Toby Overdorf

Tobin Rogers "Toby" Overdorf is a Republican member of the Florida Legislature representing the state's 83rd House district, which includes parts of Martin and St. Lucie counties.

Toby Overdorf
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the 83rd district
Assumed office
November 6, 2018
Preceded byGayle Harrell
Personal details
Born (1969-05-06) May 6, 1969
Newport, Rhode Island
Political partyRepublican
ResidencePalm City
Alma materUnion College
Florida Atlantic University
OccupationEnvironmental consultant
Websitetobyforhouse.com

History

A native of Rhode Island, Overdorf moved to Florida in 1992[1] the day after hurricane Andrew. He worked as a marine scientist in Big Pine Key before going to graduate school at Florida Atlantic University (FAU)[2]. While in graduate school he worked as a graduate assistant for the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and completed his thesis entitled, "Floodplain Fish of the Kissimmee River, Prior to Proposed Restoration." He went on to found his own company, Crossroads Environmental and later merged with Engineering Design and Construction, Inc. (EDC).

Florida House of Representatives

Overdorf defeated Sasha Dadan in the August 28, 2018 Republican primary, winning 54.1% of the vote.[3] In the November 6, 2018 general election, Overdorf won 52.11% of the vote, defeating Democrat Matt Theobald.[4] In his first term, Overdorf helped to pass legislation regarding Human Trafficking, Shark Finning, and various environmental regulations.

gollark: Maths is good, though - my maths set has a really good teacher and we do (well, did when school was running) interesting and challenging stuff a lot of the time without repeating the same topic over and over again.
gollark: English is awful because we mostly overanalyze literature and write essays and stuff, but we did writing one time and that was fun.
gollark: A lot of the chemistry and physics stuff we do at school is... somewhat interesting at first, but we end up going over it again and again and doing endless worksheets for some reason, which is not very interesting.
gollark: They might actually be actively negative in some areas, since for quite a lot of people being forced to learn the boring stuff they don't care about will make them ignore the interesting bits.
gollark: Personally I figure that schools are wildly inefficient at actually transmitting knowledge and skills anyway, so meh.

References
  1. "Florida House of Representatives - Tobin Rogers "Toby" Overdorf - 2018 - 2020 ( Speaker Oliva )". myfloridahouse.gov. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. "Florida Atlantic University". Florida Atlantic University. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  3. "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. "Florida Election Watch - State Representative". Retrieved 12 December 2018.


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