Michael S. Bennett

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rdf:langString Michael S. Bennett

rdf:langString Michael S. Bennett

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rdf:langString Manatee County Supervisor of Elections

rdf:langString Bob Sweat

rdf:langString Mark R. Ogles

rdf:langString President, Aladdin Ward Electric

rdf:langString Diane M. "Dee" Bennett

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rdf:langString November 2012

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rdf:langString Michael S. Bennett is an American politician from Florida who is a member of the Republican Party. He served as a member of the Florida Senate representing the 21st District from 2002 to 2012. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2001 to 2002. Bennett was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in November 2000, and was elected to the Senate in November 2002, and re-elected in 2004 and 2008. He represents District 21, which encompasses most of Manatee County, the northern portion of Sarasota County, the western part of DeSoto County, the central part of Charlotte County, and northwestern Lee County. In 2010, Bennett was named President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Bennett serves as chairman of Community Affairs. In the past, he also chaired the Senate's Policy and Steering Committee on Commerce and Industry. Bennett's other Senate committee memberships includes Banking and Insurance, Finance and Tax, Health Regulation, Military Affairs and Domestic Security, Policy and Steering Committee on Governmental Operations, Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means, Reapportionment, and Select Committee on Florida's Economy. Senator Bennett was term limited in 2012, he presently serves as Manatee County Supervisor of Elections.