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The Republican Club of Central Pasco Monthly Meeting with Guest Speaker: State Senator John Legg

Sunday, Oct 04, 2015 | On Target Page: Land O'Lakes, Politics & Government

The Republican Club of Central Pasco held their monthly meeting on September 28, 2015 at Copperstone Executive Suites, 3632 Land O Lakes Blvd, Land o' Lakes, Florida 34639. The Guest Speaker was State Senator John Legg​, and he had a wonderful Q and A on all the happenings legislatively in the state. Tyler Cash, RPOF/RNC District Coordinator for the Presidential Campaign 2016 filled us in on what's to come.

John Legg is a Republican member of the Florida Senate, representing the 17th District, which includes parts of Hillsborough and Pasco Counties since 2012. Legg was born in Brooksville and lives in Port Richey, with his wife, Suzanne, his two children, Jack, and Evangeline, and three step-children, Rebecca, Dylan, and Alexa. He attended Pasco–Hernando Community College and the University of South Florida, where he graduated with a degree in social work in 1995. Legg worked as an educator, helping to establish the Dayspring Academy, a Pasco County charter school, in 2000.

In 2002, Legg ran for the Florida House of Representatives from the 45th District, though he lost to Tom Anderson in the Republican primary. Afterwards, he worked for State Representative Heather Fiorentino of the46th district, as her staff director and as a consultant for the Republican Party of Florida. Following Fiorentino's retirement in 2004, Legg ran to succeed her, defeating John Stewart to win his party's nomination. In the general election, he faced Democratic nominee Delores Thomas and campaigned on a platform of opposing gun control and supporting affordable health insurance and smaller class sizes. He defeated Thomas easily, winning 56% of the vote. Legg was re-elected without opposition in 2006, and in 2008, faced Democratic nominee Ron Rice and independent candidate John J. Ubele. In this election, he received the endorsement of the Tampa Bay Times, which praised him as an advocate for "helping shape state education policy," and easily defeated Rice and Ubele. He was elected to his final term in the House in 2010 with no opposition. During his final term, he served as the Speaker Pro Tempore of the Florida House of Representatives.

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