Sara McFadden
Sara McFadden (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 106. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
McFadden completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Sara McFadden was born in Toms River, New Jersey. She received a bachelor's degree from Georgian Court University in 1970 and attended the College of New Jersey and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Her professional experience includes being a business owner and manager.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 106
Incumbent Bob Rommel defeated Sara McFadden in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 106 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bob Rommel (R) | 65.9 | 69,786 |
 | Sara McFadden (D)  | 34.1 | 36,063 | |
| Total votes: 105,849 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Sara McFadden advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 106.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Bob Rommel advanced from the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 106.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
To view McFadden's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.
2018
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 106
Incumbent Bob Rommel defeated Sara McFadden in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 106 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bob Rommel (R) | 66.5 | 55,621 |
| Sara McFadden (D) | 33.5 | 28,030 | |
| Total votes: 83,651 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 106
Sara McFadden advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 106 on August 28, 2018.
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 106
Incumbent Bob Rommel advanced from the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 106 on August 28, 2018.
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sara McFadden completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McFadden's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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• Experienced Administrator - Insurance Executive • Owned and operated small business • Regional, State and Local political experience • Elected County State Committeewoman 2016-2020 • Founder Coastal Coalition - regional political base 2017 • Appointed Vice Chair State political party 2017 • State House Candidate 2018 and 2020 • Community Volunteer & Civic Leader • College Graduate +graduate work, Married, 2 children, 4 grandchildren
- HEALTHCARE & PUBLIC SAFETY: No Representative will care more about what you and your family face everyday in our current crisis. Not just thoughts and prayers, but policy, action and change. I won't forget that I am going to Tallahassee to represent YOU.
- CITIZEN RIGHTS & CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Voting should be easier, not harder. I support automatic and online voter registration. Election Day should be a legal holiday, and polling places should be at selected traditional public schools, not clubhouses and churches. I support promoting voter participation by expanding early voting; scheduling the primary earlier during the school year; providing same-day voter registration, supplying return postage for mail-in ballots, and eliminating ghost candidates. Security is essential to prevent databases and voting machines from hacking, and federal cybersecurity assistance should be requested. Replace aging voting machines with machines that provide paper backups for each vote. We must restore trust
- ENVIRONMENT: This is our home - our health, lifestyle, jobs, investments, and economy depend on clean water. The Blue Algae Task Force was a great beginning, but by the time it got through the State Legislature, corporate special interests had watered down all the principles behind it. Protect our coastal communities by preventing oil drilling offshore; and protect our water supply by preventing fracking onshore.
• Covid-19: The United States reaction to the Coronavirus has been a circus of incompetence, corruption and cruelty which has been politicized in Florida. We are in a serious situation, a global pandemic; but we must fight fear by taking prudent action. Florida shut down late; reopened too early; and our hospitals are being overwhelmed in some counties. We may need to shut down again; require masks to finally flatten the curve we never experienced; and it's possible that our schools will not reopen in August.
• Our leaders must stay calm, lead by example, and not exaggerate, but not minimize either. The trust of the public must be restored if we are to have any hope of educating our citizens with science, truth and transparency. It's essential that, with protections in place, elected officials must keep working and be visible. The State Legislature should be called back in session and be seen making budget decisions per our State Constitution. We knew before 2018 that our Unemployment System was hard-to-navigate and woefully inadequate with low benefits and a short benefit period. Urgent attention must be made to help those workers losing jobs to the pandemic; and protect the health and well-being of our essential workforce and healthcare employee, as well as our vulnerable populations.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 30, 2020
