Ron DeSantis
| Ron DeSantis | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 6th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Cliff Stearns |
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| Born |
Ronald Dion DeSantis September 14, 1978 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Yale University (B.A.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
| Website | House website |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 2004–2010 (Active) 2010–present (Reserve) |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant Commander
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| 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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