12 Facts About Neil Combee

Neil Combee was born on June 12,1959 and is a Republican politician from Florida who represented parts of northern Polk County and northwestern Osceola County in the Florida House of Representatives from 2012 to 2017.

Neil Combee attended Polk State College and Florida State University.

Neil Combee is married to Linda Combee, with 2 adult sons and 5 grandchildren.

Neil Combee was elected to the Polk County Commission as a Democrat in 1988, a position to which he was re-elected in 1992,1996, and 2000.

In 2004, Combee did not seek another term on the Commission, and following the conclusion of his term in 2005, he was appointed to the Governing Board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District, where he served until 2012 when he resigned to run for the legislature.

Neil Combee was going to run for the legislature in 2010 when incumbent State Representative Kelli Stargel was planning on seeking the Florida Senate seat held by Paula Dockery, who planned on running for Governor.

When Dockery was term-limited in 2012, Stargel ran to succeed her, creating an open seat in the 39th District, and Neil Combee declared his candidacy.

Neil Combee was unopposed in the primary election and faced Carol Castagnero, an independent candidate who had run for a number of offices unsuccessfully, in the general election.

Neil Combee sponsored legislation in 2013 that would have "[prevented] someone who fires a warning shot or brandishes a weapon from being prosecuted under the state's stiff gun laws," which he had previously proposed a year prior, but had not received a vote.

Neil Combee resigned from the House on November 24,2017 after being appointed by President Donald Trump to take a position as Florida state director of the USDA Farm Service Agency.

Neil Combee held that position until April 17,2018, when he announced his campaign for Florida's 15th congressional district.

In 2020, Neil Combee was elected to the Polk County Commission after defeating incumbent John Hall.