Blaise Ingoglia (born November 4, 1970) is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the

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, representing the 11th district, since 2022. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2014 to 2022 in the 35th district, as well as chairman of the

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from 2015 to 2019. In February 2023, Ingoglia introduced a bill that would eliminate the

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History

Ingoglia was born in

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, and attended Queens College, studying economics and accounting, and Brooklyn College, studying biology, but he did not graduate. In 1996, he moved to

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and started the companies America One Mortgage and Hartland Homes. He ran for office 2008, spending nearly fifty thousand dollars of his own money "to unseat the career, big-government, tax-and-spend county commissioners from office that refused to offer property tax relief," an effort that was ultimately successful. Ingoglia was elected as the Chairman of the

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Republican Executive Committee in 2009, and then was elected the Vice-Chairman of the

in 2011. In 2016 Ingoglia stepped down as Chairman of the Hernando County Republican Party when he was elected State Committeeman for Hernando County.

Florida House of Representatives

In 2014, incumbent State Representative

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was unable to seek re-election due to term limits, so Ingoglia ran to succeed him. He won the

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primary unopposed, and faced Democratic nominee Rose Rocco, a former

Commissioner, and

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candidates James Scavetta and Hamilton R. Hanson in the general election. Ultimately, Ingoglia defeated his opponents by a wide margin, winning 51% of the vote to Rocco's 42%, Scavetta's 4%, and Hanson's 3%. Following his election to the legislature, Ingoglia announced that he would seek election as the Chairman of the

, and successfully challenged and defeated the incumbent Chairwoman, Leslie Dougher. Ingoglia and other Republicans proposed changes to restrict voting rights in Florida. The proposed changes to restrict

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were notable given that Republicans had traditionally voted by mail more than Democrats, but Democrats outvoted Republicans by mail in 2020. Asked about cases of

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, Ingoglia said, "I don’t know, but I'm sure it was going on. Just the fact that they weren’t caught doesn’t necessarily mean that it's not happening." Ingoglia also proposed legislation that prohibit technology companies from " deplatforming" political candidates (several social media companies had removed

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from their platform after he used the platforms to spread falsehoods about the 2020 election and foment violence). Ingoglia made an exemption for

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, which runs

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in Florida.

Florida Senate

In 2022, Ingoglia was term-limited in the state house and ran for the

in the 11th district, succeeding Republican

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. He ran against

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nominee Brian Moore in the general election, defeating him with 75% of the vote. In February 2023, Ingoglia filed SB 1248, titled the "Ultimate Cancel Act," that would cancel the filings of any political party that previously supported

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, automatically changing the registration of affected voters to "no party affiliation." The bill was created in an attempt to outlaw the

, which historically supported slavery before and during the

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, as well as a criticism of cancel culture, stating that it would be "hypocritical not to cancel the Democrat Party itself."

References

External links

Florida House of Representatives - Blaise IngogliaBlaise Ingoglia for State Representative
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ingoglia, Blaise 1970 births 2016 United States presidential electors 21st-century American politicians Brooklyn College alumni Living people Republican Party members of the Florida House of Representatives Republican Party Florida state senators People from Spring Hill, Florida Politicians from New York City Queens College, City University of New York alumni State political party chairs of Florida