |
| | | | |asked her to testify at the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court Justice |(2000-2005); Florida |House Judiciary |
| | | | |Samuel Alito on the topic. In 2008, underwent seven breast cancer surgeries|House |Committee; Chief |
| | | | |in 2008, while maintaining her responsibilities as a member of the House |(1992-2000) |Deputy Whip |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 21 – U.S. Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) announced he will not seek re-election. This seat includes parts of Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THIS SEAT, THEREFORE REPRESENTATIVE DIAZ-BALART IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Position of |
| | | | | | |Interest |
|Mario Diaz-Balart (R) |(R) $619,551 |Politician |Miami |Founder and co-chairman of the Everglades Caucus, a group dedicated |U. S. Congress |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $308,824 | | |to Everglades restoration and conservation. His brother, Lincoln |(2002-present) | |
| | | | |Diaz-Balart, is also a Florida Congressman, who represents the 21st | | |
| | | | |district. His aunt was the first wife of Fidel Castro. |Florida Senate | |
| | | | | |(1992 – 2000) | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | |Florida House of | |
| | | | | |Representatives | |
| | | | | |(2000-2002)(1988-1992) | |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 22 – U.S. Representative Ron Klein (D) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|David C. Brady (R) |(R) $0 |Unknown |Boca Raton |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | | | |
|Allen B. West (R) |(R) $3,478,177 |Lieutenant Colonel |Deerfield Beach |Masters Degree in political science from Kansas State |None |None |
| |(E) $1,327,797 |(US Army, Retired | |University. Also holds a Master of Military Arts and | | |
| | | | |Sciences from the U.S. Army Command, as well as from | | |
| | | | |the General Staff Officer College in political theory | | |
| | | | |and military operations | | |
|Ron Klein (D) |(R) $2,371,603 |Attorney |Boca Raton |Member of the New Democrat Coalition, a group of |U. S. Congress |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $1,053,264 | | |moderate, pro-business Democrats |(2007-present); Florida | |
| | | | | |Senate (1996 -1997); Florida | |
| | | | | |House of Representatives | |
| | | | | |(1992-1996) | |
|Paul Francis Renneisen |(R) $14,791 |Airline Pilot |Ft. Lauderdale |U.S. Air Force Veteran |None |None |
|(D) |(E) $12,411 | | | | | |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 23 – U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings (D) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Broward, Hendry, Martin, Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of Interest |
| |Expenditures | | | | | |
|Bernard Sansaricq (R) |(R) $42,792 |Realtor, Author, |Fort Lauderdale |International affairs book author |Former President of the |None |
| |(E) $42,301 |Human Rights Activist| | |Senate in Haiti | |
|Alcee Hastings (D) |(R) $610,576 |Attorney |Fort Lauderdale |A civil rights activist, he became the first |U.S. Congress (1992-present) |Senior Democratic Whip |
|Incumbent |(E) $470,668 | | |African-American from Florida since the post-Civil War | | |
| | | | |era to be elected to Congress. In 1979 he became the | | |
| | | | |first African-American Federal Judge in the State of | | |
| | | | |Florida. | | |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 24 –U.S. Representative Suzanne Kosmas (D) is eligible for re-election to serve another two-year term. This seat includes parts of Brevard, Orange, Seminole and Volusia Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held|Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Sandy |(R) $365,433 |Law Enforcement |Orlando |Former Orange County Deputy Sheriff; Secret Service |Florida House |Criminal and Civil |
|Adams (R) |E) $183,815 | | |Recognition Award |(2002-present) |Justice Appropriations |
| | | | | | |Committee Chairman |
|Sean Field Campbell (R) |(R) $15,166 |Former owner of Southeast |Merritt Island |Former appointee to North Merritt Island Dependent Special |Brevard Republican |None |
| |(E) $15,166 |Staffing | |District Board; Brevard Republican Men’s Club Director |Committee | |
