Jack Latvala was born on November 3,1951 and is a Republican politician from Florida.
11 Facts About Jack Latvala
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Jack Latvala represented the Pinellas County area in the Florida Senate from 1994 to 2002, and again from 2010 to 2018.
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Jack Latvala was born in Oxford, Mississippi, and moved to Florida in 1961, where he later attended Stetson University.
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Jack Latvala graduated in 1973 and later became the CEO of GCI Printing Services, which is based in Largo.
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In 2010, when Democratic State Senator Charlie Justice decided to run for Congress rather than reelection to his 16th District, Jack Latvala opted to run in the Pinellas and Hillsborough County seat.
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Jack Latvala defeated Pinellas County School Board member Nina Hayden in the general election.
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Jack Latvala defeated business owner Zahid Roy in the Republican primary, and deaf child welfare advocate Ashley Rhodes-Courter in the general election.
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Jack Latvala eventually conceded in November 2015, at the close of the special session to redraw the Senate districts.
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Jack Latvala endorsed Negron, who announced that Latvala would chair the Appropriations Committee during his presidency.
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In December 2017, a special master found probable cause that Jack Latvala had inappropriate physical contact with the staffer.
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On December 20,2017, Jack Latvala resigned from the Senate, effective January 5,2018.