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Jeanette Núñez
Jeanette Marie Núñez (born June 6, 1972) is an American businesswoman and politician serving as the 20th and current lieutenant governor of Florida since 2019. A Republican, she represented parts of Miami-Dade County in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018, also serving as speaker pro tempore for her final two years in office. She is first Latina to serve as Florida lieutenant governor and the third consecutive minority officeholder after fellow Republicans Jennifer Carroll and Carlos Lopez-Cantera.
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Born
1972-06-06
Birth Place
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Education
Master_of_Public_Administration
Political Ideology
Republican_Party_(United_States)
Spouse(s)
Adrian Nuñez
Children
3
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Jeanette Núñez condemns Cosmopolitan ‘puff piece’ on Rebekah Jones

In what may be a first for Florida, the Lieutenant Governor went on the offensive against a venerable women’s magazine on Friday. At issue: its sympathetic treatment of a departed state employee. Highlighting a tweet from Cosmopolitan promoting an article about “whistleblower” Rebekah Jones, who broke from Florida’s Department of...
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Listen: Lt Gov. Jeanette Nunez addresses White House vaccination riff

Orlando, Fla. — The relationship between the new administration and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis got off to rough start after some verbal sparring over COVID-19 vaccinations. At a news conference Monday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki addressed a question about a comment made by Governor DeSantis’ on President Biden’s...
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Florida 'not wasting vaccine' like New York, prioritizing elderly: Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez

The biggest challenge for Florida throughout the coronavirus vaccine distribution process has been supply, the state's Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez told "Fox & Friends" Saturday. "We want to make sure that as those dosages come in, we are not wasting vaccine ... we want to make sure that we're getting shots in [the] arm as quickly as possible," Nunez explained in response to a question about her state's rollout versus New York.