Burt L. Saunders | |
Office: | Member of the Collier County Commission from the 3rd district |
Term Start: | November 15, 2016 |
Predecessor: | Tom Henning |
State1: | Florida |
State Senate1: | Florida |
District1: | 37th |
Term Start1: | January 2003 |
Term End1: | January 2009 |
Predecessor1: | J. Alex Villalobos |
Successor1: | Garrett Richter |
State2: | Florida |
State Senate2: | Florida |
District2: | 25th |
Term Start2: | January 2001 |
Term End2: | January 2003 |
Predecessor2: | Fred Dudley |
Successor2: | Jeff Atwater |
State3: | Florida |
State House3: | Florida |
District3: | 76th |
Term Start3: | January 1995 |
Term End3: | January 1999 |
Predecessor3: | Mary Ellen Hawkins |
Successor3: | J. Dudley Goodlette |
Birth Date: | 7 November 1948 |
Birth Place: | Hampton, Virginia |
Alma Mater: | University of South Florida (BA) College of William and Mary (JD) University of Miami (LLM) |
Spouse: | Lillian Love[1] |
Children: | 3 |
Profession: | attorney |
Party: | Republican |
Burt L. Saunders (born November 7, 1948) is a registered Republican and a former member of the Florida Senate, representing the 37th District since 1999.[2] [3] [4] Previously he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1994 through 1998.[5] [6]
In 2008 Saunders ran for the United States House of Representatives in Florida's 14th District with no party affiliation. He lost, finishing third in the four-way general election, receiving 14.7% of the vote. However, Saunders was one of the top 5 candidates to run for the United States House without any political party in 2008. Saunders was elected to the Collier County Commission in 2016.[7] He previously served on the Collier County Commission from 1986 to 1994.[8]
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