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Mark Caruso (Florida)

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Mark Caruso

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Democratic Party

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Birthplace
New York, N.Y.
Religion
Catholic
Profession
Sergeant
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Mark Caruso (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 38. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on August 23, 2022.

Caruso completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Mark Caruso was born in New York, New York. He retired as a sergeant with the Florida Department of Corrections in 2020.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Florida House of Representatives District 38

Incumbent David Smith defeated Sarah Henry in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 38 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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David Smith (R)
 
52.3
 
34,309
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Sarah Henry (D) Candidate Connection
 
47.7
 
31,290

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Total votes: 65,599
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 38

Sarah Henry defeated Dominique Douglas and Ed Measom in the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 38 on August 23, 2022.

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54.8
 
6,239
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Dominique Douglas
 
26.1
 
2,977
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Ed Measom
 
19.1
 
2,170

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 11,386
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 38

Incumbent David Smith defeated Drake Wuertz and Patrick Weingart in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 38 on August 23, 2022.

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David Smith
 
71.2
 
9,707
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Drake Wuertz
 
19.6
 
2,669
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9.2
 
1,257

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Total votes: 13,633
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2022

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Candidate Connection

Mark Caruso completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Caruso'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 grew up in Brooklyn/Queens, NY, the son of a Marine, where I enjoyed playing hockey throughout my childhood and adulthood as well as coaching. I was a boy scout in elementary and middle school until my family moved to Florida where I attended Oviedo High School. Shortly after moving back to NY in 1990, I began dating the woman who would become my wife and the mother of my two children. Joined the NYPD in 2003. Wanting a better life for our family we decided to move to Florida leaving behind my career. I am currently a retired Sergeant from the Florida Department of Corrections. As a PBA Representative, I fought for higher quality working conditions, stronger protection for our officers reporting corruption as well as pay increases. Throughout my years in the Department of Corrections, I have reported many cases of corruption enduring ceaseless retaliation for exposing the truth. With this experience and my core values of determination, character, and commitment.
  • Bringing Integrity back to Politics
  • I believe our district needs hardworking professionals with knowledge outside of politics, who can envision the future to help reshape priorities with practical and realistic solutions.
  • District 28 needs representation of shared core values and someone to fight for the things that truly matter to us.
Water Equality, Ethics in Politics, and Environment
I feel like I am part of this Office because for years I have advocated for Officer's in the State Capital to fight for better pay, working conditions and treatment in the Florida Department of Corrections because I believe that ethics is the most important thing in Law Enforcement and it should be the same for the position I seek.
I always looked up to my step Dad for raising me from the age of two. He always instilled work ethics in me by always working hard to support our family by having two jobs for almost his entire working career until he retired. Growing through my adult years I upheld the same work ethics by working more then one job at various times in my life.
Behind Bars by Gary York
I think having an open mind, and just listening to people goes a long way and could impact the success you would have.
Verbal Judo skills, Body Language reading skills
A core responsibility is always keeping the people in my District first and joining other Representatives on broader issues around the State second.
Always be truthful to yourself and keep strong work ethics and a strong morale character
The first event that always stays with me was the birth of my Son, I was 31 years old.
My very first job was in a small bodega in Brooklyn NY stocking shelves and I worked there for approximately 1 year.
Behind Bars, because it hits home about the prison system.
Superman
Star Wars Imperial March
I struggled for a long time to continue promoting above Sergeant because of the Department holding me back because of corruption that I reported.
The most important thing I think is representing the people in my Community who depend on those who fight for a better quality of life especially right now, because in my town we have a serious sewage and water quality issue that I want to help fix as soon as I'm elected to office.
One thing that I see if how some of the people holding this same office seem to use their position as a personal piggy bank and help big donors over the people in our community.
I don't believe you need to have any political experience but having passion and a drive to help others is more important.
I think having people skills and being able to take criticism is vital to having success in this office.
I'm not into jokes sorry lol

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 11, 2022


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