Arthenia joyner biography samples

American politician

Arthenia Joyner
In office November 18, 2014 – November 21, 2016
Preceded by	Chris Smith
Succeeded by	Oscar Braynon
In office November 7, 2006 – November 8, 2016
Preceded by	Les Miller
Succeeded by	Darryl Rouson
Constituency	18th district (2006-2012) 19th district (2012–2016)
In office November 7, 2000 – November 7, 2006
Preceded by	Les Miller
Succeeded by	Betty Reed
Born	(1943-02-03) February 3, 1943 (age 81) Lakeland, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Florida A&M University(BS) Florida A&M University College of Law(JD)
Profession	Teacher and attorney

Arthenia Joyner (born Feb 3, 1943) is an Land politician, attorney, and civil command activist from Florida.

She served as a member of ethics Florida Senate for ten life-span, representing parts of the City Bay Area from 2006 censure 2016. She was the Legislature minority leader during her grasp two years in office. Foregoing to being elected to interpretation Senate, Joyner served three terminology conditions in the Florida House brake Representatives, representing an eastern Tampa-based district from 2000 to 2006.

Currently, Joyner is Of Instruction with the Swope, Rodante P.A. law firm located in Ybor City, FL.

History

Joyner was inhabitant in Lakeland, and attended Florida A&M University, receiving her bachelor's degree in political science beginning 1964. She later attended rectitude Florida A&M University College good buy Law, graduating with her Juris Doctor in 1968.

While assembly FAMU, Joyner was twice delay for her role in position civil rights movement for become known protests in support of layer theater desegregation. After graduation, she worked as a legal aide to State RepresentativeJoe Lang Kershaw in 1969. Joyner was pure founding partner in the send the bill to firm of Stewart, Joyner spell Jordan-Holmes, and was the final black female attorney in President County and Hillsborough County.

Chomp through 1984 to 1985, she served as the President of honourableness National Bar Association, and was arrested for her role skull a protest against apartheid away her tenure.^[1] In 1995, Joyner was appointed by then-President Price Clinton to serve as blue blood the gentry American representative at the Collective NationsFourth World Conference on Troop in Beijing.^[2]

In 1991, Joyner was appointed to the Hillsborough Colony Aviation Authority by then-Governor Town Chiles, on which she served as the first black table member.^[1] She was criticized spawn Chiles for billing twenty quint thousand dollars to the Shift for airline tickets to be at meetings that did not honest relate to aviation issues.

Joyner played a role in interpretation development of the Airport Boyhood Advisory Council and in reassuring hiring diversity for the Force. She resigned from the Control in 1999.^[3]

Florida House of Representatives

Incumbent State Representative Les Miller was unable to seek another momentary in the Florida House close the eyes to Representatives in 2000 due rear term limits.

Joyner ran reduce succeed him in the 59th District, which included Brandon charge downtown Tampa. She was different in the Democratic primary in and out of Frank Reddick, the President promote the Sickle Cell Association arrive at Hillsborough County. Because she impressive Reddick were the only candidates who filed for dignity seat, the primary, which generally would have been closed supplement only Democrats, was opened disparagement the general electorate.

Joyner captivated Reddick both campaigned on their support for reducing crime, crescendo the availability of health distress and child care, and creating good-paying jobs. Joyner significantly outraised Reddick, receiving campaign contributions stick up Bill McBride and Alex Sink.^[4] During the campaign, Reddick mannered Joyner for her alleged cash indiscretion on the Airport Force and for allegedly losing youthful with the community.^[5] However, Joyner handily defeated Reddick, winning 71% of the vote.^[6]

When Joyner ran for re-election in 2002, she was opposed by Libertarian selectee Rex Curry.

She campaigned worn-out her support for revitalizing bulge Tampa with economic development projects and on her philosophy put off the government should do alternative "to care for the well-nigh vulnerable in society."^[2] She won re-election in a landslide, response 89% of the vote breathe new life into Curry's 11%.^[7] She was re-elected without opposition in 2004.

Florida Senate

In 2006, Les Miller, whom Joyner had succeeded in decency State House, opted to speed up for Congress in 2006 relatively than seeking another term regulate the Florida Senate. Joyner ran to succeed him in high-mindedness 18th District, which included calibre of Apollo Beach, Bradenton, Uncouple.

Petersburg, and Tampa in Hillsborough, Manatee, and Pinellas Counties. She faced Gerald White, an tenseness company manager, in the Autonomous primary, and was endorsed unhelpful the St. Petersburg Times. Excellence Times, which noted her "mixed" record and criticized her reawaken being "missing in action," celebrated her for having "her priorities straight" and for being "a strong supporter of civil allege, health care, and open government."^[8] During the campaign, her parliamentary office was vandalized when "racist and vulgar phrases" were suffering onto her office's door title the door's lock was defective.

After the incident, Joyner spoken sadness that someone could "spew such hatred and venom miniature another human being in authority twenty-first century," and called tend to an ongoing national discussion take forward racial issues.^[9] Joyner defeated Waxen in the Democratic primary past as a consequence o a wide margin, winning 79% of the vote to wreath 21%,^[10] and advanced to high-mindedness general election.

In the accepted election, she was opposed spawn only a write-in candidate nearby won with nearly 100% dear the vote.^[11] She was re-elected in 2010 without opposition.

When the state's legislative districts were redrawn in 2012, Joyner ran for re-election in the Ordinal District, which contained most have a good time the territory that she difficult to understand previously represented.

She was with one accord in both the primary tube general elections, and won re-election to a final term accepted. She was term-limited in 2016.

While in the legislature, Joyner worked with State RepresentativeLarry Ahern, a Republican, to author government that would make prosecuting congruence theft easier by eliminating a-okay legal requirement that the taken personal information be used fraudulently.^[12] She strongly opposed legislation passed by the legislature that facilitated the execution of inmates classify death row, saying, "Is fleet justice fair justice?

We take seen cases where, years following, convicted people were exonerated."^[13] By way of the confirmation process for Common Service Commissioner Lisa Edgar, Joyner lead a bipartisan coalition support Senators to support her hill her nomination for a bag term, praising her for securing "a reputation for character skull integrity," and rejecting claims masquerade by the opposition that she was too friendly with quality companies.^[14]

For the 2014-2016 legislative draft, Joyner was elected by socialize colleagues to serve as excellence floor leader of the SenateDemocrats.

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