Background
Gonzalez, Eduardo was born on November 9, 1969 in Cardenas, Matanzas, Cuba.
Gonzalez, Eduardo was born on November 9, 1969 in Cardenas, Matanzas, Cuba.
Graduate in business management and administration, Miami-Dade Community College, 1992.
González was elected to the Hialeah City Council in 1999, and was re-elected in 2001 and 2003. In 2006, when incumbent State Representative Rafael Arza resigned from the legislature and ended his re-election campaign because "prosecutors announced they were charging him with witness tampering and retaliation," González was tapped by the Republican Party of Florida to replace him on the ballot in District 102, which included parts of Broward County and most of Hialeah in Miami-Dade County. González was also re-elected in 2008 and 2010 with only write-in opposition as well.
When the legislative districts were reconfigured in 2012, González was moved into the 111th District, which dropped the Broward County sections of the district and moved south to encompass more of Hialeah and some parts of Miami.
In the Republican primary, González was opposed by Miguel Balboa. During the course of the campaign, González sued Balboa and attempted to have him removed from the ballot on the basis that he "illegally coordinated a campaign that included a television ad claiming González had endorsed former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martínez, a Democrat, and a recorded phone call saying González was linked to absentee ballot fraud and was lying about support from Republican United States. Senator Marco Rubio." Nevertheless, Balboa remained on the ballot, but González beat him in a landslide, winning 62% of the vote.
Representative Gonzalez currently serves as the Chairman of the Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation, a role he has held since November 2012.
Member Federal Action Strike Team. Board directors Florida League of Cities, since 1999. Member executive committee Municipal Loan Council.
Member of Miami-Dade County League of Cities (president), Kiwanis Club, Flamingo Hialeah.
Married Barbara Gonzalez. Children: Evan Mathew, Ethan Angel.