Florence Shapiro

Infobox State Senator


honorific-prefix =
name = Florence Shapiro
honorific-suffix =
state_senate = Texas
state = Texas
district = 8th
term_start = 1995
preceded = Ike Harris
succeeded = Incumbent
birth_date = birth date and age|1948|5|2
birth_place = New York, New York
death_date =
death_place =
nationality = American
spouse = Howard
party = Republican
relations =
children =
residence = Plano, Texas
alma_mater = B.S., University of Texas at Austin
occupation =
profession = Advertising executive
religion = Judaism


website =
footnotes =
state_senate2 = Texas
state2 = Texas
district2 = 2nd
term2 = 1993–1995
preceded2 = Ted Lyon
succeeded2 = David Cain

Florence Shapiro ("née" Donald) (born 2 May 1948) [cite web
url = http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/candidates/general/senate/senateaddr.shtml
title = State Senate Candidates for 2002 General Election
accessdate = 2006-12-26
date = 2002-09-13
author = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] is a current Texas state senator representing the 8th Senatorial District. She represents 677,109 Texans in the cities of Addison, Allen, Carrollton, Coppell, Dallas, Farmers Branch, Frisco, Irving, Lewisville, McKinney, Plano, Richardson, and other outlying areas. She is known as a champion for education and children's issues. She is a Republican.

She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in secondary education. Shapiro began her professional career as a public school teacher. She first entered politics as a member of the Plano, Texas City Council. After six terms, she was elected Mayor of Plano. During this time, Shapiro was the President of the Texas Municipal League and the North Texas Council of Governments. She was first elected to the Texas State Senate in 1993, and has served as a state senator since then. On January 11, 2005 she was sworn in as President Pro-Tempore of the Senate. She was the first senator from Collin County to serve in that position in more than forty years. On April 9, 2005, Shapiro served as the Texas Governor for a day, the sixth woman in Texas history to be 'Governor for a Day'.

In the Texas State Senate she serves as Chairman of the Senate Education Committee. Shapiro is also a member of the Senate Committees on Finance, Administration, and Transportation and Homeland and Security. Governor Rick Perry recently appointed her to the Southern Regional Education Board. She is a former Chairman of the Senate State Affairs Committee. In 2002, she was named Woman of the Year by Les Femme du Monde.

Shapiro is president of Shapiro & Company, an advertising, public relations and special events agency.

She lives in Plano with her husband Howard. They have three children: Lisa and her husband, Brian Strauss of Houston, with grandchildren Joshua, Noa and Ari; Todd and his wife, Jori Shapiro, with grandchildren Ella and Zachary; and Staci and her husband Paul Rubin, with grandchildren Sam and Natalie, all of Frisco.

Election History

Most recent election

2006

Election box begin
title=Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 8 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2006 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-02 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Florence Shapiro (Incumbent)
votes = 127,590
percentage = 100.00
change = +10.25Election box majority
votes = 127,590
percentage = 100.00
change = +20.50Election box turnout
votes = 127,590
percentage =
change = -15.76Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)

Previous elections

2002

Election box begin
title=Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 8 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2002 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-02 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Florence Shapiro (Incumbent)
votes = 135,927
percentage = 89.75
change = -10.25Election box candidate with party link
party= Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = David Spaller
votes = 15,525
percentage = 10.25
change = +10.25Election box majority
votes = 120,402
percentage = 79.50
change = -20.50Election box turnout
votes = 151,452
percentage =
change = -32.80Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)

2000

Election box begin
title=Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 8 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2000 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-02 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Florence Shapiro (Incumbent)
votes = 225,369
percentage = 100.00
change = +10.24Election box majority
votes = 225,369
percentage = 100.00
change = +20.48Election box turnout
votes = 225,369
percentage =
change = +6.48Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)

1996

Election box begin
title=Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 8 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1996 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-02 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Florence Shapiro (Incumbent)
votes = 189,985
percentage = 89.76
change = -0.47Election box candidate with party link
party= Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Randal Morgan
votes = 21,674
percentage = 10.24
change = +5.82Election box majority
votes = 168,311
percentage = 79.52
change = -5.36Election box turnout
votes = 211,659
percentage =
change = +22.41Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)

1994

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title=Texas general election, 1994: Senate District 8 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1994 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-02 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Florence Shapiro (Incumbent) [Shapiro was the District 2 incumbent prior to the 1994 Senate district redistricting.]
votes = 156,014
percentage = 90.23
change = +7.57Election box candidate with party link
party= Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = John Wawro
votes = 7,642
percentage = 4.42
change = -12.92Election box candidate
party= Independent
candidate = Paul Bertanzetti
votes = 9,247
percentage = 5.35
change = Election box majority
votes = 146,767
percentage = 84.88
change = +19.56Election box turnout
votes = 172,903
percentage =
change = -15.52Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)

1992

Election box begin
title=Texas general election, 1992: Senate District 2 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1992 General Election | accessdate = 2006-12-29 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Ted Lyon
votes = 96,746
percentage = 40.08
change =Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Florence Shapiro
votes = 129,229
percentage = 53.54
change =Election box candidate with party link
party= Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Richard C. Donaldson
votes = 15,384
percentage = 6.37
change =Election box majority
votes = 32,482
percentage = 13.46
change =Election box turnout
votes = 241,358
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)
loser = Democratic Party (US)Election box begin no party
title=Republican primary runoff, 1992: Senate District 2 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1992 Republican Party Primary Runoff Election | accessdate = 2006-12-29 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate no party with winner
winner =
candidate = Don Kent
votes = 7,609
percentage = 49.40
change = Election box candidate no party with winner
winner = ✓
candidate = Florence Shapiro
votes = 7,793
percentage = 50.59
change = Election box majority no party
votes = 184
percentage = 1.19
change =Election box turnout no party
votes = 15,402
percentage =
change = Election box begin no party
title=Republican primary, 1992: Senate District 2 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1992 Republican Party Primary Election | accessdate = 2006-12-29 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate no party with winner
winner = ✓
candidate = Don Kent
votes = 12,742
percentage = 34.74
change = Election box candidate no party with winner
winner =
candidate = Jack Harvard
votes = 6,189
percentage = 16.87
change = Election box candidate no party with winner
winner = ✓
candidate = Florence Shapiro
votes = 17,737
percentage = 48.37
change = Election box turnout no party
votes = 36,668
percentage =
change =

References

External links

* [http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist8/dist8.htm Senate of Texas - Senator Florence Shapiro] official TX Senate website
* [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=5456 Project Vote Smart - Senator Florence D. Shapiro (TX)] profile
*"Follow the Money" - Florence Shapiro
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=81173 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=71832 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=17446 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=52621 2000] campaign contributions

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NAME=Florence Shapiro
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Plano, Texas politician
DATE OF BIRTH=2 May 1946
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