Candidate · State Senate, District 12
Colleen Burton
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Florida Senate (40 members). Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and approve or reject many of the governor's picks for top state jobs. A term is four years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, Senate District 12 (since 2022)
- Occupation
- Former nonprofit executive director (Polk Vision, Imperial Symphony Orchestra)
- Lives in
- Winter Haven
Background
- Born in Heidelberg, Germany; moved to Florida in 1987. source: flsenate.gov
- B.S. in public administration, California State University, Sacramento, 1980. source: flsenate.gov
- Former executive director of Polk Vision and of the Imperial Symphony Orchestra. source: flsenate.gov
- Served in the Florida House of Representatives, 2014-2022. source: flsenate.gov
- Elected to the Florida Senate in 2022. source: flsenate.gov
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