David Silverberg
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.
- Occupation
- Writer; former journalist (publishes The Paradise Progressive blog)
- Lives in
- Naples
Background
- Worked more than three decades as a journalist in Washington, D.C., including as managing editor at The Hill and founding editor of Homeland Security Today. source: sparkers-soapbox.com
- Studied at Syracuse, Rutgers and Johns Hopkins. source: sparkers-soapbox.com
- Florida resident since 2013. source: sparkers-soapbox.com
- Communications director for David Holden's 2017-2018 congressional campaign. source: sparkers-soapbox.com
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- Make Florida Affordable Again source: sparkers-soapbox.com
- Face climate change and protect waters source: sparkers-soapbox.com
- Protect public education source: sparkers-soapbox.com
- "No More Alligator Alcatrazes" source: sparkers-soapbox.com
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