Charlie Crist

A Representative from Florida. Born in Altoona, Blair County, Pa. , July 24, 1956. Graduated from St. Petersburg High School, St. Petersburg, Fla. , 1974. Attended Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N. C. B. A. , Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla. , 1978. J. D. , Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, Ala. , 1981. Lawyer, private practice. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the Florida state senate in 1986. Staff, United States Senator Connie Mack of Florida, 1989. Member of the Florida state senate, 1993-1999. Florida deputy secretary of business and professional regulation, 1999-2001. Florida state education commissioner, 2001-2003. Florida state attorney general, 2003-2007. Governor of Florida, 2007-2011. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 2010. Unsuccessful candidate for election for Governor of Florida in 2014. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the two succeeding Congresses until his resignation on August 31, 2022 (January 3, 2017-August 31, 2022). Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Florida in 2022.