Jason William Barnet Pizzo is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the

Florida Senate The Florida Senate is the upper house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida House of Representatives being the lower house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted in ...

for the 38th district from 2018 to 2022. Prior to his election, Pizzo was an Assistant State Attorney, with the Miami Dade State Attorney's Office.

Career

Pizzo first ran for the State Senate against

Daphne Campbell Daphne Campbell (born May 19, 1957) is a former Democratic member of the Florida Senate who represented the 38th district, including Miami Beach, North Miami, and other parts of northeastern Miami-Dade County, since 2016. Previously, she served ...

, in the Democratic primary Pizzo won 24% behind Campbell with 31%. Pizzo then in 2018 ran again and in the primary received 54% to Campbell's 46%. Pizzo was elected to the Florida legislature on November 6, 2018, running unopposed. In 2022, Pizzo predicted that "nothing is going to happen" in regard to taking away Disney's legal privileges enshrined in the

Reedy Creek Improvement Act The Reedy Creek Improvement Act, otherwise known as House Bill No. 486, was a law introduced and passed in the U.S. state of Florida in 1967, which established the area surrounding the Walt Disney World Resort, the Reedy Creek Improvement Distri ...

and opposed the repeal of the law.

Elections

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Democratic Party Florida state senators Living people People from North Miami Beach, Florida New York University alumni Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation alumni University of Miami School of Law alumni Politicians from Somerville, New Jersey 21st-century American politicians 1976 births {{Florida-politician-stub