Florida Banking October 2022

As you can see, there is power in incumbency. Only two Senators were not incumbents, but they are termed-out House members. One new House member is not an incumbent; however, his opponent did not properly qualify for the primary. The next group won their seats on Primary Day. Floridians decided 18 Florida House and Senate seats in the primaries. These races will not appear in your general ballot because no one else outside of one party qualified to run in that election. Here is a list of the winners on Primary Day: Florida Senators: • Rep. Geraldine Thompson (D) – Orange County • Sen. Jim Boyd* (R) – Hillsborough and Manatee counties • Sen. Joe Gruters*(R) – Manatee and Sarasota counties • Sen. Shev Jones *(D) – Miami-Dade County • Sen. Lauren Book*(D) – Broward County Florida House Members: • Shane Abbott (R) – Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and Washington counties

• Griff Griffiths (R) – Bay County • Rep. Bobby Payne* (R) – Clay, Marion, Putnam and St. Johns counties • Rep. Ralph Massullo* (R) – Citrus and Marion counties • Rita Harris (D) – Orange County • Jennifer Canady (R) – Polk County • Rep. Josie Tomkow* (R) – Polk County • Brad Yeager (R) – Pasco County • Lisa Dunkley (D) – Broward County • Rep. Patricia Hawkins-Williams* (D) – Broward County • Rep. Daryl Campbell* (D) – Broward County • Rep. Dotie Joseph* (D) – Miami-Dade County • Ashley Gantt (D) – Miami-Dade County Additionally, there are 11 Florida House members and Senators, who are effectively elected because they have either a write-in, independent or third-party candidate on the general election ballot. No write-in, independent or third-party candidate has ever won an election to the Florida Legislature. I doubt this will be the year for that trend to end. Please congratulate these winners. Get to know them now before we need to ask for their help in the 2023 Session.

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