Joseph Thornton
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
- Retired academic psychiatrist
Background
- B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, M.D. from UT Health San Antonio, psychiatry residency at Stanford. source: news4jax.com
- Spent 15 years at the University of Florida College of Medicine. source: news4jax.com
- Worked four years in the National Health Service Corps at Union Correctional Institution and 12 years with the VA. source: news4jax.com
- Was clinical director of a maximum-security forensic treatment facility for seven years. source: news4jax.com
In their own words
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- Abolish the death penalty: "State violence is not justice." source: news4jax.com
- Stronger oversight and protections for people in immigration detention source: news4jax.com
- Safeguards against AI-driven abuses and limits on corporate campaign money source: news4jax.com
- Term limits, open primaries and ranked-choice voting source: news4jax.com
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