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Val Demings
Valdez Venita Demings (née Butler; born March 12, 1957) is an American politician and retired law enforcement officer who serves as the United States Representative from Florida's 10th congressional district. She served as Chief of the Orlando Police Department, the first woman to hold the position. She was the Democratic nominee in both 2012 and 2016 to represent Florida's 10th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, the latter of which Demings won. On January 15, 2020, Speaker Nancy Pelosi selected Demings to serve as a manager in the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump.
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Born
1957-03-12
Birth Place
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Education
Webster_University_Orlando
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Jerry_Demings
Children
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Party line call leads to ethics gripe against Val Demings

"Here I am stuck in a markup in Judiciary," the candidate told Duval Dems. Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, reportedly faces an ethics complaint about mixing political business and policy work. Fox News Digital reports that the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust dinged...
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Val Demings makes case for choice to Jacksonville Democrats

'Homegirl in her hometown' talks abortion rights on Jax Eastside. Democratic Senate candidate Val Demings returned to Jacksonville Tuesday evening, making her first public remarks since a draft Supreme Court ruling leaked that could change the landscape of legalized abortion. Demings’ “Meet the Chief” event on the city’s Eastside saw...
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Florida Congresswoman Val Demings makes campaign stop in Pensacola

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Florida Congresswoman and Senate candidate. Val Demings made a campaign stop in Pensacola late Saturday afternoon. Before being elected to congress Demings was Orlando's first female Police Chief. She's a Democrat running for the Senate seat now held by Republican Marco Rubio. So far, Demings has raised...
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A morning with Val Demings

The life journey of Val Demings is probably what historian James Truslow Adams had in mind when he originated the concept of The American Dream. "...that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement," Adams wrote in his 1931 best-selling manuscript Epic of America.
APOPKA, FL
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Val Demings, Marco Rubio each top $30M raised in Senate battle

Demings' campaign added $10.1M in first quarter. Rubio pulled in just $5.8M. Democratic Rep. Val Demings’ Senate campaign raised more than $10 million in the first quarter of 2022, and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio grabbed $5.8 million. That put both of them over $30 million raised in the 2022 U.S. Senate money chase.
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Congresswoman Val Demings criticizes decision to dissolve Reedy Creek

ORLANDO, Fla. — Congresswoman Val Demings says it's time to get back to business as usual and "stop playing political games with working people." Walt Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District is in Demings’ tenth congressional district. Demings says any disruptions will directly and negatively impact the jobs, livelihoods...
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Florida Police Chiefs Back Marco Rubio Over Val Demings

While U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., may have spent more than a quarter-century in law enforcement, this week the Florida Police Chiefs Association (FPCA) backed U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for a third term. “On behalf of the Florida Police Chiefs Association, we are honored to endorse Senator Marco Rubio...
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In the Senate race between Val Demings and Marco Rubio, the Florida Dem is doing her part to keep up cash-wise.

The race between Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Democratic challenger Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) is heating up — on the fundraising front in particular. Follow the money: Demings is behind Rubio according to her most recent FEC filings, with $20.7 million in total contributions and $8.1 million in cash on hand. In the lead is Rubio, with $24.3 million in total contributions and 10.5 million cash on hand.
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