JD Alexander
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| Member of the Florida Senate from the 17th district |
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In office 2002–2012 |
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| Preceded by | John Laurent |
| Succeeded by | John Legg |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 66th district |
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In office 1998–2002 |
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| Preceded by | John Laurent |
| Succeeded by | Baxter Troutman |
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July 16, 1959 Camp Lejeune, North Carolina |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cindy Monroe |
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University of Florida (B.S., Agricultural Economics) |
| Profession | Citrus farmer |
John David Alexander, known as J. D. Alexander or JD Alexander (born July 16, 1959 in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina) is a businessman and former Florida Republican politician from Lake Wales. From 2002-2012, he served in the Florida Senate, representing almost 500,000 residents of the 17th district, which included all of Hardee and Highlands and parts of DeSoto, Glades, Okeechobee, Polk, and St. Lucie counties. Previously, he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002. Alexander has also been the CEO of Atlantic Blue Group and Alico.
JD Alexander moved with his family to Florida in 1961 from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He is the grandson of Ben Hill Griffin, Jr., a Florida cracker and a former Florida State Senator and Florida State Representative. Alexander's great-grandfather, Napoleon B. Broward, served as the Governor of Florida from 1905 to 1909.
JD Alexander served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002.
Alexander was elected to the Florida Senate in November 2002 and was subsequently reelected in 2004 and 2008. Senator Alexander served as Majority Whip for the 2004-2006 term.
Currently, Senator Alexander serves as the Chair of the Budget Committee and the Joint Legislative Budget Commission. In addition, he serves as the Vice-Chair of the Rules Committee and a member on the Agriculture, Banking and Insurance, Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations, Education Pre-K – 12, and Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections. Due to term limits, he will leave the senate at the end of the 2012 session, but he is intent on funding two projects in his district. The first is the $34.5 million Heartland Parkway, a proposed toll road that has been delayed for years because there is not enough existing traffic to justify it, and it will cross sensitive environmental land. Alexander's company owns a ranch along the path of the proposed roadway which could benefit from its construction. Other development near the highway would support building the expressway, and Alexander is promoting one such project.
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