Editing Lois Benson

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision Your text
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{Infobox Biography
 
{{Infobox Biography
 
| subject_name  =Lois Benson
 
| subject_name  =Lois Benson
| image_name    =LoisBenson.jpg
+
| image_name    =
| image_size    =200px
+
| image_size    =
 
| image_caption  =
 
| image_caption  =
 
| date_of_birth  =
 
| date_of_birth  =
Line 12: Line 12:
 
| spouse        =Dr. [[Scott Benson]]
 
| spouse        =Dr. [[Scott Benson]]
 
| parents        =Louise Holden
 
| parents        =Louise Holden
| children      =[[Holly Benson]] & [[Megan Pratt]]
+
| children      =[[Lois Benson]] & [[Megan Pratt]]
 
| signature      =
 
| signature      =
 
| signaturesize  =
 
| signaturesize  =
 
}}
 
}}
'''Lois Holden Benson''' is the current [[Emerald Coast Utilities Authority]] board member for [[Escambia County District 2|District 2]] and a former member of the [[Pensacola City Council]] and Florida House of Representatives. She is the mother of politicians [[Holly Benson]] and [[Megan Benson Pratt]].
+
'''Lois Holden Benson''' is the current [[Emerald Coast Utilities Authority]] board member for [[Escambia County District 3|District 3]] and a former member of the [[Pensacola City Council]] and Florida House of Representatives. She is the mother of politicians [[Holly Benson]] and [[Megan Benson Pratt]].
  
 
Benson was initially appointed to the ECUA seat by Governor [[Wikipedia:Jeb Bush|Jeb Bush]] on [[November 23]], [[2004]], following the [[October 31]] resignation of [[George Watson]].<ref>"Benson the choice for ECUA." ''Pensacola News Journal'', November 24, 2004.</ref>
 
Benson was initially appointed to the ECUA seat by Governor [[Wikipedia:Jeb Bush|Jeb Bush]] on [[November 23]], [[2004]], following the [[October 31]] resignation of [[George Watson]].<ref>"Benson the choice for ECUA." ''Pensacola News Journal'', November 24, 2004.</ref>
  
 
She has also run for the Florida State Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the [[mayoralty of Pensacola]], the latter of which she lost in [[2001]] to [[John Fogg]]. A priority of her campaign platform at the time was to relocate the [[Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant]].
 
She has also run for the Florida State Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the [[mayoralty of Pensacola]], the latter of which she lost in [[2001]] to [[John Fogg]]. A priority of her campaign platform at the time was to relocate the [[Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant]].
 
Benson previously served on [[Pensacola City Council]] as the representative for [[City of Pensacola District 1|District 1]], from [[1988]] to [[1990]]; she resigned to seek state office.
 
 
In her [[1994]] bid to replace retiring Congressman [[Earl Hutto]], she faced four other Republicans in the primary and received a plurality (31.4%) of votes. In the resulting runoff, however, her pro-choice views contributed to her defeat (46%-54%) by pro-life newcomer [[Joe Scarborough]], who went on to defeat Democrat [[Vince Whibbs, Jr.]] in the general election.<ref>[http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?filepath=/dailyfed/0199/010899b4.htm Who is Joe Scarborough?]</ref>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
{{reflist}}
 
{{reflist}}
  
 +
{{bio-stub}}
  
{{start box}}
+
[[Category:Politicians|Benson, Lois]]
{{succession box | before = [[John Kadlec]] | title = [[Pensacola City Council]]<br/>[[City of Pensacola District 1|District 1]] | years = [[1988]]-[[1990]] | after = [[Owen Eubanks]]}}
 
{{end box}}
 
 
 
{{bio-stub}}
 
[[Category:Republican politicians|Benson, Lois]] [[Category:Pensacola City Council members|Benson, Lois]]
 

Please note that all contributions to Pensapedia, the Pensacola encyclopedia are considered to be released under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 (see Pensapedia:Copyrights for details). If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

To edit this page, please answer the question that appears below (more info):

Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)