Kathy Castor

Katherine Anne " Kathy " Castor ( born August 20, 1966 in Miami, Florida) is an American politician. Since 2007, it represents the state of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Kathy Castor was born in Miami, the daughter of Betty Castor. Her mother was a state senator in Florida and lost in the 2004 election to the U.S. Senate narrowly defeated Mel Martínez. She grew up in Tampa; to 1988 she studied at Emory University in Atlanta (Georgia ) political sciences. After a subsequent law degree from Florida State University in Tallahassee and its made ​​in 1991 Admitted to the bar, she began to work in their new profession. She also worked for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs of the State of Florida in this property. At times, she was president of the Lawyers Association of Florida.

Politically, Castor joined the Democratic Party. In 2000, she ran unsuccessfully for the Senate from Florida. Between 2002 and 2006 she was a member of the district council in Hillsborough County. In the congressional elections of 2006, it was the eleventh electoral district of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where they became the successor of Jim Davis on January 3, 2007. After the previous three elections, they can exercise their mandate in Congress today. Since 2012, they won 70 % of the vote against Evelio Otero in the elections of the year, they can be expected to remain until at least January 3, 2015, Congress; Since January 2013, it is representing the 14th district of their state. Castor is a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in three of its sub- committees and the Budget Committee.

Kathy Castor is married and has two daughters.