Mark Pafford
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| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 86th district |
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In office November 20, 2012 – November 8, 2016 |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 88th district |
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In office November 18, 2008 – November 20, 2012 |
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April 11, 1966 Miami-Dade County, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Florida International University (B.A.) |
| Profession | Non Profit |
Mark S. Pafford (born April 11, 1966) is a former Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, who represented District 88 (2008-2012) and District 86 (2012-2016) which included Haverhill, Loxahatchee Groves, Royal Palm Beach, and Wellington in east-central Palm Beach County. Pafford's professional career includes work in the non-profit sector including stints with the ACLU, The Lord's Place, Area Agency on Aging, Arthur R. Marshall Foundation for the Everglades and he is currently the CEO of Florida Community Health Action Information Network (CHAIN). He is an avid birder and enjoys being outdoors.
Pafford is from unincorporated Miami-Dade County and attended North Miami High School (Hall of Fame), graduating in 1984. After high school, he was a student at Miami-Dade Community College, receiving his associate degree in 1986, and then at Florida International University, where he received a degree in public administration in 1988, minoring in Political Science. As a student he worked as a naturalist at Arch Creek Park in North Miami. Pafford then worked for United States Congressman Lawrence J. Smith as a congressional aide from 1989 to 1992, and later worked for Florida House of Representatives State Representative Lois Frankel as a legislative assistant from 1996 to 1997.
In 2002, when Frankel was unable to seek re-election in the Florida House of Representatives due to term limits, Pafford ran to succeed her in the 85th District, which stretched from Wellington to Lake Worth. He faced Shelley Vana, a teachers union president, in the Democratic primary, and narrowly lost to her, receiving 46% of the vote to her 54%. He lost an additional race in 2006 for Palm Beach County Commission to Jess Santamaria.
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