Debbie Mayfield (born December 2, 1956) is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Florida Senate who has represented the 17th district, which includes Indian River and southern Brevard Counties, since 2016. She previously served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing parts of the Treasure Coast from 2008 to 2016. She has been majority leader since 2020.[1]
Mayfield was born in Pensacola, and grew up there, attending Pensacola High School. She moved to Vero Beach in 1989, and began working for Barnett Bank, eventually rising up to Senior Vice-President of Residential Lending. Mayfield eventually left the bank to start the Mayfield Group, a mortgage brokerage firm that she owned and operated. She now lives in Melbourne.[2]
Florida House of Representatives
When incumbent State RepresentativeStan Mayfield, her husband, was unable to seek re-election in 2008 due to term limits, she ran to succeed him in the 80th District, which ran along the Treasure Coast, including northern St. Lucie County, eastern Indian River County, and southeastern Brevard County. She won the Republican primary unopposed, and advanced to the general election, where she faced Neal Abarbanell, the Democratic nominee. During the course of the campaign, Mayfield's husband, who was running for Indian River County Tax Collector, died of cancer.[3] Despite this, Mayfield ended up defeating Abarbanell by a wide margin of victory, winning 64% of the vote. In 2010, she was challenged in the Republican primary by Art Argenio and Bradley Ward, who hammered Mayfield for being insufficiently conservative, despite the fact that she voted "consistently with the GOP majority."[4] Mayfield ended defeating both of them handily, winning 52% of the vote to Argenio's 34% and Ward's 15%, and in the general election, she only faced write-in opposition, winning easily.
In 2012, when state legislative districts were redrawn, Mayfield was moved into the 54th District, which included much of the territory that she had previously represented in the 80th District. She won both the primary and general election entirely unopposed.
Florida Senate
In 2016, Mayfield ran for the Florida Senate seat vacated by Thad Altman, who was term limited. She defeated fellow state representative Ritch Workman in the Republican primary, 42 to 35%, and Democrat Amy Tidd in the general election, 62 to 38%.[5][6]
In 2020, President of the Senate Wilton Simpson appointed Mayfield as Majority Leader.[1]
References
^ abBerman, Dave. "Sen. Debbie Mayfield named Florida Senate majority leader". Florida Today. Retrieved Mar 20, 2021.
^Mayfield, Debbie (2020-10-28). "Donald Trump Helped Florida's Economy During the COVID-19 Pandemic". Florida Daily. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
^Bierschenk, Ed (September 30, 2008). "State Rep. Stan Mayfield, 52, dies of cancer". TCPalm.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
^Ward, Kenric (June 2, 2010). "Running to the Right in House District 80". Sunshine State News. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
^Neale, Rick (August 31, 2016). "Debbie Mayfield defeats Ritch Workman in Senate GOP primary". Florida Today. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
debbie, mayfield, born, december, 1956, american, politician, serving, republican, member, florida, senate, represented, 17th, district, which, includes, indian, river, southern, brevard, counties, since, 2016, previously, served, four, terms, florida, house, . Debbie Mayfield born December 2 1956 is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Florida Senate who has represented the 17th district which includes Indian River and southern Brevard Counties since 2016 She previously served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives representing parts of the Treasure Coast from 2008 to 2016 She has been majority leader since 2020 1 Debbie MayfieldMajority Leader of the Florida SenateIn office November 23 2020 November 14 2022Preceded byKathleen PassidomoSucceeded byBen AlbrittonMember of the Florida Senate from the 17th districtIncumbentAssumed office November 8 2016Preceded byRedistrictedMember of the Florida House of RepresentativesIn office November 4 2008 November 8 2016Preceded byStan MayfieldSucceeded byErin GrallConstituency80th district 2008 2012 54th district 2012 2016 Personal detailsBorn 1956 12 02 December 2 1956 age 66 Pensacola Florida U S Political partyRepublicanEducationSanta Fe College Contents 1 History 2 Florida House of Representatives 3 Florida Senate 4 References 5 External linksHistoryMayfield was born in Pensacola and grew up there attending Pensacola High School She moved to Vero Beach in 1989 and began working for Barnett Bank eventually rising up to Senior Vice President of Residential Lending Mayfield eventually left the bank to start the Mayfield Group a mortgage brokerage firm that she owned and operated She now lives in Melbourne 2 Florida House of RepresentativesWhen incumbent State Representative Stan Mayfield her husband was unable to seek re election in 2008 due to term limits she ran to succeed him in the 80th District which ran along the Treasure Coast including northern St Lucie County eastern Indian River County and southeastern Brevard County She won the Republican primary unopposed and advanced to the general election where she faced Neal Abarbanell the Democratic nominee During the course of the campaign Mayfield s husband who was running for Indian River County Tax Collector died of cancer 3 Despite this Mayfield ended up defeating Abarbanell by a wide margin of victory winning 64 of the vote In 2010 she was challenged in the Republican primary by Art Argenio and Bradley Ward who hammered Mayfield for being insufficiently conservative despite the fact that she voted consistently with the GOP majority 4 Mayfield ended defeating both of them handily winning 52 of the vote to Argenio s 34 and Ward s 15 and in the general election she only faced write in opposition winning easily In 2012 when state legislative districts were redrawn Mayfield was moved into the 54th District which included much of the territory that she had previously represented in the 80th District She won both the primary and general election entirely unopposed Florida SenateIn 2016 Mayfield ran for the Florida Senate seat vacated by Thad Altman who was term limited She defeated fellow state representative Ritch Workman in the Republican primary 42 to 35 and Democrat Amy Tidd in the general election 62 to 38 5 6 In 2020 President of the Senate Wilton Simpson appointed Mayfield as Majority Leader 1 References a b Berman Dave Sen Debbie Mayfield named Florida Senate majority leader Florida Today Retrieved Mar 20 2021 Mayfield Debbie 2020 10 28 Donald Trump Helped Florida s Economy During the COVID 19 Pandemic Florida Daily Retrieved 2020 10 29 Bierschenk Ed September 30 2008 State Rep Stan Mayfield 52 dies of cancer TCPalm com Retrieved December 13 2013 Ward Kenric June 2 2010 Running to the Right in House District 80 Sunshine State News Retrieved December 13 2013 Neale Rick August 31 2016 Debbie Mayfield defeats Ritch Workman in Senate GOP primary Florida Today Retrieved 2016 11 12 Price Wayne November 8 2016 Republicans sweep Brevard legislative races Florida Today Retrieved 2016 11 12 External links nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Debbie Mayfield Florida Senate Debbie Mayfield Florida House of Representatives Debbie MayfieldFlorida House of RepresentativesPreceded byStan Mayfield Member of the Florida House of Representativesfrom the 80th district2008 2012 Succeeded byMatt HudsonPreceded byJames Frishe Member of the Florida House of Representativesfrom the 54th district2012 2016 Succeeded byErin GrallFlorida SenatePreceded byJohn Legg Member of the Florida Senatefrom the 17th district2016 2022 Succeeded byLinda StewartPreceded byDarryl Rouson Member of the Florida Senatefrom the 19th district2022 present IncumbentPreceded byKathleen Passidomo Majority Leader of the Florida Senate2020 2022 Succeeded byBen Albritton Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Debbie Mayfield amp oldid 1170736172, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
