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Alina Garcia | |
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Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 115th district | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office November 3, 2022 | |
Personal details | |
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
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.
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.
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.
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. 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."
She and her opponent had both stated they were committed to a nonpartisan elections department.
Personal life
Garcia is a Roman Catholic.
References
- "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