Bruce Antone
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| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 46th district |
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Assumed office November 20, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | John Legg |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 39th district |
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In office November 19, 2002 – November 21, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Gary Siplin |
| Succeeded by | Geraldine F. Thompson |
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November 1, 1960 Mobile, Alabama |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Debra McGowan |
| Children | Kaylyn |
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Tuskegee University (B.S.) University of Central Florida |
| Profession | Consultant |
| Religion | Methodist |
Bruce Antone (born November 1, 1960) is a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 46th district, which includes parts of Orlando in Orange County, since 2012, previously representing the 39th District from 2002 to 2006.
Antone was born in Mobile, Alabama, and attended Tuskegee University, graduating with a degree in electrical engineering in 1983. Following graduation, he started graduate studies in electrical engineering, but moved to the state of Florida in 1984, where he pursued graduate studies in public administration at the University of Central Florida, but did not graduate. Antone worked as a legislative aide to State Senator Buddy Dyer from 1992 to 1999, including serving as his chief of staff. He ran for a seat on the Orange County Commission from the 6th District, but received only 9% of the vote. In 2000, when incumbent State Representative Alzo J. Reddick did not seek re-election, Antone ran to succeed him, facing Gary Siplin, Wardell Sims, Miles Brooks, and David Rucker in the Democratic primary. He earned the endorsement of the Orlando Sentinel, which praised him as the "best equipped" candidate, but ultimately, he lost to Siplin and Sims, who advanced to a runoff election, winning 27% of the vote.
When Siplin, whom Antone had lost to in 2000, decided to run for the Florida Senate rather than seek re-election, Antone ran to succeed him in the 39th District, which stretched from downtown Orlando to Pine Hills. In the Democratic primary, he faced Tiffany Moore-Russell, Geraldine F. Thompson, and Jon Eason, whom he defeated with 34% of the vote, and advanced to the general election, where he faced Janet Buckles, the Republican nominee. Antone emphasized that, unlike Siplin, he would focus on passing bills into law while serving in the legislature and would not waste his time on "feel-good" efforts. Antone defeated Buckles easily, winning 75% of the vote. In 2004, when he ran for re-election, he was opposed in the primary election by Tiffany Moore-Russell, once again, and Fritz Seide Jackson. Antone expanded his margin of victory from 2002, and won renomination with 52% of the vote to Moore-Russell's 39% and Jackson's 9%. He faced Thomas J. Kelly, the nominee of the British Reformed Sectarian Party, in the general election, whom he handily defeated with 90% of the vote.
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