Alex Sink

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Adelaide "Alex" Sink (Democrat) is Chief Financial Officer of Florida.

Sink is a former president of the Florida Banking Division of Nationsbank, (now Bank of America). She was appointed by former Governor Lawton Chiles to the Commission on Government Accountability to the People, and also served on Governor Chiles’ Commission on Education.

Sink was vice chair of Florida TaxWatch, a group whose mission is to advocate fiscal responsibility in state government. Sink's civic involvements have included service with the Florida Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, the Beth El Farm Workers Ministry, and as Chairman of the Board of the United Way of Hillsborough County.

She is the wife of Bill McBride, the 2002 Democratic nominee for Governor of Florida. She and McBride have two children, William (Bert) McBride and Cheryle (Lexie) McBride.

[edit] Candidate for Chief Financial Officer - 2006

Alex Sink was the Democratic Party candidate for Florida's office of Chief Financial Officer. She defeated Republican Tom Lee 53.5% to 46.5%.^[1] web.

^ Sink has been mentioned as a future candidate for Governor. 2006 Election Results. Florida Department of State (March 1, 2007).

[edit] Endorsements

During her campaign, Sink was endorsed by 16 of Florida's leading newspapers, and the Orlando Sentinel gave a second endorsement the day of the election. Alex Sink was also endorsed by former Republican Comptroller, General Bob Milligan. The office of Comptroller, which Milligan held, was later folded into the duties of the Chief Financial Officer.

[edit] External links

Florida Department of Financial Services official state site
Follow the Money - Alex Sink 2006 campaign contributions
Chief Financial Officer-Elect Alex Sink official campaign site

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AK: Bill Corbus (R)* AL: Kay Ivey (R) AR: Martha Shoffner (D) AZ: Dean Martin (R) CA: Bill Lockyer (D) CO: Cary Kennedy (D) CT: Denise L. Nappier (D) DE: Jack Markell (D) FL: Alex Sink (D)* GA: Daniel Ebersole (R)	HI: Georgina K. Kawamura (R) IA: Michael Fitzgerald (D) ID: Ron Crane (R) IL: Alexi Giannoulias (D) IN: Richard Mourdock (R) KS: Lynn Jenkins (R) KY: Jonathan Miller (D) LA: John N. Kennedy (D) MA: Timothy P. Cahill (D) MD: Nancy K. Kopp (R)	ME: David Lemoine (D) MI: Robert J. Kleine (D) MN: Peggy Ingison (R)* MO: Sarah Steelman (R) MS: Tate Reeves (R) MT: Dan Bucks (D) NC: Richard H. Moore (D) ND: Kelly Schmidt (R) NE: Shane Osborn (R) NH: Michael A. Ablowich (D)	NJ: Bradley Abelow (D) NM: James Lewis (D) NV: Kate Marshall (D) NY: Thomas DiNapoli (D)* OH: Richard Cordray (D) OK: Scott Meacham (D) OR: Randall Edwards (D) PA: Tony Wagner (D) RI: Frank Caprio (D) SC: Grady Patterson (D)	SD: Vern Larson (R) TN: Dale Sims (D) TX: Susan Combs (R)* UT: Edward Alter (R) VA: Braxton Powell (D) VT: Jeb Spaulding (D) WA: Michael J. Murphy (D) WI: Dawn Sass (D) WV: John Perdue (D) WY: Joe Meyer (R)
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