Peggy Simone

Simone started her political career in 1980 when she ran for election supervisor of Manatee County. She lost the election to incumbent H. Jerome Davis.^[3]

In 1982 Simone would run for the newly created house district 68 covering Bradenton, Florida.^[1] During this election she would be endorsed by The Bradenton Herald.^[4] However she would run in a tough primary race where she originally lost to Dave Wilcox but a runoff of triggered where Simone was able to win. After this she cruised to an over 15% victory and used a catchy song to help get voters out.^[5]

In 1984 she would cruise to a victory as the incumbent in the 68th district.

In 1986 she would she would draw criticism for comments made about stopping state funds from helping those with AIDS.^[6] However, she would still win reelection by 30%.

In 1988 Simone drew no democratic challengers so the race was declared a Republican Primary. Simone won reelection by almost 20%.^[7]

In 1990 Simone won reelection by 14%.^{[citation needed]}

In 1992 Simone originally planned to run for reelection, however her husband had a surgery and she decided to forgo reelection.^[8][9]

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