Katherine Waldron is an American politician who has been serving in the Florida House of Representatives since 2022. A Democrat, she represents the 93rd district.[1] She served two terms as Port of Palm Beach commissioner from 2017 to 2022.[2]
See main article: articles and 2022 Florida House of Representatives election. In 2022, Katherine Waldron filed to run for the recently-redrawn House District 93. She faced off against Seth Densen in the primaries.[3] In the general election, she narrowly beat Saulis Banionis, a pain management doctor, by less than a percentage point.[4]
One of her endorsements for the primary was Mike Caruso, a Republican representative in the Florida House. Caruso said that he endorsed Waldron for their work together in providing hurricane relief to the Bahamas.[5] This endorsement drew criticism from local Republicans, who voted to censure him.
See main article: articles and 2024 Florida House of Representatives election. Rep. Waldron is currently running for re-election.
Governor DeSantis signed into law Waldron's bill that transferred an environmental preserve and nearby property in Wellington from an independent water control district to a dependent special district.[6]
Amidst the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip, Governor DeSantis called a special legislative session.
Waldron drafted a resolution calling for the complete support of Israel.[7] This was one of three House resolutions related to the conflict, the other two being those of Randy Fine and Angie Nixon.[8] Waldron's resolution passed unanimously.
At the beginning of the session, Waldron filed a bill to restrict the retail sale of pet rabbits in March and April.[9] She claims that such a bill would limit the number of people who buy pet rabbits as an impulse purchase--especially around Easter.[10]
After the issue was brought to her attention by a group of students from the University of Florida, Rep. Waldron sponsored a bill against corporal punishment.[11] If this bill successfully passes, it will prevent all of a school's faculty and administration except the principal from applying such punishment to the students of any public or charter school.[12] The bill bans the practice completely for homeless and special needs children.