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Elisa Edwards Ackerly
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Elisa Edwards Ackerly (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 82. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Edwards Ackerly completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Elisa Edwards Ackerly was born in Tampa, Florida.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 82
John Snyder defeated Elisa Edwards Ackerly in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 82 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Snyder (R)  | 64.9 | 64,879 |
 | Elisa Edwards Ackerly (D) | 35.1 | 35,136 | |
| Total votes: 100,015 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Elisa Edwards Ackerly advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 82.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeremy Kelly (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 82
John Snyder defeated Rick Kozell and Carl Domino in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 82 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Snyder | 56.7 | 12,017 |
 | Rick Kozell | 30.6 | 6,495 | |
 | Carl Domino | 12.7 | 2,684 | |
| Total votes: 21,196 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Elisa Edwards Ackerly completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Edwards Ackerly's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a Native Floridian who has been a resident and property owner in the District since my graduation from Martin County High School. I have been married for 32 years to Derek, a Palm Beach County Firefighter, and we have two grown sons. I resided in the Bahamas as a child, in addition to living in rural Indiantown. I enjoy spending my time horseback riding and walking on the beach. I have been actively involved in civic and political issues. I have experience with the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and have challenged the land development regulations in the Martin County Comprehensive Plan. Volunteered as a member on the Martin County Board of Zoning Adjustments, Martin County Soil and Water Conservation District Board, Budget Committee for Martin County School District, School Advisory Committee, Parent Teachers Association (PTA), and held leadership roles in local equestrian clubs. Volunteering on the numerous boards and committees has taught me effectively to communicate and allowing me to understand the complexities of representing Martin and Palm Beach County Upon graduation I decided to build my first home to follow my dreams of owning horses and ranch. I then became a licensed Esthetician. Then I obtained my license to be a subcontractor. Adding a small construction business;. I am a lifelong planner and problem solver. Who has always seen things from a slightly different perspective. Florida needs my approach to solving problems to create solutions and
- I have been actively involved in civic and political issues since early 2000
- I am very concerned about protecting the environment-at national, state and local levels. This is especially important in regard to the Lake Okeechobee issues regarding the toxic Blue Green Algae/Microcystin that have plagued Martin County. Florida has several water issues. We need stronger legislation.
- My hope is to make education a larger issue. There are steps that can be taken to enhance our children's education and teach real world applications of learned material. I would like to see our schools return to maximizing the academic of students rather than cutting corners and promoting political agendas.
The Florida Climate and Economic Defense initiative Wheres, the United Nations Environment Program's Emissions Gap Report of 2019 predicts a major gap between meeting the goal of mitigating temperature increases to 1.5 C and 2.0 C required by the Paris Climate Accords, and Whereas, this critical gap is, in part, due to lack of international leadership by the United States on investment in, and implementation of, research and development of critical climate technology and adoption of the Paris Climate Accords, and Whereas, the Federal Government is interested in passing a Green New Deal and the State of Florida should determine where Federal dollars should be best spent, and Whereas, the State of Florida stands to face the most damage from the effects of Climate Change, and Whereas, the State of Florida currently possesses industries which, with proper investment in Research and Development, could transform from carbon positive, to carbon negative outputs, and Whereas, the State of Florida could become a leader in the United States in carbon negative technology, 1. Resolved, that the it is the duty of the Federal Government to establish a Green New Deal a. to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through a fair and just transition for all communities and workers; b. to create millions of good, high-wage jobs and ensure prosperity and economic security for all people of the United States; c. to invest in the infrastructure and industry of the United St
When the Bahamas was lead into independence governance in 1973 a child
My very first job was working with horses and I still working at it.
