Candidate · State House, District 39
Doug Bankson
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Florida House of Representatives (120 members). Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years, eight years in a row at most.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Representative, House District 39 (since 2022)
- Occupation
- Pastor, ministry founder and faith-based school founder/president
- Lives in
- Apopka
Background
- Born in 1963 in Altadena, California; moved to Florida in 1982. source: flhouse.gov
- Earned bachelor's and master's degrees in theology from Life Christian University (2011, 2012). source: flhouse.gov
- Pastor and founder of a ministry and a faith-based school. source: flhouse.gov
- Elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2022 and reelected in 2024. source: flhouse.gov
- Won the 2026 Republican primary for House District 39. source: dos.elections.myflorida.com
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