1. Anthony Frank Sabatini was born on October 20,1988 and is an American politician, attorney, and military officer serving as a Lake County commissioner since 2024; representing the 1st district.
27 Facts About Anthony Sabatini
1. 2.
Anthony Sabatini is well known for his staunch support of President Donald Trump.
3.
In December 2022, Anthony Sabatini was elected chair of the Lake County Republican party.
4.
Anthony Sabatini was born in Smithtown, New York, in 1988 and moved with his family to Florida the following year.
5.
Anthony Sabatini earned bachelor's degrees in philosophy and history from the University of Florida in 2012 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Fredric G Levin College of Law in 2017.
6.
Anthony Sabatini is an infantry officer in the Florida Army National Guard.
7.
Anthony Sabatini was appointed to the City of Eustis Code Enforcement Board and later elected to the Eustis City Commission in 2016 and resigned from the office on April 30,2018, to focus on his campaign for the Florida House of Representatives.
8.
In 2019, Anthony Sabatini proposed amendments to make the Swamp Restaurant in Gainesville a landmark to protect it from demolition.
9.
On January 13,2020, Anthony Sabatini introduced HB 1365, which would have made it a felony for doctors to provide hormone therapy or gender reassignment surgery for transgender minors.
10.
In 2020, Anthony Sabatini introduced legislation allowing Floridians with valid concealed carry licensed to carry firearms on public colleges and universities.
11.
Anthony Sabatini has sponsored legislation to enshrine eight-year term limits for Florida's school boards.
12.
Anthony Sabatini has introduced legislation to ban red light cameras in Florida.
13.
On March 8,2021, Anthony Sabatini announced that he would challenge incumbent Republican representative Daniel Webster for Florida's 11th congressional district.
14.
Anthony Sabatini later suggested he might not wind up running against Webster due to redistricting.
15.
Anthony Sabatini lost the 2022 Republican primary to Cory Mills in August 2022.
16.
Anthony Sabatini withdrew from the race in June 2024 after Donald Trump endorsed Webster.
17.
In December 2022, Anthony Sabatini was elected chair of the Lake County Republican Party.
18.
Anthony Sabatini has supported constitutional carry legislation to allow Floridians to carry concealed firearms without first acquiring a permit.
19.
Nikki Fried, Florida Agriculture Commissioner, called for Anthony Sabatini to be reprimanded.
20.
Anthony Sabatini drew criticism from Florida state senator Shevrin Jones for referring to Black Lives Matter protesters in Minneapolis as "disgusting, lawless thugs" in a tweet calling for their arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment.
21.
Anthony Sabatini has made multiple critical statements of "cancel culture", tweeting that, "If Socrates was out philosophizing in American society today, he would be cancelled real quick".
22.
Anthony Sabatini has called for repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, arguing that it allows online platforms to remove conservative perspectives.
23.
Anthony Sabatini has filed at least 14 lawsuits during the COVID-19 pandemic challenging local ordinances requiring the use of face coverings.
24.
Anthony Sabatini has repeatedly supported Republican attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
25.
Anthony Sabatini has repeated disproven conspiracy theories about the election, and has called for audits of the results in Hillsborough County, Miami-Dade County, Broward County, Palm Beach County, and Orange County.
26.
Anthony Sabatini criticized President Joe Biden's pledge to nominate a Black woman to the US Supreme Court following Justice Stephen Breyer's announcement that he would retire, tweeting, "Biden MUST be impeached for his anti-white racist exclusion of any white nominee to the Supreme Court".
27.
Anthony Sabatini is married to his wife Francheska, who unsuccessfully ran for county judge in 2024.