Tom A. Wright is a

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politician who has served as a member of the

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since 2018. Wright represents the 14th district, encompassing parts of Brevard and

Volusia Volusia County (, ) is located in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Florida, stretching between the St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2020 census, the county was home to 553,543 people, an increase of 11.9% from the 2 ...

counties.

History

A native of Iowa, Wright moved to Florida in 2004. Incumbent

Dorothy Hukill Dorothy L. Hukill (September 20, 1946 – October 2, 2018) was an American politician who was a Republican member in the Florida Senate who represented parts of the Volusia County area from 2012 until her death in 2018. She represented the 14th d ...

died of cervical cancer on October 2, 2018, just over a month before the election. A six-member panel of Republican Party officials from Brevard and Volusia counties selected Wright as Hukill's replacement.

Florida Senate

Because ballots for the November 6, 2018 general election had already been printed by the time Wright was named as Hukill's replacement, his name did not appear on the ballot; instead, votes for Hukill were counted as votes for Wright. Wright was elected with 56.33% of the vote, defeating Democrat Melissa "Mel" Martin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Tom A. Living people Republican Party Florida state senators 21st-century American politicians People from Algona, Iowa 1952 births