George Sheldon

1947

Wildwood, New Jersey , United States

He ran unsuccessfully in the 2014 Florida Attorney General election. He received both his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from Florida State University. Sheldon"s political career began in 1969, when he was a legislative aide for state senator and future governor Reubin Askew. Sheldon was a state representative in the Tampa area from 1974 to 1982, before running against Congressman Michael Bilirakis. Sheldon would serve in private practice until 1999, when he became Deputy Attorney General for Central Florida under Attorney General Bob Butterworth. In 2003, he assumed the post of Associate Dean at Street Thomas University School of Law. And in 2008, Sheldon became the Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families under governor Charlie Crist. While at Florida DCF, Sheldon played a key role in relief efforts for refugees from Haiti"s 2010 earthquake. He was also recognized by a national child welfare coalition as leading the "largest transformation of an American child welfare system in recent decades, turning Florida from the national example of failure into, relatively speaking, a leader in doing child welfare right." Sheldon would later become the Acting Assistant Secretary for the federal Administration for Children and Families in the United States Department of Health and Human Services from 2011 to 2013. Sheldon was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Florida in the 2014 election, but lost to incumbent Republican Pam Bondi.

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George Sheldon was born in Wildwood, New Jersey.

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Florida State University.

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He ran unsuccessfully in the 2014 Florida Attorney General election. He received both his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from Florida State University. Sheldon"s political career began in 1969, when he was a legislative aide for state senator and future governor Reubin Askew.

Sheldon was a state representative in the Tampa area from 1974 to 1982, before running against Congressman Michael Bilirakis.

Sheldon would serve in private practice until 1999, when he became Deputy Attorney General for Central Florida under Attorney General Bob Butterworth. In 2003, he assumed the post of Associate Dean at Street Thomas University School of Law.

And in 2008, Sheldon became the Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families under governor Charlie Crist. While at Florida DCF, Sheldon played a key role in relief efforts for refugees from Haiti"s 2010 earthquake.

He was also recognized by a national child welfare coalition as leading the "largest transformation of an American child welfare system in recent decades, turning Florida from the national example of failure into, relatively speaking, a leader in doing child welfare right." Sheldon would later become the Acting Assistant Secretary for the federal Administration for Children and Families in the United States Department of Health and Human Services from 2011 to 2013.

Sheldon was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Florida in the 2014 election, but lost to incumbent Republican Pam Bondi.

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He is a member of the Democratic Party.

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