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Elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1996, she served as State Representative for six years in the positions of House Majority Whip, Chair of the Environmental Protection Committee and Chair of General Government Appropriations.  Elected to Senate District 15 in 2002 and subsequently re-elected, Senator Dockery has served twice as Senate Majority Whip and is currently in her second assignment as Chair of the Criminal Justice Committee.

Named Public Official of the Year by Governing Magazine for the creation of the Water Sustainability and Protection Act (SB 444). As  Senator Dockery also contributed the solar energy systems incentive component to the Florida Energy Act of 2006 (SB 888). Senator Dockery shepherded to passage the Anti-Murder Act of 2007, which created a system for identifying potentially dangerous probation violators. 

Senator Dockery has received over 70 awards of appreciation during her tenure in both the House and Senate from Environmental groups such as Audubon, Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club, Florida Oceans Alliance and Trust for Public Lands; Agricultural groups such as Florida Farm Bureau, Florida Cattleman’s Association and Florida Forestry Association; Business groups such as Florida Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise Florida, Associated Builders and Contractors and the Florida Ports Council and Governmental groups such as Florida Association of Counties, Florida League of Cities, School District of Osceola County and Florida Parks and Recreation Association.

This week it was Miami, Tallahassee, Tampa and Plant City. In Miami, Paula met with Mayors, County Commissioners and the Chamber of Commerce and she met with health care, education and transportation groups. In addition, Paula was the special guest on the Marta Flores Radio Show! Viva Paula!

In Tallahassee it was the Annual Associated Press Editors Meeting to express her commonsense vision for the future.

In Tampa, it was all business, small, medium and large businesses that is. Paula talked with the backbone of our economy, business owners at the Tampa Interbay Rotary Club, about what it takes to help create jobs and get Florida’s economy back on the right track. 

In Plant City, Paula had breakfast with her good friend and supporter Rep. Rich Glorioso and some of Plant City’s most influential (and early rising) leaders. 

Paula will finish out the week with a visit to Orlando to meet with the Florida Women’s Political Network.

Tonight, the Dockery campaign will be out at the USF Sundome in Tampa to welcome folks to the Bill O’Rielly/Glenn Beck on their Bold and Fresh Tour!

And tomorrow, come see us at Pig Fest at Tiger Town in Lakeland for some of the best BBQ in America!


This Week’s Endorsement Announcement

Republican Senator Dennis Jones of Seminole endorsed Paula Dockery early this week saying, “It has been my honor to serve with Senator Paula Dockery since 1996. During that time, I have been so impressed with her knowledge of the issues, willingness to listen and her honesty. Having Paula on your side of an issue means that half of the work is already done. It is a pleasure to be supporting her for Governor of the State of Florida."



This Week’s Request  to our People For Paula Team

Help us get the word out by forwarding at least 5 of your friend’s e-mails back to us and we’ll put them on our list. Forward to friends@peopleforpaula.com. Thanks!