Career
He was first elected to the Florida House in 2004 and was successively re-elected to three more terms. He had served Plant City as a city commissioner from 1998 to 2004. Representative was born in Danbury, Connecticut on November 22, 1943.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from Northeastern University in 1967, the same year he joined the United States Air Force. He received his Master of Arts degree in Management from Central Michigan University in 1974.
He retired from the United States Air Force in 1994, the year he moved to Florida. He then defeated two other candidates, a Libertarian and a Democrat in the general election.
During his first term, he sought to restrict where sexual predators could live and to require the schools to teach students the contents of United States. Constitution. In 2006, he defeated Democrat Jeremy Zelanes in the general election.