Florence Shapiro

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Florence Shapiro being sworn in as Governor for a Day
Florence Shapiro being sworn in as Governor for a Day

Florence Shapiro (born 2 May 1948)[1] is a current Texas state senator representing the 8th Senatorial District. She represents 677,109 Texans in the cities of Addison, Allen, Carrollton, Coppell, Dallas, Farmers Branch, Frisco, Irving, Lewisville, McKinney, Plano, Richardson, and other outlying areas. She is known as a champion for education and children's issues. She is a Republican.

She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in secondary education. Shapiro began her professional career as a public school teacher. She first entered politics as a member of the Plano, Texas City Council. After six terms, she was elected Mayor of Plano. During this time, Shapiro was the President of the Texas Municipal League and the North Texas Council of Governments. She was first elected to the Texas State Senate in 1993, and has served as a state senator since then. On January 11, 2005 she was sworn in as President Pro-Tempore of the Senate. She was the first senator from Collin County to serve in that position in more than forty years. On April 9, 2005, Shapiro served as the Texas Governor for a day, the sixth woman in Texas history to be 'Governor for a Day'.

In the Texas State Senate she serves as Chairman of the Senate Education Committee. Shapiro is also a member of the Senate Committees on Finance, Administration, and Transportation and Homeland and Security. Governor Rick Perry recently appointed her to the Southern Regional Education Board. She is a former Chairman of the Senate State Affairs Committee. In 2002, she was named Woman of the Year by Les Femme du Monde.

Shapiro is president of Shapiro & Company, an advertising, public relations and special events agency.

She lives in Plano with her husband Howard. They have three children and five grandchildren.

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[edit] Election History

[edit] Most recent election

[edit] 2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 8[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Florence Shapiro (Incumbent) 127,590 100.00 +10.25
Majority 127,590 100.00 +20.50
Turnout 127,590 -15.76
Republican hold

[edit] Previous elections

[edit] 2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 8[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Florence Shapiro (Incumbent) 135,927 89.75 -10.25
Libertarian David Spaller 15,525 10.25 +10.25
Majority 120,402 79.50 -20.50
Turnout 151,452 -32.80
Republican hold

[edit] 2000

Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 8[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Florence Shapiro (Incumbent) 225,369 100.00 +10.24
Majority 225,369 100.00 +20.48
Turnout 225,369 +6.48
Republican hold

[edit] 1996

Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 8[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Florence Shapiro (Incumbent) 189,985 89.76 -0.47
Libertarian Randal Morgan 21,674 10.24 +5.82
Majority 168,311 79.52 -5.36
Turnout 211,659 +22.41
Republican hold

[edit] 1994

Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 8[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Florence Shapiro (Incumbent)[7] 156,014 90.23 +7.57
Libertarian John Wawro 7,642 4.42 -12.92
Independent Paul Bertanzetti 9,247 5.35
Majority 146,767 84.88 +19.56
Turnout 172,903 -15.52
Republican hold

[edit] 1992

Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 2[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ted Lyon 96,746 40.08
Republican Florence Shapiro 129,229 53.54
Libertarian Richard C. Donaldson 15,384 6.37
Majority 32,482 13.46
Turnout 241,358
Republican gain from Democratic
Republican primary runoff, 1992: Senate District 2[9]
Candidate Votes % ±%
Don Kent 7,609 49.40
Florence Shapiro 7,793 50.59
Majority 184 1.19
Turnout 15,402
Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 2[10]
Candidate Votes % ±%
Don Kent 12,742 34.74
Jack Harvard 6,189 16.87
Florence Shapiro 17,737 48.37
Turnout 36,668

[edit] References

  1. ^ Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) (2002-09-13). State Senate Candidates for 2002 General Election. Retrieved on December 26, 2006.
  2. ^ 2006 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
  3. ^ 2002 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
  4. ^ 2000 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
  5. ^ 1996 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
  6. ^ 1994 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
  7. ^ Shapiro was the District 2 incumbent prior to the 1994 Senate district redistricting.
  8. ^ 1992 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on December 29, 2006.
  9. ^ 1992 Republican Party Primary Runoff Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on December 29, 2006.
  10. ^ 1992 Republican Party Primary Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on December 29, 2006.

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Preceded by
Jack Harvard
Mayor of Plano, Texas
1990 – 1992
Succeeded by
James N. Muns
Preceded by
Ted Lyon
Texas State Senator
from District 2 (Plano)

1993 – 1995
Succeeded by
David Cain
Preceded by
Ike Harris
Texas State Senator
from District 8 (Plano)

1995 – present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Jeff Wentworth
President pro tempore of the Texas Senate
11 January 200530 May 2005
Succeeded by
Frank L. Madla


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Leaders of Plano, Texas
Mayors Kellner | Hudson | Thomas | Blalack | Klepper | Blalack | Davis | Blalack | McFarlin | Schimelpfenig | Willis | Harris | Crawford | Contrell | Dickerson | J. Harrington | Bradshaw | Carpenter | Horn | Schell | Todd | Miers | McCall | Stranz | Allman | R. Harrington | Rowlinson | C. Harrington | Whitsitt | Edwards | Harvard | Shapiro | Muns | Longstreet | Akers | Evans
City Managers Stinson | Lambert | Woodruff | Muehlenbeck


Persondata
NAME Florence Shapiro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Plano, Texas politician
DATE OF BIRTH 2 May 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH