Paula Dockery
| Paula B. Dockery | |
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| Member of the Florida Senate from the 15th district |
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In office 2003–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Posey |
| Succeeded by | Kelli Stargel |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 64th district |
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In office 1997–2002 |
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| Preceded by | Steve Pincket |
| Succeeded by | ? |
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June 6, 1961 Queens, New York |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mark Fisher 1985-88 (divorce) C.C. (Doc) Dockery 1989-present |
| Alma mater | University of Florida |
| Profession | insurance |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Paula Dockery is a Republican Party former member of the Florida Senate.
She was born Paula Louise Bono in Queens, New York, on June 6, 1961. Her family moved to Florida in 1968, and she graduated from Coral Springs High School in 1979. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Florida in 1983. While at UF, she was a member of Student Senate, served on the O'Connell Center Board of Managers, Chaired the Affairs & Ethics Committee, and was a graduate teaching assistant.
In 1985 she married Mark Fisher, an aide to United States Senator Lawton Chiles, a Democrat, and in 1986 the couple moved to Lakeland, Florida. She finished her Master of Arts degree in Mass Communications during 1987, divorced her first husband in 1988, and decided to become active in Republican politics. She was introduced to and married C.C. (Doc) Dockery, a Lakeland businessman and GOP fundraiser, in November 1989. The family business was citrus and cattle.
She has represented the 15th District in the Florida Senate since 2003 and served as Majority Whip from 2003 until 2004. Dockery chaired the Environmental Protection Committee and the Criminal Justice Committee. She was term limited in 2012 and could not run for re-election.
During her three terms in the Florida House of Representatives (1997-2002), she served as Majority Whip from 1998 through 2000, and was the primary sponsor of the popular Florida Forever Act.
On June 1, 2009 there was a draft campaign to see Senator Dockery run for Governor of Florida. On November 4, 2009 Dockery entered the race for Florida governor challenging FL Attorney General Bill McCollum for the Republican Nomination. Dockery dropped out of the race when it became clear that she would be unable to run a competitive campaign against Rick Scott, who spent nearly $50 million of his own money securing a bitterly fought Republican primary victory.
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