Jeff Clemens represented parts of Palm Beach County in the Florida Senate from 2012 until 2017.
11 Facts About Jeff Clemens
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Jeff Clemens previously served one term in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 89th district from 2010 to 2012.
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Jeff Clemens moved to Florida in 1997 and worked as a planner for the Florida Institute of Public Health, a reporter for the Naples Daily News, an aide to State Representative Mary Brandenburg, and as the Chairman of the Lake Worth Community Redevelopment Agency.
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In 2007, Clemens ran for Mayor of Lake Worth, challenging incumbent Mayor Marc Drautz in a crowded field that included Mary Lindsey, John Jordan, William D Coakley, and Andrew Procyk.
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Jeff Clemens did not run for re-election, instead deciding to run for a vacant Florida House of Representatives seat.
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In 2010, following the inability of incumbent State Representative Bradenburg to seek re-election, Jeff Clemens ran to succeed her in the 89th District, which stretched from Greenacres to West Palm Beach and Hypoluxo in eastern Palm Beach County.
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Jeff Clemens sponsored a bill that would expand the possible locations for early voting to various government buildings and university campuses.
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Jeff Clemens won the endorsement of labor unions AFL-CIO and SEIU, while Bernard received the endorsement of the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
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Jeff Clemens was the sponsor of the Competitive Workforce Act, which would have banned discrimination in hiring and firing for members of the LGBTQ community.
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Jeff Clemens' district was reconfigured and renumbered after court-ordered redistricting in 2016.
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On October 27,2017, Jeff Clemens resigned from the Senate after admitting to an extramarital affair with a Martin County employee registered to lobby the state on the small county's behalf.