Biography
A Representative from Florida. Born in Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, Fla. , January 25, 1967. Graduated from Fernandina Beach High School, Fernandina Beach, Fla. , 1985. B. S. , Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Fla. , 1989. Auctioneer. Business owner. Development advisor. Bank president. Fernandina Beach, Fla. , city commissioner, 1996-1999. Mayor of Fernandina Beach, Fla. , 1997-1999. Member of the Florida state house of representatives, 2000-2008. Member of the Florida state senate, 2012-2022, president pro tempore, 2020-2022. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2023-present).