Kathleen Passidomo
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| Member of the Florida Senate from the 28th district |
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Assumed office November 8, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Redistricted |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 106th district 76th (2010-2012) |
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In office November 2, 2010 – November 8, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Grady |
| Succeeded by | Bob Rommel |
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May 19, 1953 Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | John Passidomo |
| Children | Catarina, Francesca, Gabriella |
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Trinity Washington University (B.A.) Stetson University College of Law (J.D.) |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Catholicism |
Kathleen C. Passidomo (born May 19, 1953) is a Republican member of the Florida Senate who has represented the 28th district, which includes Collier, Hendry, and part of Lee County in Southwest Florida, since 2016. She previously served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the Naples area from 2010 to 2016.
Passidomo was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and attended Trinity Washington University in Washington, D.C., graduating with a Bachelor's degree in 1975, and later graduated from the Stetson University College of Law with a law degree in 1978 after moving to the state of Florida in 1976. She entered into private law practice and started the law firm of Kelly, Passidomo & Alba LLP.
In 2010, when incumbent Republican State Representative Tom Grady declined to seek another term in the legislature, Passidomo ran to succeed him in the 76th District, which stretched from Naples Park to Chokoloskee on the western coast of Collier County. She won both the Republican primary and the general election entirely unopposed.
Following the reconfiguration of legislative districts in 2012, Passidomo was moved into the 106th District, which included most of the territory that she had previously represented in Collier County. In the Republican primary, she was opposed by David Bolduc, whom she easily defeated with 73% of the vote. Advancing to the general election, Passidomo faced Libertarian candidate Peter Richter, whom she defeated in a landslide, winning her second term in the legislature with 79% of the vote.
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