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Larry Gillis
Larry Gillis (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 79. He did not appear on the ballot for the Libertarian Party primary on August 20, 2024.
Gillis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Larry Gillis was born in Revere, Massachusetts. He served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1967. He earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1964 and a law degree from the Boston University School of Law in 1970. His career experience includes working as a professor and criminal attorney. [1]
Elections
2024
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 79
Incumbent Mike Giallombardo defeated Denise McCleary in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 79 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Giallombardo (R) | 68.8 | 66,569 |
| Denise McCleary (D) | 31.2 | 30,130 | ||
| Total votes: 96,699 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Denise McCleary advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 79.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mike Giallombardo advanced from the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 79.
Libertarian primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Larry Gillis (L)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gillis in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Larry Gillis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gillis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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State Representative (NH); Chair, NH House Appropriations subcommittee on Justice; member, Board of Governors NH Bar Assn; City Prosecutor (Concord NH); criminal lawyer (NH);
former Director-at-Large (Libertarian Party of Florida).
Professor, Legal Studies Program, University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC Adjunct, online)- HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL LEGAL PRESUMPTION THAT NO GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IS REQUIRED.
- VOLUNTEERISM IS GOOD; PAID GOVERNMENT WORK IS ALWAYS A DESPERATE LAST CHOICE.
- LIVE FREE OR DIE.
(Libertarians insist on acceptance of all natural consequences that flow from decisions freely made. That is the price of actual freedom)
I was a lector for 25 years and I know these readings and the psalms by heart. There is serious comfort in the familiar.
This should be the Libertarian National Anthem.
In the same vein, voting for "the lesser of two evils" has got us to where we are now. People now fully expect that more government is the first-and-best response to virtually every perceived societal problem.
This presumption can be overcome, for sure, but the burden of persuasion and the burden of proof is on those who want to use the coercive power of government to achieve their ends.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 6, 2024
