Representative  Brad Drake

District 5
Republican

• View Original Representatives Mike Horner, R-Kissimmee left, and Brad Drake, R-DeFuniak Springs, right, confer on the House floor during session Jan. 24, 2012.
• View Original Rep. Brad Drake, R-DeFuniak Springs, questions a presenter before the Select Committee on Water Policy Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, in Tallahassee, Florida.
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• View Original Rep. Brad Drake, R-DeFuniak, offers a series of questions as the House brought it's version of the state budget to the floor Thursday, April 22, 2010.
• View Original From the left, Majority Whip Carlos Lopez-Cantera, R-Miami; Rep. Eric Eisnaugle, R-Orlando; Rep. Brad Drake, R-Eucheeanna; and Rep. Erik Fresen, R-Miami, confer on the House floor, March 31, 2010.
• View Original Rep. Brad Drake, R-DeFuniak, gestures while answering questions regarding his bill considered on the House floor March 18, 2010.

Member Information

Biographical Information

City of Residence:  Eucheeanna

Occupation:  Marketing Executive

Education:  University of Florida, B.S., Economics, 1993-2000, Alpha Gamma Rho, Chaplain, 1999, Student Stock Market Investment Club; Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Student Government Senator

Born:  February 7, 1975, Fort Walton Beach, FL

History:  J. Troy Peacock, grandfather, Florida House of Representatives, 1937, 1947, 1948, 1957, 1959; David Earl Drake, father, Superintendent of Walton County Schools, 1976-1980; Pat Thomas, cousin, Florida House of Representatives, 1972-1974, Florida Senate, 1974-2000, President of the Senate, 1994

Religious Affiliation:  Baptist

Recreational Interest:  fishing, Florida history, golf, growing vegetables, hunting, NASCAR

Committee Membership

Transportation & Highway Safety Subcommittee     Chair

Select Committee on Water Policy     Vice Chair

Economic Affairs Committee

House Redistricting Subcommittee

Rulemaking & Regulation Subcommittee

Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee

Legislative Service

Elected to the House in 2008, reelected subsequently

Affiliations

First Baptist Church of DeFuniak Springs, member

Hearts of Hope Ministries, Board member

Kiwanis Club of DeFuniak Springs, member

National Rifle Association, member

Student Government Senator

Student Stock Market Investment Club

Walton County Taxpayers Association, member

CrimeStoppers of Walton County, Chairman 2007

Athletes-In-Action Baseball, foreign missions, 1994

Highlights

Southern Marketing Company, LLC, Owner