Kim Berfield | |
Image Name: | Official legislative portrait of State Representative Kim Berfield.jpg |
State House: | Florida |
District: | 50th |
Term Start: | November 21, 2000 |
Term End: | November 21, 2006 |
Predecessor: | John Morroni |
Successor: | Ed Hooper |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 29 May 1971 |
Birth Place: | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | St. Petersburg Junior College (AA) University of Central Florida (BA) Northwestern University (MBA) |
Kim Berfield (born May 29, 1971) is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives representing the 58th district. She was elected in 2022.[1] Previously, she represented the 50th district from 2000 to 2006.[2]
She was born in Houston, TX. Her mother and father[3] were both at one time Clearwater City Commissioners. Berfield attended the University of Central Florida and later received an MBA at Northwestern University.[4]
In between stints as a State Representative, she served as a deputy secretary for the Florida Department of Health, and afterwards was a business analyst and lobbyist for All Children's Hospital.[5]
In 2000, she ran for and was elected to the Florida House of Representatives representing the 50th district.
She did not file for re-election after three terms and instead ran for the Florida Senate in 2006, but lost to Charlie Justice.[6] In June 2021, she announced that she was running for the Florida House of Representatives in 2022.[7] [8] She was elected to the State House again in November 2022.[9] In 2022, she ran for an open seat previously held by Chris Latvala, defeating Jason Holloway in the Republican primary with 53.5% of the vote, and then defeating Democrat Bernie Fensterwald with 60.3% of the vote in the general election.