Candidate · State Senate, District 22
Martin Hyde
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
- Businessman (president of Gulf Business Systems, an office equipment company)
- Lives in
- Sarasota
Background
- Born and educated in the United Kingdom; played professionally as a soccer goalkeeper for Brighton and Southampton. source: yourobserver.com
- Rose from entry-level sales to CEO at a London-based technology company. source: yourobserver.com
- Moved to the U.S. in 1999 and bought a Sarasota-area business. source: yourobserver.com
- Ran for Sarasota City Commission and, in 2022, as a Republican for U.S. House District 16. source: news.yahoo.com
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