1. Joe Negron served as a member of the Florida Senate from 2009 to 2018, representing parts of the Treasure Coast.
16 Facts About Joe Negron
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Previously, Negron served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the Martin County-based 82nd district from 2000 to 2006.
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Joe Negron's parents left Cuba during the revolution and found work in a cigar factory in metro Miami.
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Joe Negron was the first to graduate high school since no one in his family went to school.
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Joe Negron attended Stetson University, where he served as the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper and graduated with his bachelor's degree in 1983.
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Joe Negron then attended the Emory University Law School, receiving his Juris Doctor in 1986, and received a Zuckerman Fellowship to attend Harvard University, receiving his Master of Public Administration in 2009.
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Joe Negron ran to replace him, and faced Art Argenio, John Whitescarver, Melinda Tumminia, and John Carroll in the Republican primary.
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Joe Negron won re-election uncontested in 2002 and 2004 as well.
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Joe Negron initially planned on running for Attorney General of Florida in 2006, but, citing an inability to compete with former Congressman Bill McCollum in the Republican primary, dropped out of the race.
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When Ken Pruitt resigned from his seat in the Florida Senate, Joe Negron ran in the special election to replace him in the 28th District, which included eastern Indian River County, Martin County, northern Palm Beach County, and southern St Lucie County.
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Joe Negron was initially set to face former State Representative Art Argenio, whom he defeated in 2000, in the Republican primary, but Argenio withdrew, allowing Joe Negron to win the nomination unopposed.
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In 2012, following the reconfiguration of the state's legislative districts, Joe Negron was moved into the 32nd District, where he ran for re-election.
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Joe Negron was opposed by Ray D'Amiano, a businessman and the Democratic nominee, who raised little money, and was attacked by D'Amiano for the amount of money he was raising.
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Joe Negron's district was again reconfigured and renumbered after court-ordered redistricting in 2016.
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Joe Negron has received an A+ rating from the National Rifle Association.
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Joe Negron resigned early, at the end of his two-year presidency, rather than serve out the remainder of his four-year term.