|Jason Davis (R) |(R) $360 |Computer Store Owner |Port Orange |Lost in the 2008 Congressional election |None |None |
| |(E) $0 | | | | | |
|Karen |(R) $444,930 |Executive Director at |Winter Park |In memory of her late husband, co-founded the N. Donald |Vice Mayor and City |None |
|Diebel (R) |(E) $190,061 |Verizon Business | |Diebel Jr. M.D. Good Samaritan Fund in 2004, which |Commiss-ioner | |
| | | | |provides medical care to uninsured women and children |(2007-present) | |
|Tom Garcia (R) |(R) $36,276 |Leadership Consultant, |Titusville |Received Presidential Meritorious Service Medal for his |None |None |
| |(E) $35,672 |Former Navy Fighter Pilot;| |work at the Naval Safety Center in reducing error and | | |
| | |Comm. Pilot | |saving lives; saved the Navy an $147 million by reducing | | |
| | | | |the aviation mishap rate | | |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 24 (continued)
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Deon Long (R) |(R) $161,220 |Attorney |Winter Park |Chairman of Children First. Also participates in Step-Up|None |None |
| |(E) $90,983 | | |for Children and Fry Institute Board of Directors | | |
|Craig Miller (R) |(R) $619,782 |Ex-Ruth Chris Restaurant |Oveido |After serving in the Air Force, joined Uno’s Restaurants |None |None |
| |(E) $293,849 |Chains CEO/ Vietnam War | |in 1984 with founder Aaron Spencer and spent 17 years | | |
| | |Veteran | |helping build Uno's into a national chain; spent a year at| | |
| | | | |Furr's Restaurant Group and then joined Ruth's Chris Steak| | |
| | | | |House as President and CEO | | |
|Suzanne Kosmas (D) |(R) $1,697,672 |Owner of a Real Estate |New Smyrna Beach |Orlando Sentinel named her one of Florida’s “Top Space |U. S. Congress |None |
|Incumbent |(E) $457,185 |Company | |Advocates.” Served as United Way of Volusia County Board |(2009-present); Florida | |
| | | | |Chairman |House (1996-2004) | |
|Paul Partyka (D) |(R) $43,453 |Businessman/ Realtor |Orlando |Former Proctor & Gamble salesman. Managing partner of NAI|Winter Springs Mayor; |None |
| |(E) $38,757 | | |Realvest, a commercial real estate company. Former |City Commissioner | |
| | | | |president, Oveido Winter Springs Regional Chamber of | | |
| | | | |Commerce | | |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 25 – Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R) vacating this seat to run for his brother’s Congressional seat. This seat includes parts of Collier, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties.
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Mariana Cancio (R) |(R) $118,575 |Attorney |Medley |No information available |None |None |
| |(E) $44,197 | | | | | |
|David Rivera (R) |(R) $1,227,476 |Public Affairs |Miami | State Committeeman for the Republican Party of Florida;|Florida House of |Governmental Operations – |
| |(E) $122,100 |Consultant | |Executive Director for the Republican Party of |Representatives |(Chair) |
| | | | |Miami-Dade County |(2002-present) | |
|Paul Crespo (R) |(R) $71,491 |Military |Coral Gables |Former Marine Corps officer and Reagan conservative. |None |None |
| |(E) $60,186 | | |Georgetown University; Bachelors degree in International| | |
| | | | |Politics; Masters Degree in War Studies from the | | |
| | | | |University of London; Masters Degree in International | | |
| | | | |Relations from Cambridge University, U.K. | | |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 25 (continued)
|Candidate |Funds Raised/ |Occupation |Residence |Biographical Information |Elected Positions Held |Legislative Position of |
| |Expenditures | | | | |Interest |
|Joe Garcia (D) |(R) $1,457,360 |Political Consultant|Miami |Left the Florida Public Service Commission in 2000; |None |Governor Lawton Chiles |
| |(E) $209,986 | | |Executive Director of the Cuban American National | |appointed him to the PSC |
| | | | |Foundation. In 2009, named as Director of the U.S. | |in 1993. |
| | | | |Office of Economy Impact in the Department of Energy | | |
|Luis Meurice (D) |(R) $51,580 |AFL/CIO Vice |Miami |Member of the International Longshoreman Association. |None |None |
| |(E) $14,509 |President of South | |Serves on Executive Committee of the Florida AFL/CIO | | |
| | |Florida | | | | |
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