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Ron DeSantis

Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis, Official Portrait, 113th Congress.jpg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida's 6th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2013
Preceded by Cliff Stearns
Personal details
Born Ronald Dion DeSantis
(1978-09-14) September 14, 1978 (age 38)
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Political party Republican
Alma mater Yale University (B.A.)
Harvard Law School (J.D.)
Website House website
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Navy
Years of service 2004–2010 (Active)
2010–present (Reserve)
Rank US-O4 insignia.svg Lieutenant Commander
Battles/wars Iraq War
Awards Bronze Star
Iraq Campaign Medal

Ronald Dion "Ron" DeSantis (born September 14, 1978) is an American politician who has been the United States Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he ran in Florida's 2016 U.S. Senate election; however, DeSantis withdrew from the race following incumbent Senator Marco Rubio's announcement that he would seek reelection to the Senate, reversing his initial pledge not to run, on June 22, 2016. After Rubio's decision to re-enter the U.S. Senate race, DeSantis opted to run for re-election to his U.S. House seat in Florida's 6th congressional district.

Ron DeSantis was born in 1978 in Jacksonville, Florida. In 1991 he was a member of the Little League team from Dunedin National that made it to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

He graduated from Dunedin High School in Dunedin in 1997. He pursued his higher education at Yale University, where he was captain of the varsity baseball team in his senior year. He was also a member of the Phi chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Yale University, the same fraternity as five former U.S. Presidents including George W. Bush. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in History in 2001. He earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School cum laude in 2005.


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