Daniel Patrick Daley | |
State House: | Florida |
District: | 96th |
Term Start: | June 18, 2019[1] |
Predecessor: | Jared Moskowitz |
Office1: | City Commissioner of Coral Springs |
Term Start1: | 2012 |
Term End1: | 2019 |
Office2: | Vice Mayor of Coral Springs |
Term Start2: | 2015 |
Term End2: | 2017 |
Party: | Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Florida State University Nova Southeastern University |
Birth Place: | Huntington, New York, U.S. |
Residence: | Coral Springs, Florida, U.S. |
Dan Daley is an American politician. He is a Democrat representing the 97th district in the Florida House of Representatives. Previously, he served as a city commissioner and vice mayor of Coral Springs, FL.
Daley earned a BS in Political Science and Criminology from Florida State University in 2010, and JD from Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University in 2015.
Daley served as a city commissioner in Coral Springs, FL from 2012 to 2019, and also as vice mayor from 2015 to 2017.
In 2019, he was the only candidate to qualify for the special election to replace Jared Moskowitz as the Florida state representative for the 97th district. He had been endorsed by Moskowitz and Congressman Ted Deutch, among others.[2]
Daley sits on the following House subcommittees:[3]
On April 21, 2022, Daley attempted to stage a sit-in demonstration to prevent a vote on Florida's congressional district maps.[4] Opponents of the tactic compared his actions to an insurrection.[5] The demonstration was ultimately unsuccessful.