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Matt Gaetz's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

226 South Palafox Place, 6th Floor
Pensacola, FL 32502

1170 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
Building 4, Room 454
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

1721 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Full Name:

Matthew 'Matt' Gaetz

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Ginger

Birth Date:

05/07/1982

Birth Place:

Hollywood, FL

Home City:

Fort Walton Beach, FL

Religion:

Baptist

JD, College of William and Mary, 2004-2007

BS, History/Political Science, Florida State University, 2000-2003

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 1, 2017-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 1, 2022

Representative, Florida State House of Representatives, District 4, 2010-2016

Former Member, Budget Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces

Former Chair, House Finance and Tax Committee, Florida

Former Member, House Health Quality Subcommittee, Florida

Former Member, House Regulatory Affairs Committee, Florida

Former Member, House Rulemaking Oversight & Repeal Subcommittee, Florida

Former Member, House State Affairs Committee, Florida

Former Member, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Regulatory Reform, Commercial, and Antitrust Law Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, United States House of Representatives

Attorney, Keefe, Anchors, Gordon and Moyle Law Firm, 2007-present

Member, First Baptist Church of Fort Walton Beach, present

Member, Board of Directors, Air Force Enlisted Village

Board Member, Amikids, Emerald Coast

Member, Board of Directors, Emerald Coast Marine Institute

Member, Destin Chamber of Commerce

Member, Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce

Lifetime Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)

Member, Navarre Chamber of Commerce

Member, Niceville Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce

Member, Okaloosa Walton Bar Association

Awards:

American Conservative Union, Defender of Liberty, 2013
Florida Automobile Dealers Association, Legislator of the Year, 2013
Florida Bar Association, Legislator of the Year, 2013
Florida Medical Association, Legislator of the Year, 2013
Florida Police Chiefs Association, Legislator of the Year, 2013
Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, House Leadership Award, 2013
Florida Sheriff's Association, Legislative Champion, 2013
Florida Osteopathic Medical Association, Freshman of the Year, 2011

Father's Name:

Don Gaetz

Father's Occupation:

Florida State Senator

Favorite Quote:

"But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives."
- Jeb Bush

"Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."
- Sir Winston Churchill, 1941

"It is far greater to dare mighty things and win glorious triumps, even though checkerd by failure and defeat, than to take rank with those poor spirits who live in the grey twilight of fear and indecision who know neither victory nor defeat."
- Teddy Roosevelt

Favorite Type of Music:

Country and classic rock

Hobbies or Special Talents:

fishing, golf, spending time with family

Mother's Name:

Vicky Gaetz

Mother's Occupation:

Girl Scout Leader
Officer, Valparaiso-Niceville Girls Softball Association
Neighborhood Association President

Pets (include names):

Dog, Scarlet

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