Reggie Fullwood
| Reggie Fullwood | |
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| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 13th district 15th (2010-2012) |
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In office February 18, 2015 – October 3, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Tracie Davis |
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In office November 16, 2010 – November 18, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Audrey Gibson |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
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April 4, 1975 Jacksonville, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Latasha "Tasha" Garrison |
| Children | Rejenald, Zoie, Garrison |
| Alma mater | University of North Florida (B.A.) |
| Profession | Consultant |
Reginald "Reggie" Fullwood (born April 4, 1975) was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 to 2014 and 2015 to 2016. He representing downtown Jacksonville in central Duval County. On October 3, 2016, he resigned from office after pleading guilty to federal wire fraud and income tax charges.
Fullwood was born in Jacksonville in 1975 and attended the University of North Florida, where he graduated with a degree in communications in 1997. In 1999, Fullwood was elected to the Jacksonville City Council, and was the youngest person to be elected to the city council in city history. He served on the City Council from 1999 to 2007.
In 2006, Fullwood challenged incumbent State Representative Audrey Gibson in the Democratic primary in the 15th District, and he ultimately lost to her, receiving 43% of the vote. When Gibson was prevented from seeking another term due to term limits in 2010, Fullwood ran to succeed her, winning the nomination of his party unopposed. He faced Republican nominee Randy Smith in the general election, whom he defeated in a landslide, receiving 67% of the vote.
In 2012, Fullwood was redistricted into the 15th District, which included most of the territory of his old district. He faced no opposition in both the Democratic primary and the general election, and he was sworn into his second term in the House.
In 2013, Fullwood joined with State Senator Dwight Bullard to propose legislation that would strengthen protections against cyberbullying, specifically, expanding "the authority of Florida's public schools to discipline students for cyberbullying done through the use of a school computer, at the site of a school-sponsored activity or on a school bus." During the controversy over whether the state of Florida should participate in the Medicare expansion as authorized under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Fullwood supported the expansion and criticized Republicans who opposed accepting federal funds, observing that the state of Florida already accepts billions of dollars in federal funds for other purposes; "Why not just accept any federal funds? If that's the mantra, let's just not accept any," Fullwood noted.
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