Ginny Brown-Waite
| Ginny Brown-Waite | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Karen Thurman |
| Succeeded by | Rich Nugent |
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October 5, 1943 Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Daniel Brown (Divorced) Harvey Waite (Deceased) |
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Empire State College Russell Sage College |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Virginia "Ginny" Brown-Waite (born October 5, 1943) is the former U.S. Representative for Florida's 5th congressional district, serving from 2003 until 2011. She is a member of the Republican Party and a founder of Maggie's List.
The district stretches along several counties in western and central Florida, including territory in the metropolitan area of Tampa Bay.
Brown-Waite was born in Albany, New York as Virginia Frances Kniffen, and graduated in 1976 with a BS in Interdisciplinary Studies at Empire State College, State University of New York (Northeast Center). She earned a master's degree in public administration from Russell Sage College. She served as a staffer in the New York State Senate, eventually rising to legislative director. She moved to Brooksville, Florida, in the 1980s.
After serving one term as a county commissioner in Hernando County, Florida, Brown-Waite was elected to the Florida State Senate as a Republican from Hernando County. She served as Senate Majority Whip from 1999 to 2000, and was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate in 2000.
Brown-Waite has expressed support for the death penalty. She says she believed she saw "a message" in a nosebleed suffered by death row inmate Allen Lee Davis during his execution on July 8, 1999. Brown-Waite, who saw in the blood the shape of a cross, believes that it either indicated Davis had made peace with God, or it was a message from God giving his blessing to the execution.
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