Carlos Lopez-Cantera

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Carlos Lopez-Cantera
Florida House Of Representatives District 113
Incumbent
In office
2004 - Present
Term ends
November 16, 2012
Years in position	8
Party	Republican
Leadership
Majority Leader, Florida House of Representatives
2010 - Present
Compensation
Base salary	$29,697/year
Per diem	$133/per day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 2, 2010
First elected	2004
Term limits	4 terms (8 years)
Education
Bachelor's	University of Miami (1996)
Associate's	Miami-Dade Community College (1994)
Personal
Birthday	December 29, 1973
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Profession	Real Estate
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Lopez-Cantera works as an Industrial Commercial Real Estate Consultant at the Pan American Consulting Incorporated. He has previously been an Industrial Real Estate Agent at the Pan American Group, Incorporated, and Statewide Director of the Criminal Justice Reform Councils, Criminal Justice Committee, Florida State Senate.

He is a member of Big Brother Big Sisters of Greater Miami, Delta Sigma Pi, Hispanic American Business Association, and Realtors Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches. ^[1]

Issues

Lopez-Cantera did not provide answers to the Florida State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test. The test provides voters with how a candidate would vote on the issues if elected.^[2]

Sponsored legislation

Lopez-Cantera's sponsored legislation includes:

• HB 283 - "Discretionary Surtax on Documents: Extends future repeal date of provisions authorizing counties to levy discretionary surtax on documents; limits percentage of surtax revenues used for administrative costs; specifies minimum amount of surtax revenues used for housing for low-income & moderate-income families"
• HB 705 - "Traffic Control: Provides for synchronization of traffic lights by DOT & local traffic control authorities; provides for benchmarks & monitoring."
• HB 1529 - "Medicaid: Requires contract between AHCA & certain HMOs or entities that do not provide prepaid health care services to set rates on beneficiary-specific, risk-adjusted basis"

For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Carlos Lopez-Cantera has endorsed Rick Perry in the 2012 presidential election. ^[3]

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Lopez-Cantera has been appointed to these committees:

• Appropriations

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Lopez-Cantera served on these committees:

• Rules & Calendar Council
• Select Committee on Seminole Indian Compact Review

Elections

2010

See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2010

Lopez-Cantera ran for re-election to the 113th District seat in 2010. He did not have any opposition in the August 24 primary. He defeated Alex Cruzet (D) and Waldo Faura (NPA) in the general election on November 2, 2010.^[4]

Florida House of Representatives, District 113 2010 General election results
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R)		14,284	62.9%
Alex Cruzet (D)		7,905	34.8%
Waldo Faura (NPA)		517	2.3%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Lopez-Cantera won re-election to the Florida House of Representatives from Florida's 113th District, defeating Javier Betancourt (D). Lopez-Cantera received 20,726 votes in the election while Betancourt received 14,868 votes.^[5] Lopez-Cantera raised $365,787 for his campaign; Betancourt raised $14,776.^[6]

Florida House of Representatives, District 113
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R)		20,726	58.2%
Javier Betancourt (D)		14,868	41.8%

Campaign donors

2010

In 2010, Lopez-Cantera raised $319,741 in contributions. ^[7]

His three largest contributors were:

2008

Below are Lopez-Cantera's top 5 campaign contributors in the 2008 election:^[8]

External links

Suggest a link

• Carlos Lopez-Cantera's personal website
• Florida House of Representatives - Rep. Carlos Lopez-Cantera
• Project Vote Smart legislative profile
• Project Vote Smart biography
• Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002

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