Lee Constantine

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Lee Constantine
Member of the Florida Senate
from the 22nd district
In office
November 2000 – November 16, 2010
Preceded by???
Succeeded byDavid H. Simmons
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the 37th district
In office
November 1992 – November 2000
Preceded byTom Feeney
Succeeded byDavid H. Simmons
Personal details
Born (1952-11-06) November 6, 1952 (age 71)
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Central Florida (BA)

Lee Constantine (born November 6, 1952) is an American

real estate broker. He served as a Republican member of the Florida Senate from 2000 to 2010, and of the Florida House of Representatives from 1992 through 2000, representing Orange and Seminole
counties.

Constantine moved to Florida in 1958 and was raised in

student body president
.

In 1978, Constantine was elected to the

Florida State Senate
in 2000. Constantine was re-elected without opposition in 2004, and defeated attorney Jeremiah Jaspon to win re-election in 2006. Senator Constantine could not seek re-election in 2010 due to term limits.

In 2012, Constantine challenged incumbent Seminole County Commissioner Dick Van Der Weide in the Republican primary, and was endorsed by the Orlando Sentinel as a legislator with a reputation for "working hard, building consensus, and getting results."[1] Constantine ultimately defeated Van Der Weide and two other candidates in a close and hotly contested election.[2] In the general election, he faced only a write-in candidate and received 93% of the vote.[3]

Controversy

Constantine was arrested on a drunken driving charge in 2004, his second arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol.[4] In 2007 someone using a computer owned by the Florida Legislature removed the entry about Constantine being arrested for DUI from his Wikipedia page, and when asked about the incident Constantine stated, "I don't even know what Wikipedia is, I'm surprised I can even pronounce it."[5]

In November, 2015, WFTV (local channel 9) investigated Commissioner Constantine due to numerous allegations of a hostile work environment. The online report from that station includes the following: "...in the three years Seminole County Commissioner Lee Constantine has been in office, three of his aides have quit or asked to be reassigned to another office. In each case they had the same complaints. Soul-crushing, demeaning, unfair, inconsistent and rude were all terms used by former aides to Constantine."[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Editorial endorses Lee Constantine for Seminole County Commission - Orlando Sentinel". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.voteseminole.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.voteseminole.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Officer Testifies in Constantine DUI Case - Local News Story - WKMG Orlando". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-08.
  5. ^ [1][dead link]
  6. ^ http://www.wftv.com/news/local/9-investigates-employee-complaints-about-seminole-/26886821
  7. ^ Mike synan (March 18, 2019). "Seminole County, 1000 Friends of Florida Behind Lee Constantine Despite Sexual Harassment Claim". floridadaily.com.

External links

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