Joe Geller
| Joe Geller | |
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| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 100th district |
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Assumed office November 18, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Gibbons |
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March 7, 1954 New York City, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Betty Geller |
| Children | Michelle Beatriz Geller, Jorge Pedraza, Jacquelyn Pedraza |
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Northwestern University Florida State University (B.A.) Florida State University College of Law (J.D.) |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Judaism |
Joseph "Joe" Geller (born March 7, 1954) is a Democratic politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 100th District, which includes most of Hollywood in southern Broward County, since 2014.
Geller was born in The Bronx in New York City in 1954, and moved to the state of Florida in 1965. He attended Northwestern University, but did not graduate, instead receiving his bachelor's degree in history from the Florida State University in 1975. After graduation, Geller then attended the Florida State University College of Law, receiving his Juris Doctor in 1979.
In 1989, he was elected the Chairman of the Miami-Dade County Democratic Party, serving in that capacity in 2000. During the 2000 presidential election, he played a prominent role as an attorney for the Al Gore presidential campaign. During the recount, Geller, seeking to confirm a theory that some Gore voters had accidentally punched the wrong hole in their ballots, requested a sample ballot from the Supervisor of Elections' office. After receiving the ballot from a clerk, Geller was accused of stealing a ballot, was mobbed by protesters, and had to be escorted to safety by police. "I requested [the sample ballot], which I'm entitled to do," Geller said. "It was clearly marked 'sample ballot for use by Democratic Party.' The whole transaction was out in the open and all very calmly done. This Republican observer — a woman with blond hair, a suit and clipboard — was watching the whole thing. But the moment I started to walk away, she sicced the crowd on me. She said I was stealing a ballot and they surrounded me. It was all orchestrated."
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