Nick Pachota
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.
- Current office
- Mayor of Venice (since 2022)
- Occupation
- Mayor of Venice; EMS instructor; former EMT, paramedic and firefighter
- Lives in
- Venice
Background
- Elected Mayor of Venice in 2022; served on the Venice City Council 2019-2021. source: wgcu.org
- Worked 25 years in public safety as an EMT, paramedic and firefighter. source: wgcu.org
- EMS instructor for Sarasota County Schools; former SWAT medic. source: theballotbrief.com
- Graduated from Cardinal Mooney High School in Sarasota; attended Valencia College and the University of Central Florida. source: wgcu.org
- Won the August 2026 Republican primary for the open District 74 seat. source: floridianpress.com
In their own words
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- Taxes, property insurance and affordable housing source: wgcu.org
- Tax reform through statute rather than a constitutional amendment (opposes Amendment 3) source: wgcu.org
- Prepare students for employment source: wgcu.org
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