16 Facts About Bill Galvano

William Saint Galvano was born on April 16,1966 and is an American Republican politician from Florida.

Bill Galvano represented parts of Bradenton area in the Florida Senate from 2012 to 2020 and in the Florida House of Representatives from 2002 to 2010.

Bill Galvano served as President of the Senate in his last two years in office.

Bill Galvano was born in Liberty, New York, and moved to the state of Florida in 1969, where he was a student at Sebring High School.

Bill Galvano then attended Manatee Community College, where he received his associate degree in 1986, and then the University of Florida, graduated with his bachelor's degree in political science in 1989.

In 2002, when incumbent State Representative Mark G Flanagan was unable to seek re-election due to term limits, Galvano ran to succeed him in the 68th District, which was based in western Manatee County and included a small segment of southern Hillsborough County.

Bill Galvano faced Brian Murphy, an optometrist; Benjamin Milks, a Cedar Hammock Fire Control District Commissioner; and David Miner, an attorney, in the Republican primary.

Bill Galvano campaigned on his support for providing a clean-up fund to deal with the fallout from phosphate mining operations attracting more federal dollars to the state, reforming the state's charter school program by requiring a "parental contribution" for families who use vouchers, strengthening corporate fraud laws, enacting a clear air policy statewide, and providing "community-based care" for children in foster care.

Bill Galvano was re-elected without opposition in 2004,2006, and 2008.

Bill Galvano was unopposed in the Republican primary and advanced to the general election, where he faced the Democratic nominee, Paula House, an attorney.

Bill Galvano campaigned on a platform of lowering the corporate tax rate and eventually phasing it out, supporting the state's charter school system, and connecting the coast with light rail, while House criticized Bill Galvano for siding with special interests.

Additionally, in anticipation of his re-election in 2018, Bill Galvano circulated pledge cards from Senators in an effort to be elected President of the Florida Senate that year.

Bill Galvano's district was reconfigured and renumbered after court-ordered redistricting in 2016.

Senator Bill Galvano "has said repeatedly he would not apologize for accepting the funds and that he was grateful for the support from Bloomberg".

Since receiving this large monetary contribution from the Bloomberg affiliated groups, Senator Bill Galvano pushed for tougher gun control measures.

Bill Galvano was term-limited in 2020 and was again succeeded by Jim Boyd.