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18 unusual facts about Charlie Crist


Al Lamberti

On October 26, 2007 Lamberti was named Sheriff of Broward County by Gov. Charlie Crist after Sheriff Ken Jenne was indicted on federal corruption charges.

An American Son: A Memoir

The second half is all about the 2010 Senate electoral race against Gov. Charlie Crist.

Chris Dorworth

He was appointed chairman of the board of trustees of Seminole Community College, by Governor Jeb Bush and re-appointed by Governor Charlie Crist.

Clay Ford

On February 27, 2007, he was elected to the Florida House to succeed Holly Benson, who had been appointed to head the Department of Business and Professional Regulation by then Governor Charlie Crist.

Education in Florida

During Florida's 2007 legislative session, Governor Charlie Crist signed into law SB-1710, which allowed the Board of Governors to allow a tuition differential for the University of Florida, Florida State University, and the University of South Florida.

Holly Benson

On December 28, 2006, Florida's Governor-elect Charlie Crist appointed Benson to the position of Secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

James E.C. Perry

He was appointed by Governor Charlie Crist in March 2009 to replace retiring Justice Charles T. Wells and was Crist's fourth appointment to the supreme court.

Joseph C. Joyce

In 2008, he was appointed by Governor Charlie Crist to the Environmental Regulation Commission (ERC).

Kathy Castor

The House seat in the district became open when five-term Democrat Jim Davis (D) chose to run for governor (he lost to Charlie Crist in November).

Marion Hammer

She was nominated by Florida's former Attorney General and later Governor Charlie Crist for the state's Florida Women's Hall of Fame, and has been chosen as one of ten finalists by the Florida Commission on the Status of Women.

Neal Asbury

Asbury also serves as a member of the International Advisory Committee to Governor Charlie Crist of Florida and he is a member of the International Policy Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C. He has testified before the Philippine Senate on multiple occasions on foreign trade.

Pam Iorio

On January 28, 2010, when Iorio welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, Governor of Florida Charlie Crist, and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, all of whom came to the University of Tampa for a national "Town Hall Meeting" to announce federal funding for Florida High Speed Rail and other projects.

Rays Ballpark

Gov. Charlie Crist had announced that he would be interested in doing whatever he could to help the project reach fruition.

Russell Schriefer

As founding partner with Stuart Stevens of the Stevens & Schriefer Group, Schriefer has worked with many Republican Governors, Senators, and Congressmen, including Governor Robert Ehrlich (MD), Senator Johnny Isakson (GA), Governor Tom Ridge (PA), Governor Bill Weld (MA), Governor Paul Cellucci (MA), Governor Bob Riley (AL), Governor Charlie Crist (FL), Senator Richard Lugar (IN), Senator John Cornyn (TX).

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood

In a deal valued at $1.1 billion, former Governor Charlie Crist gave the Seminole Tribe a license for blackjack in its casinos.

Steven L. Abrams

In March 2009, Abrams was appointed by Florida governor Charlie Crist to occupy the district four county commission seat vacated by Mary McCarty after her resignation due to federal corruption charges.

The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat

The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat is a political autobiography that was written by the Politician, Charlie Crist.

Yossi Gestetner

In early 2010, Gestetner led a PR effort in a campaign asking then-Florida Governor Charlie Crist to grant a 60-day clemency to Martin Grossman to make times for a court appeal.


Florida's 19th congressional district special election, 2010

Governor Charlie Crist on November 4, 2009 set the primary for February 2 and the general election for April 13, 2010 (rescheduled from April 6 to avoid Passover).

Ricky Polston

Governor Charlie Crist appointed Polston to the Florida Supreme Court on October 1, 2008 to replace Justice Kenneth B. Bell, who resigned that day to return to private practice.