A Representative from Florida. Born in Forest Hills, Queens County, N. Y. , September 27, 1966. Graduated from Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, N. Y. , 1984. B. A. , University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. , 1988. M. A. , University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. , 1990. Staff, United States Representative Peter Deutsch of Florida, 1989-1992. Member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1992-2000. Member of the Florida state senate, 2000-2004. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-present).