Bob Henriquez
| Bob Henriquez | |
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| Hillsborough County Property Appraiser | |
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Assumed office January 8, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Rob Turner |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 58th district |
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In office November 17, 1998 – November 21, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Deborah Tamargo |
| Succeeded by | Michael Scionti |
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September 23, 1964 Tampa, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (A.B.) |
Bob Henriquez (born September 23, 1964) is a Democratic politician who currently serves as the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser. Prior to his election as Property Appraiser, he served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 58th District from 1998 to 2006.
Henriquez was born in Tampa, Florida, and attended Princeton University, graduating with a degree in political science in 1986. After he graduated, he began working as an urban planner for the Hillsborough City-County Planning Commission and the Hillsborough County Planning and Growth Management Department, and as an assistant football coach at Tampa Catholic High School. Henriquez was the head coach at Tampa Catholic from 1990 to 1999 before he took an assistant coach position at Jefferson High School. He returned to Tampa Catholic in 2005 as head coach once again.
In 1998, when first-term Republican State Representative Deborah Tamargo, who had first been elected in a special election the year prior, ran for re-election, Henriquez ran against her in the 58th District. During the campaign, Tamargo sent out controversial campaign literature that asserted that Henriquez could not understand problems like child abuse because he did not have children of his own, to which Henriquez said, "The Lord has not seen fit to bless our marriage with any children yet." " Ultimately, Henriquez defeated Tamargo by a wide margin, winning 56% of the vote to her 44% in one of the few bright spots for the Florida Democratic Party that year. Running for re-election in 2000, he was opposed by Eddy Calcines, a hairdresser and the Republican nominee, and he campaigned on his productivity in the legislature, noting, "Relationships are so important in Tallahassee. So much of what we do is not partisan. If you are into law-making and policy-making, there is not much room for an ideologue." Henriquez did not have a difficult time dispatching Calcines, winning re-election with 62% of the vote.
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