John Quiñones
Politician, Person
1965 –
Who is John Quiñones?
John P. Quiñones IV is an American politician. He was the first Republican of Puerto Rican ancestry elected to the Florida House of Representatives, serving from 2002 to 2007, and is currently a member of the Osceola County Commission.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Central Florida in 1988, and his Juris Doctor degree from St. Thomas University in Opa-locka in 1992. Quiñones, who was elected in 2002, represented the 49th District of the state, which stretches between Osceola and Orange counties. On February 1, 2007 he resigned his seat in order to concentrate on a run for a newly created seat on the Osceola County Commission. His campaign was successful and he was reelected in 2010.
In April 2012, he announced that he would be running for the Republican nomination to represent Florida's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He came second in the primary with 7,514 votes. Attorney Todd Long won the primary with 12,585 votes, Julius A. Melendez came third with 3,983 votes and Mark Oxner came last with 2,510 votes. Long went on to lose the general election to Democrat Alan Grayson in a landslide.
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- Born
- Apr 26, 1965
Puerto Rico - Profession
- Education
- University of Central Florida
- St. Thomas University
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on July 23, 2013
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