Alex Sink

Infobox Politician
name= Alex Sink


caption=
order=2^nd
office= Chief Financial Officer of Florida
term_start= January 2, 2007
term_end=
predecessor= Tom Gallagher
successor=incumbent
birth_name=Adelaide "Alex" Sink
birth_date= birth date and age|1952|06|04
birth_place= Mt. Airy, North Carolina
death_date=
death_place=
spouse= Bill McBride
religion=
alma_mater= Wake Forest University
profession= banking
party= Democrat
footnotes=

Adelaide "Alex" Sink is Chief Financial Officer for the state of Florida.

Early life

A direct descendent of the famous conjoined "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng Bunker, Sink was raised in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Sink is a graduate of Wake Forest University. After graduating with a degree in math, she taught in West Africa for three years.

Career

Sink is a former president of Bank of America. She was appointed by former Governor Lawton Chiles to the Commission on Government Accountability to the People, and also served on Chiles’ Commission on Education. She was vice-chair of Florida TaxWatch. Sink has also served with the Florida Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, the Beth El Farm Workers Ministry, and as Chairman of the Board of the United Way of Hillsborough County.

Sink was the Democratic candidate for Florida's office of Chief Financial Officer in 2006. She defeated Republican Tom Lee 53.5 percent to 46.5 percent.cite web
url=http://election.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/index.asp?ElectionDate=11/7/2006|publisher=Florida Department of State
title=2006 Election Results
date=March 1, 2007] Sink has also been considered a possible candidate for the U.S. Senate seat up for grabs in 2010, currently held by Republican Mel Martinez. A survey released by Public Policy Polling on July 1, 2008 gave Sink a 37 to 31 percent lead over Martinez in a hypothetical match-up. [http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_Florida701.pdf]

Sink is married to Florida attorney and politician Bill McBride.

Electoral history

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Alex Sink
votes = 2,479,861
percentage = 53.55
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Tom Lee
votes = 2,151,232
percentage = 46.45
change =

References

External links

* [http://myfloridacfo.com/ Florida Department of Financial Services] official state site
* [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20069&c=415759 Follow the Money - Alex Sink] 2006 campaign contributions
* [http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/alex_sink/index.html Orlando Sentinel blog] "Orlando Sentinel" blog about Sink