Melanie Peterson

Melanie Peterson

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Republican Party

Education

High school

Santaluces High School, 1994

Bachelor's

Florida Atlantic University, 2005

Personal

Profession

Estate Agent

Contact

Personal website

Melanie Peterson was a 2012 Republican candidate for District 25 of the Florida State Senate.

Education:

• 2005: Florida Atlantic University, Bachelor of Arts, Geography, Environmental Resource Analysis, Geographic Information Science
• 1994: Santaluces High School

Peterson works at Sotheby's International Realty in Wellington, Florida as an estate agent.

Elections

2012

See also: Florida State Senate elections, 2012

Peterson ran in the 2012 election for Florida State Senate District 25. Peterson defeated Geoffrey Sommers in the Republican primary on August 14, 2012 and was defeated by Joseph Abruzzo (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Florida State Senate, District 25, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joseph Abruzzo	57.1%	124,675
	Republican	Melanie Peterson	42.9%	93,549
Total Votes				218,224

Florida State Senate, District 25 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Melanie Peterson	50.6%	8,539
Geoffrey Sommers	49.4%	8,353
Total Votes		16,892

Endorsements

Peterson has received endorsements from:

• South Florida Tea Party
• Personhood FL ProLife PAC
• United Christians of Florida
• Palm Beach County Commissioner Karen Marcus
• Former Wellington Councilman, Al Paglia
• PALM BEACH POST endorses Melanie Peterson in Republican Primary
• TOWN CRIER
• NRA
• NorthPAC endorses Melanie Peterson in Republican Primary
• Associated Builders and Contractors Inc has qualified Melanie Peterson in the August 14, 2012 Republican Primary.
• Jim Tooker, Chairman, Friends of NRA Palm Beach
• Rick Morris

Recent news

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for "Melanie + Peterson + Florida + Senate"

Melanie Peterson News Feed

External links

• Campaign website
• Facebook page
• Twitter account

Footnotes

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Current members of the Florida State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Ben Albritton

Majority Leader:Jim Boyd

Senators

District 1

Don Gaetz (R)

District 2

Jay Trumbull (R)

District 3

Corey Simon (R)

District 4

Clay Yarborough (R)

District 5

Tracie Davis (D)

District 6

Jennifer Bradley (R)

District 7

Tom Leek (R)

District 8

Tom Wright (R)

District 9

Stan McClain (R)

District 10

Jason Brodeur (R)

District 11

Vacant

District 12

Colleen Burton (R)

District 13

Keith Truenow (R)

District 14

Vacant

District 15

LaVon Bracy Davis (D)

District 16

Darryl Rouson (D)

District 17

Carlos Smith (D)

District 18

Nick DiCeglie (R)

District 19

Debbie Mayfield (R)

District 20

Jim Boyd (R)

District 21

Ed Hooper (R)

District 22

Joe Gruters (R)

District 23

Daniel Burgess (R)

District 24

Mack Bernard (D)

District 25

Kristen Arrington (D)

District 26

Lori Berman (D)

District 27

Ben Albritton (R)

District 28

Kathleen Passidomo (R)

District 29

Erin Grall (R)

District 30

Tina Polsky (D)

District 31

Gayle Harrell (R)

District 32

Rosalind Osgood (D)

District 33

Jonathan Martin (R)

District 34

Shevrin Jones (D)

District 35

Barbara Sharief (D)

District 36

Ileana Garcia (R)

District 37

Jason Pizzo (N)

District 38

Alexis Calatayud (R)

District 39

Bryan Avila (R)

District 40

Ana Rodriguez (R)

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Democratic Party (11)

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