Johnnie B. Byrd Jr. (born February 8, 1951) is an American politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from District 62 representing Eastern Hillsborough County from 1996 through 2004. He was speaker of the House from 2002 to 2004.
Johnnie Byrd | |
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| 92nd Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives | |
| In office November 19, 2002 – November 16, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Feeney |
| Succeeded by | Allan Bense |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 62nd district | |
| In office November 19, 1996 – November 16, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Buddy Johnson[1] |
| Succeeded by | Richard Glorioso[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 8, 1951 Brewton, Alabama, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Auburn University (BS) University of Alabama (JD) | |
In 2004, Byrd made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by retiring Senator Bob Graham as a Republican candidate. He was fourth in a field of six with 68,982 votes, 5.9 percent of the vote. Mel Martinez won the primary and the general election. Prior public service included a spell as a school board member of the Brewton City School System in Brewton, Alabama.
Personal life
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Byrd moved to Florida in 1988, and joined the law firm Trinkle, Redman, Moody, Swanson and Byrd. Byrd is currently the managing partner in Byrd & Barnhill, P.L., in Plant City.
He holds a BS in business administration from Auburn University and a JD from the University of Alabama School of Law.
Byrd is the founder and a member of the board of the Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Institute at the University of South Florida. He is a past president of the Plant City Chamber of Commerce, a trustee of Evangelical University and Seminary and a member of the Plant City Rotary Club.
In 2012, Byrd ran for Thirteenth Circuit Court Judge, but lost to Mark R. Wolfe. Wolfe received 63.3% of the vote[3] to Byrd's 36.7%.[4]
Electoral history
edit| Date | Position | Status | Opponent | Result | Vote share | Top-opponent vote share |
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| 1996 | State Representative | Open-seat | Troy Surrency (D) | Elected | 65.06%[1] | 34.94% |
| 1998 | State Representative | Incumbent | Jeff Johnson (D) | Re-elected | 77.49%[5] | 22.52% |
| 2000 | State Representative | Incumbent | John Wayne Clark (D) | Re-elected | 66.17%[6] | 33.83% |
| 2002 | State Representative | Incumbent | Ran unopposed | Re-elected | 100.00%[2] | 0% |
| 2012 | Circuit Court Judge | Incumbent | Mark R. Wolfe | Lost | 36.7%[7] | 63.3% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mel Martínez | 522,994 | 44.9% | |
| Republican | Bill McCollum | 360,474 | 30.9% | |
| Republican | Doug Gallagher | 158,360 | 13.6% | |
| Republican | Johnnie Byrd | 68,982 | 5.9% | |
| Republican | Karen Saull | 20,365 | 1.8% | |
| Republican | Sonya March | 17,804 | 1.5% | |
| Republican | Larry Klayman | 13,257 | 1.1% | |
| Republican | William Billy Kogut | 3,695 | 0.3% | |
| Total votes | 1,165,931 | 100.0% | ||
References
edit- 1 2 "Our Campaigns - FL State House 62 Race - Nov 05, 1996". ourcampaigns.com.
- 1 2 "Our Campaigns - FL State House 62 Race - Nov 05, 2002". ourcampaigns.com.
- ↑ "Mark R. Wolfe (Florida)". Ballotpedia.
- ↑ "Johnnie B. Byrd, Jr".
- ↑ "Our Campaigns - FL State House 062 Race - Sep 01, 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ↑ "Our Campaigns - FL State House 062 Race - Nov 07, 2000". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ↑ "Florida judicial elections, 2012 - Circuit Court". Ballotpedia.
- ↑ "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
External links
edit- Florida House of Representatives-Johnnie Byrd
- Byrd & Barnhill, P.L. Attorneys at Law
- USF Byrd Alzheimer's Institute
- 2004 campaign website
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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