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| subject_name =C. V. "Clay " Ford

| occupation =Attorney<br/>Representative, [[Florida House of Representatives District 3|District 3]]<br/>[[Wikipedia:Florida House of Representatives|Florida House]]

'''C. V. "Clay" Ford''' is a Republican politician, currently serving as the District 3 Representative to the [[Florida House of Representatives|Florida State House]]. Ford succeeded [[Holly Benson]] in the seat, winning a February 2007 special election, held after Benson vacated the seat to take a position in Florida governor [[Charlie Crist]]'s cabinet. Ford previously served on the [[Gulf Breeze City Council]]. Ford intends to run for reelection, and has three challengers at this time, Democrats defeated Democrat [[Lumon May]], [[Ray Guillory]] and [[Jesse Walter Horn III]]gaining reelection in November 2008.

Ford was born in Wynne, Arkansas in on [[September 24]], [[1938]].

Ford served on the [[Gulf Breeze City Council]] from [[1990]]-[[2007]] and as the Mayor pro tem of [[Gulf Breeze]] from [[2001]]-[[2007]]. He served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1975-76. He was elected as a member of the Arkansas Constitutional Convention in 1976.

*Deputy Majority Whip*Energy & Utilities Policy Committee on Postsecondary Education &ndash; Vice Chair*Committee Full Appropriations Council on Business RegulationGeneral Government & Health Care*Committee on CourtsGeneral Government Policy Council*Government Operations Appropriations Committee on Healthy Families*Healthcare CouncilGovernmental Affairs Policy Committee*Schools & Learning CouncilPreK-12 Policy Committee

===[[Florida House of Representatives District 3]], [[2008]]===''This election was held [[November 4]], [[2008]].'' {| class="wikitable"|-|'''C. V. (Clay) Ford (R)'''|'''33,504'''|'''52.1%'''|-|Lumon May (D)|30,751 |47.9%|} ===[[Florida House of Representatives District 3]], [[2007 General]] (Special general election)===Special Election, ''This election was held [[February 27]], [[2007]].'' {| class="wikitable"|-*|'''C. V. (Clay) Ford (R):'''|''' 7,328 ('''|'''55.6%)*'''|-|Elizabeth Campbell (D):''' |5,863 (|44.4%|} ===[[Florida House of Representatives District 3]], [[2007]] (Special primary)===''This election was held [[February 6]], [[2007]].''

{| class===2007 Republican Primary==="wikitable"|-|Tom BanjaninSpecial Primary|1, [[February 6]], [[2007]]215|17.9%|-*|'''C. V. (Clay) Ford:''' |'''2,323 (34.3%)*'''George Scarborough:|''' 1,921 (2834.43%)*'''|-|Lyn Hart:''' |1,313 (|19.4%)*'''Tom Banjanin:''' |-|George Scarborough|1,215 (17921|28.94%)|}

{{succession box|before=[[Holly Benson]]|title=[[Florida House of Representatives District 3]]|years=2007-present|after=Incumbent (2007)}}