1. Kelli Stargel has represented the 22nd district, encompassing northern Polk and southern Lake Counties, since 2016, after being redistricted from the 15th district.
10 Facts About Kelli Stargel
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Kelli Stargel previously served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing northern Polk from 2008 to 2012.
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Kelli Stargel defended her seat against Bob Doyel in the general election for Florida State Senate District 22 on November 6,2018.
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Kelli Stargel lost to Laurel Lee in the Republican primary.
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Kelli Stargel later attended Tallahassee Community College in 1991, though she did not graduate, and later worked as a property manager for her family's rental property.
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In 2008, when State Representative Dennis Ross was prevented seeking a fourth term due to term limits, Kelli Stargel ran to succeed him in the 64th District, which included Lakeland and Polk City in northern Polk County, which her husband had previously represented.
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Kelli Stargel faced Jack English and Phillip Walker in the Republican primary, and campaigned on eliminating hundreds of exemptions to the state's sales tax and on solving education problems.
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The Ledger endorsed English over Kelli Stargel criticizing her for a "troubling" list of campaign contributors that mostly consisted of donors who lived outside the district and praising English for his experience.
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Kelli Stargel sponsored legislation that would have allowed the microbrewers to sell the half-gallon containers, but would "heavily redistrict the sale of virtually all craft beer sold by microbrewers" by requiring that they sell their product through a distributor.
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Kelli Stargel's district was reconfigured and renumbered after court-ordered redistricting in 2016.