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Dennis A. Ross Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida's 12th districtIncumbent Assumed office
January 3, 2011Preceded by Adam Putnam Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the 63rd districtIn office
2000-2009Preceded by Adam Putnam Succeeded by Kelli Stargel Personal details Born October 18, 1959 [1]
Lakeland, Florida, USA[1]Political party Republican Spouse(s) Cindy Ross Profession businessman, attorney Religion Presbyterian Dennis Alan Ross (born October 18, 1959) is the U.S. Representative for Florida's 12th congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party. The seat was left open as the incumbent Adam Putnam ran for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture.
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Early life, education, and business career
Ross was the youngest of five children born to Bill and Loyola Ross. He attended Catholic school for nine years before graduating at Lakeland Senior High School in 1977. After high school, he attended the University of Florida before transferring to Auburn University where he graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Organizational Management. He then graduated from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in 1987.[2]
Ross went to work in the newly developed micro-computer industry working for several companies. He went on to serve briefly as an Associate with the law firm of Holland and Knight and was in-house counsel to Walt Disney World. Subsequent to his time at Disney, Dennis opened up his own law firm representing Business and Industry in Workers Compensation matters for over 20 years.
Early political career
Ross went on to work for a year as a legislative aide in St. Petersburg to State Senator Dennis Jones in 1982. He was elected Chairman of the Polk County Republican Executive Committee, and served until 1995. In 1996, Dennis ran unsuccessfully for the State Senate, losing to Incumbent Democrat State Senator Rick Dantzler. In 2000, he ran for the 63rd district of the Florida House of Representatives, vacated by Adam Putnam.[3]
U.S. House of Representatives
2010 election
Ross won the seat vacated by Adam Putnam. defeating a Democrat and Florida "TEA" Party candidate in a three way general election race. This was the second time Ross succeeded Putnam.[4]
Committee assignments
- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy (Chairman)
- Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs
- Committee on the Judiciary
- Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law
- Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement
- Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Republican Study Committee
- Tea Party Caucus
References
- ^ a b "Guide to the New Congress". CQ Roll Call. 2010-11-04. http://innovation.cq.com/newmember/2010elexnguide.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ Seth Stern 112th Congress: Dennis Ross, R-Fla. (12th District) CQ Politics November 2, 2010
- ^ http://electdennisross.com/about-dennis/
- ^ Dennis Ross for Congress
External links
- Congressman Dennis Ross official U.S. House site
- Dennis Ross for Congress official campaign site
- Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
- Congressional profile at GovTrack
- Congressional profile at OpenCongress
- Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
- Current Bills Sponsored at StateSurge.com
- Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
- Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
- Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
- Appearances on C-SPAN programs
United States House of Representatives Preceded by
Adam PutnamMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida's 12th congressional district
January 3, 2011 – presentSucceeded by
IncumbentUnited States order of precedence Preceded by
Todd Rokita
R-IndianaUnited States Representatives by seniority
413thSucceeded by
Jon Runyan
R-New JerseyCategories:- Florida Republicans
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Cumberland School of Law alumni
- University of Florida alumni
- Auburn University alumni
- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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