Alina Garcia
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Alina Garcia | |
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| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 115th district | |
| Assumed office November 3, 2022 | |
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| Born | Havana, Cuba |
| Political party | Republican |
| Occupation | Business Owner, Real Estate |
Alina Garcia is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives. She is also the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections-Elect.
Career
[edit]Alina Garcia has worked in the public sector for thirty years. She was a Legislative Aide in Tallahassee beginning in 1992. Garcia has worked for Republican leaders such as Jimmy Patronis, Esteban Bovo, the mayor of Hialeah, and many more public servants in Miami-Dade County. When U.S. Senator Marco Rubio was chosen to serve in the Florida House of Representatives in 1999, she was his first legislative assistant.[1]
On February 15, 2024, she announced that she would run for Miami-Dade County supervisor of elections. Her Democratic opponent was former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives Juan-Carlos Planas.[2]
Garcia ultimately won this race. She won 55.84% of the vote, which amounted to 580,061 votes. This contrasts with Planas's total, with him winning 44.16% of the vote which amounted to 458,770 votes.[3]
During the course of the campaign, in late October 2024, she made headlines for heckling former US Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell apparently in response to Mucarsel-Powell and her teams remarks to Senator Rick Scott. [4] She was quoted as having said: "But I am not the Supervisor of Elections and I have a right to my own opinion, everybody has the right to an opinion."[5]
She and her opponent had both stated they were committed to a nonpartisan elections department. [6]
Personal life
[edit]Garcia is a Roman Catholic.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alina Garcia Republican For State Representative". alinagarciaflorida.com. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ Greenwood, Max (15 February 2024). "State Rep. Alina Garcia says she will run for Miami-Dade elections chief". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ https://enr.electionsfl.org/DAD/3713/Summary/
- ^ https://www.local10.com/news/local/2024/10/28/republican-running-for-miami-dade-elections-head-heckles-democratic-senate-candidate/
- ^ https://www.local10.com/news/local/2024/10/28/republican-running-for-miami-dade-elections-head-heckles-democratic-senate-candidate/
- ^ https://www.local10.com/news/local/2024/10/28/republican-running-for-miami-dade-elections-head-heckles-democratic-senate-candidate/
- ^ "Alina Garcia - 2022 - 2024 ( Speaker Renner )". www.myfloridahouse.gov. Archived from the original on 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- Living people
- Republican Party members of the Florida House of Representatives
- 21st-century American women politicians
- Catholic politicians from Florida
- Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Florida
- American politicians of Cuban descent
- Latino conservatism in the United States
- 21st-century members of the Florida Legislature