Nancy C. Detert
| Nancy Detert | |
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| Sarasota County, Florida Commissioner, District 3 | |
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Taking office 2016 |
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| Succeeding | Christine Robinson |
| Member of the Florida Senate from the 28th district 23rd (2008-2012) |
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In office November 4, 2008 – November 8, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Lisa Carlton |
| Succeeded by | Greg Steube |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 70th district |
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In office November 3, 1998 – November 7, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Lisa Carlton |
| Succeeded by | Doug Holder |
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October 22, 1944 Chicago, Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Siena Heights University |
| Profession | Mortgage broker |
Nancy C. Detert (born October 22, 1944) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Florida who has served as a Sarasota County Commissioner since 2016. Previously, she represented parts of Sarasota and Charlotte Counties in the Florida Senate, from 2008 to 2016, and served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives, from 1998 to 2006.
Detert was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1944 and attended Siena Heights University, though she did not graduate, and moved to Florida in 1978. She is a descendant of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence. In 1983, Detert founded the Osprey Mortgage Company, where she worked as the President until 2007. She was elected to the Sarasota County School Board, serving as a member until 1992, when she was defeated for re-election by Caroline Zucker.
In 1998, when incumbent State Representative Lisa Carlton retired from her seat to run for the Florida Senate, Detert ran to succeed her in the 70th District, which was based in Venice, where she lived. She was opposed in the Republican primary by Rick Louis, Brian O'Connell, and Donna Clarke, and though she placed first with a plurality of 33%, she was forced to face second-place finisher Rick Louis in a runoff election. Detert campaigned as a moderate and on her experience, noting, "Rick and I make a very nice primary. There are three major differences--I have experience, he doesn't; I'm pro-choice, he's pro-life; on vouchers, he supports them, I oppose them." Detert ended up defeating Louis by a wide margin, winning the nomination of her party with 59% of the vote to Louis's 41%. Advancing to the general election, she faced Alan Miller Kunerth, the Democratic nominee, and was endorsed by the Sarasota Classified Teachers Association, the AFL-CIO, and Associated Industries of Florida, and she said that the fact that she received endorsements from groups that regularly opposed each other "[demonstrated] her willingness to work with anybody in an effort to serve her potential constituents." Ultimately, Kunerth did not pose a significant challenge to Detert, and she defeated him in a landslide, winning 70% of the vote to his 30%. Running for re-election in 2000, Detert faced Tim Wizba, the Democratic nominee, who did not campaign during the election due to child-care problems. She noted, however, that despite Wizba's inactivity, his candidacy pushed her to get to know her constituents better, saying, "I would have rather played golf. But since I had an opponent, I was invited to all of the candidate forums, which gave me a chance to speak to people, hear their concerns and give them a legislative update." Indeed, Wizba did not pose a significant challenge to her, and she defeated him in a landslide, winning re-election with 72% of the vote. In 2002, Detert did not face a major party opponent and was opposed only by Sandy Primack, the Libertarian nominee and a software developer who lived in Volusia County. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune strongly endorsed her for re-election, noting that she "seems molded for the times" and "has been both an initiator of ideas and a compromiser on a broad array of issues." She ended up dispatching Primack with ease, scoring 82% of the vote to Primack's 18%. When she ran for re-election to her fourth and final term in 2004, she did not face major opposition once again, and defeated Libertarian nominee Don Wallace in a landslide, with 79% of the vote.
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