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Juan Zapata
Juan Zapata was a member of the Miami-Dade County Commission in Florida, representing District 11. Zapata assumed office in 2012. Zapata left office in 2016.
Zapata ran for election for Mayor of Miami-Dade County in Florida. Zapata did not appear on the ballot for the primary on August 18, 2020.
Zapata is also a former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing District 119 from 2002 to 2010.
Biography
Zapata is the founder and president of the Colombian American Service Association and is the owner of Greenback Investments.[1]
Committee assignments
2009-2010
- Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations Committee
- Health Care Services Policy Committee
- Health & Family Services Policy Council
- Intergovernmental Relations Committee, Florida State Legislature (Alternating Chair)
- Policy Council
- Select Committee on Seminole Indian Compact Review
Sponsored legislation
Zapata's sponsored legislation included:
- HB 507 - "Optometry: Requires Board of Optometry to adopt rules governing administration & prescription of oral ocular pharmaceutical agents; requires advisory committee to review requests for modifications of formulary of topical & oral ocular pharmaceutical agents"
- HB 787 - "Discretionary Sales Surtaxes: Authorizes constitutional charter county to levy voter-approved surtax for community college in county"
- HB 5109 - "Medical Research: Revises amounts of annual appropriations from General Revenue Fund to Biomedical Research Trust Fund within DOH for specified purposes."
For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Miami-Dade County, Florida (2020)
General election
General election for Mayor of Miami-Dade County
Daniella Levine Cava defeated Esteban Bovo Jr. in the general election for Mayor of Miami-Dade County on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Daniella Levine Cava (Nonpartisan) | 54.0 | 576,970 |
 | Esteban Bovo Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 46.0 | 492,053 | |
| Total votes: 1,069,023 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Miami-Dade County
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Miami-Dade County on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Esteban Bovo Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 29.3 | 122,135 |
| ✔ | | Daniella Levine Cava (Nonpartisan) | 28.8 | 120,089 |
 | Alexander Penelas (Nonpartisan) | 24.5 | 102,338 | |
 | Xavier Suarez (Nonpartisan) | 10.5 | 43,831 | |
| Monique Barley (Nonpartisan) | 5.5 | 22,823 | ||
| Ludmilla Domond (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 5,230 | ||
| Carlos De Armas (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 715 | ||
| Total votes: 417,161 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Ingram Burke (Nonpartisan)
- Williams Armbrister Sr. (Nonpartisan)
- Jean Monestime (Nonpartisan)
- Juan Zapata (Nonpartisan)
2008
On November 4, 2008, Zapata won re-election to the Florida House of Representatives from Florida's 119th District, defeating Michael Calderin (D). Zapata received 29,621 votes in the election, while Calderin received 18,246 votes.[2]
| Florida House of Representatives, District 119 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
 Juan Zapata (R)
|
29,621 | 61.9% | ||
| Michael Calderin (D) | 18,246 | 38.1% | ||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners
- Juan Zapata's campaign website
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006, 2004
- Juan Zapata on LinkedIn
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
Florida House of Representatives District 119 2002-2010 |
Succeeded by Frank Artiles |
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State of Florida Tallahassee (capital) |
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