Candidate · State Senate, District 36
Ileana Garcia
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 36 (since 2020)
- Occupation
- Broadcaster and media personality
- Lives in
- Miami
Background
- Born in Miami, Florida. source: flsenate.gov
- Graduated from Miami Senior High School in 1987. source: flsenate.gov
- Served as a deputy press secretary in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Public Affairs. source: flsenate.gov
- Elected to the Florida Senate in 2020 and reelected since. source: flsenate.gov
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