17 Facts About Maria Sachs

Maria Lorts Sachs was born on March 25,1949 and is a Democratic politician from Florida.

Maria Sachs was a member of the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2016, representing parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties.

In 1994, Sachs ran for the Group 25 judicial position on the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, facing incumbent Judge Catherine M Brunson, Curtis Levine, John Marinelli, and Brian Kimber.

When incumbent State Representative Anne M Gannon opted to run for Palm Beach County Tax Collector rather than seek re-election in 2006, Sachs ran to succeed her in the 86th District, which stretched from Boca Raton to Boynton Beach in Palm Beach County.

Maria Sachs faced Joseph Abruzzo, former New York State Assemblyman Mark Alan Siegel, and former Maine State Representative Harriet Lerman in the Democratic primary.

Maria Sachs was endorsed for re-election by the Sun-Sentinel, which called her a "promising" legislator who "has taken a smart approach to her job in Tallahassee" by passing good legislation.

When State Senator Ted Deutch was elected to Congress in a special election held in 2010, Maria Sachs ran to succeed him in the 30th District, which included Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Deerfield Beach, and Wellington in eastern Palm Beach County and northeastern Broward County.

Maria Sachs was unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election and won her first term uncontested.

In 2012, when the state's legislative districts were redrawn in 2012, Maria Sachs was moved into the 34th District, which contained much of the territory that she had previously represented.

Maria Sachs faced fellow State Senator Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff in the general election, and both the Florida Democratic Party and the Republican Party of Florida invested heavily in the race.

Maria Sachs was attacked in a television advertisement for allegedly billing limousine rides to taxpayers, a claim that Maria Sachs disputed.

Bogdanoff raised more than a million dollars for her campaign, while Maria Sachs raised about half of Bogdanoff's total.

When Maria Sachs ran for re-election in 2014, Bogdanoff challenged her in a rematch that would ultimately determine whether Republicans would win a supermajority in the State Senate or not.

Maria Sachs campaigned on her support for enhanced texting-while-driving laws and public education, while Bogdanoff expressed her support for prison reform and charter schools.

Unlike two years prior, the Republican Party did not advertise on Bogdanoff's behalf, and though Bogdanoff outraised Maria Sachs , it was by a considerably smaller advantage than two years prior.

Maria Sachs was attacked by groups supporting Bogdanoff for the fact that she owned a large home outside the district, though she stated that she lives within the district full-time.

Maria Sachs was hired as the executive director of Innovation Florida, a nonprofit advocacy organization that she helped found.