David Jolly
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 13th district |
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In office March 11, 2014 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Young |
| Succeeded by | Charlie Crist |
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David Wilson Jolly October 31, 1972 Dunedin, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Carrie Jolly (1999–2014) Laura Donahoe (2015–present) |
| Residence | Indian Shores, Florida |
| Alma mater |
Emory University George Mason University |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Website | House website (Archived) |
David Wilson Jolly (born October 31, 1972) is an American attorney, former lobbyist, and a former U.S. Representative for Florida's 13th congressional district. A Republican, he previously served as general counsel to his predecessor, U.S. Rep. Bill Young. He won the race for Young's seat in a 2014 special election against Democrat Alex Sink and Libertarian Lucas Overby. He was subsequently re-elected in November 2014, winning 75 percent of the vote.
Jolly was born in Dunedin, Florida. He graduated from Emory University in 1994 and earned his law degree from the George Mason University School of Law in 2001.
He worked for U.S. Representative Bill Young full-time from 1995 to 2006 in various positions, with a brief break for six months in 2001 when he worked at a Washington securities firm. In 2002, Jolly became Young's general counsel and held that position until he left in 2006. He served as the personal attorney for Young's family as well.
In 2007, Jolly joined Washington, D.C. firm Van Scoyoc Associates as a lobbyist and in 2011, he left Van Scoyoc to open his own firm, Three Bridges Advisors. He made political donations to both Republicans (about $36,000) and Democrats (about $30,000) during his time as a lobbyist. Jolly had his name removed from the Lobby Registry to run for the vacant House seat.
As of January 2014, he still worked as a lobbyist but his main job was as a vice president of the Clearwater-based investment company Boston Finance Group.
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