12 Facts About Scott Randolph

Scott Allen Randolph was born on October 17,1973 and is a Democratic politician who has served as the Orange County tax collector since 2013.

Scott Randolph graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law with his Juris Doctor in 1999, and joined environmental causes as a lawyer, successfully filing a lawsuit against the state of Florida for its failure to protect the Suwannee River and Lake Okeechobee from agricultural runoff.

Scott Randolph joined Clean Water Action, an organization founded to protect the Clean Water Act, soon after, where he met his wife, with whom he moved to Orlando in 2002.

In 2005, Scott Randolph announced that he would run for the Florida House of Representatives from the 36th District, which stretched from Azalea Park to Oak Ridge and Eatonville, intent on challenging incumbent State Representative Sheri McInvale in the Democratic primary.

Scott Randolph attacked McInvale for literature that she had mailed out that included a picture of Randolph at an LGBT rights event with a drag queen with text underneath saying "Wrong for our Families," which Randolph took as homophobia.

Scott Randolph ran for re-election in 2010, facing former Orlando mayoral candidate Stephen Villard, the Republican nominee, in the general election.

Scott Randolph campaigned on his work in energy efficiency in the legislature and his proposals to improve water systems, increase regulation on mortgage companies, and renovate older buildings to cut down on electricity costs.

In 2010, when Orange County Commissioner Mildred Fernandez was suspended from office after she was arrested on corruption charges, Scott Randolph applied to fill the vacant seat.

Scott Randolph ran for re-election a final time in 2010, and was opposed by realtor Greg Reynolds, the Republican nominee, and Lawanna Gelzer, an independent candidate.

Scott Randolph campaigned on his efforts to overturn the gay adoption ban in place in the state and his opposition to the fee increases passed by the legislature, while Reynolds called for cutting regulation to create jobs.

Scott Randolph was later criticized during a debate on union reforms, in which he argued that Republicans were against regulations, except when it came to social issues.

Scott Randolph sarcastically suggested that his wife "incorporate her uterus" to stop Republican efforts to limit her reproductive health choices, at which point the Speaker of the House stepped in, informing Randolph that his choice of language was inappropriate, as he referenced a body part, and that he should be conscious of the fact that "young pages and messengers" were in the chamber at the time.