Equal number of eligible voters in both parties.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 29, 2020
Current members of the Florida House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Daniel Perez
Majority Leader:Tyler Sirois
Minority Leader:Fentrice Driskell
Representatives
District 1
Michelle Salzman (R)
District 2
Alex Andrade (R)
District 3
Nathan Boyles (R)
District 4
District 5
Shane Abbott (R)
District 6
Philip Griffitts (R)
District 7
Jason Shoaf (R)
District 8
Gallop Franklin (D)
District 9
Allison Tant (D)
District 10
Chuck Brannan (R)
District 11
Sam Garrison (R)
District 12
Wyman Duggan (R)
District 13
Angela Nixon (D)
District 14
Kimberly Daniels (D)
District 15
Dean Black (R)
District 16
Kiyan Michael (R)
District 17
Jessica Baker (R)
District 18
Kim Kendall (R)
District 19
Sam Greco (R)
District 20
Judson Sapp (R)
District 21
Yvonne Hinson (D)
District 22
Chad Johnson (R)
District 23
J.J. Grow (R)
District 24
Ryan Chamberlin (R)
District 25
Taylor Yarkosky (R)
District 26
Nan Cobb (R)
District 27
Richard Gentry (R)
District 28
Bill Partington (R)
District 29
Webster Barnaby (R)
District 30
Chase Tramont (R)
District 31
Tyler Sirois (R)
District 32
Brian Hodgers (R)
District 33
Monique Miller (R)
District 34
Robert Brackett (R)
District 35
Erika Booth (R)
District 36
Rachel Plakon (R)
District 37
Susan Plasencia (R)
District 38
David Smith (R)
District 39
Doug Bankson (R)
District 40
RaShon Young (D)
District 41
Bruce Antone (D)
District 42
Anna Eskamani (D)
District 43
Johanna López (D)
District 44
Jennifer Harris (D)
District 45
Leonard Spencer (D)
District 46
Jose Alvarez (D)
District 47
Paula Stark (R)
District 48
Jon Albert (R)
District 49
District 50
Jennifer Canady (R)
District 51
Josie Tomkow (R)
District 52
John Temple (R)
District 53
Jeff Holcomb (R)
District 54
Randy Maggard (R)
District 55
Kevin Steele (R)
District 56
Brad Yeager (R)
District 57
Adam Anderson (R)
District 58
District 59
Berny Jacques (R)
District 60
Lindsay Cross (D)
District 61
Linda Chaney (R)
District 62
Michele Rayner (D)
District 63
Dianne Hart (D)
District 64
Susan Valdes (R)
District 65
District 66
Traci Koster (R)
District 67
District 68
Lawrence McClure (R)
District 69
Danny Alvarez (R)
District 70
Michael Owen (R)
District 71
Will Robinson (R)
District 72
Bill Conerly (R)
District 73
Fiona McFarland (R)
District 74
James Buchanan (R)
District 75
Danny Nix (R)
District 76
Vanessa Oliver (R)
District 77
Tiffany Esposito (R)
District 78
District 79
District 80
Adam Botana (R)
District 81
Yvette Benarroch (R)
District 82
Lauren Melo (R)
District 83
Kaylee Tuck (R)
District 84
Dana Trabulsy (R)
District 85
Toby Overdorf (R)
District 86
John Snyder (R)
District 87
Mike Caruso (R)
District 88
Jervonte Edmonds (D)
District 89
Debra Tendrich (D)
District 90
Vacant
District 91
District 92
Kelly Skidmore (D)
District 93
Anne Gerwig (R)
District 94
Meg Weinberger (R)
District 95
District 96
Dan Daley (D)
District 97
Lisa Dunkley (D)
District 98
Mitch Rosenwald (D)
District 99
Daryl Campbell (D)
District 100
Chip LaMarca (R)
District 101
Hillary Cassel (R)
District 102
Michael Gottlieb (D)
District 103
Robin Bartleman (D)
District 104
District 105
Marie Woodson (D)
District 106
Fabián Basabe (R)
District 107
Wallace Aristide (D)
District 108
Dotie Joseph (D)
District 109
Ashley Gantt (D)
District 110
Tom Fabricio (R)
District 111
David Borrero (R)
District 112
Alex Rizo (R)
District 113
Vicki Lopez (R)
District 114
District 115
Omar Blanco (R)
District 116
Daniel Perez (R)
District 117
Kevin Chambliss (D)
District 118
Mike Redondo (R)
District 119
District 120
Jim Mooney (R)
Republican Party (87)
Democratic Party (32)
Vacancies (1)
