| Joe Negron | |
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| Member of the Florida Senate from the 28th district |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Ken Pruitt |
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| Born | October 9, 1961 West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Rebecca Negron |
| Residence | Stuart, Florida |
| Alma mater | Stetson University Emory University School of Law |
| Religion | Protestant |
Joe Negron (born October 9, 1961) is the senator for Florida's state senate district 28. He is also a former member of the Florida House of Representatives who served from 2000 to 2006. He represented District 82, serving Palm Beach, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties and was chairman of the Appropriations Committee. He graduated from Stetson University in 1983 and from Emory University School of Law in 1986.
In 2006, he ran against former U.S. Rep. Bill McCollum for the Republican nomination of Florida Attorney General, a position vacated by the incumbent, Charlie Crist, but Negron dropped out and endorsed McCollum. Negron cited McCollum's greater name recognition as his reason for dropping out.[1] Though Negron had raised more money than McCollum, the latter's fundraising had begun to steamroll, leaving the impression that McCollum would indeed have greater funding than Negron.[2]
On September 29, 2006, U.S. Representative Mark Foley abruptly resigned following allegations of inappropriate behavior between himself and several teenage male pages. On October 2, Negron was selected to replace Foley as the Republican candidate in the 16th district congressional race. His Democratic opponent was Tim Mahoney.
Foley's name stayed on the ballot, but all votes for Foley were transferred to Negron. Former Florida Republican Party chair Tom Slade stated: "It's a death sentence. Mission impossible. The only way you win is they have got to vote for Mark Foley. That doesn't appear to me to be very attractive."[3]
Nonetheless, Negron managed to close the gap in the waning days of the election, losing by only 1.8 percentage points. Negron carried the more conservative areas in the western portion of the district, near Fort Myers. However, he failed to carry the two largest counties of the district, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties.
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On August 4, 2009 Negron beat his opponent with a 3:1 margin, getting 76% of the vote.[4]
In 2011, Negron introduced a legislation to require double-blind methods for photo lineup identification by crime eyewitnesses, in order to reduce conviction of innocent individuals due to eyewitness error.[5]
A native of West Palm Beach, Negron is of Puerto Rican ancestry.[6] Joe and his wife Rebecca live in Stuart and have three children.
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