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'''Anna Holliday "Holly" Benson''' (born June 1, 1971) is was a member of the Florida House of Representatives representing [[Florida House of RepresentativesDistrict 3|District 3]]. In November 2000, Benson became the first [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] elected to the District 3 seat, succeeding Democrat [[Florida House of Representatives District 3|District 3DeeDee Ritchie]] seat. On December 28, 2006, Florida's Governor-elect [[Charlie Crist]] appointed Benson to the position of Secretary of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. On December 31, 2006, Benson resigned from the Florida House of Representatives, ending her legislative service to the State of Florida.
== Personal Background background ==
Benson was born in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and moved to Pensacola, Florida in 1976. She is a graduate of [[Pensacola High School]]'s [[International Baccalaureate]] program (1990), Dartmouth College (A.B., 1993) and the [[Fred Levin|Fredric G. Levin]] College of Law ]] at the University of Florida (J.D., 1996). Benson is was employed as a municipal bond lawyer, prior to her appointment to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation in December 2006.
Her mother is former [[Florida House of Representatives District 2|District 2]] representative and [[ECUA]] board member [[Lois Benson]].== Legislative service ==
== Legislative Service ==Representative Benson previously served in the Florida House of Representatives as the Chair of the Health and Families Council, as well as Co-Chair of the Select Committee on Medicaid Reform. Benson also chaired the Select Committee on Article V, which was tasked with implementing a 1998 constitutional amendment that required a major overhaul of the Florida state court system.
Representative On December 31, 2006, Benson currently serves in resigned from the [[Florida House of Representatives as ]], ending her legislative service to the Chair State of the Health and Families Council, as well as Co-Chair of the Select Committee on Medicaid ReformFlorida. Previously, Representative Benson chaired the Select Committee on Article V, which She was tasked with implementing replaced in a 1998 constuitutional amendment that required a major overhaul of the Florida state court systemspecial election by [[Clay Ford]].
=== Current Council Previous council and Committee Membership committee memberships ===
* Health and Family Council (Chair)
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*[http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=WFL79291&type=category&category=Business%20and%20Consumers Interest Group Ratings of Benson at Project Vote Smart]
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