Representative  Keith Fitzgerald

District 69
Democrat

• View Original Rep. Keith Fitzgerald, D-Sarasota, center, questions a presenter before the Military & Local Affairs Policy Committee Wednesday, January 13, 2010.
• View Original Rep. Keith Fitzgerald, D-Sarasota, left, confers with Speaker-designate Rep. Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, as the House brought their version of the state budget to the floor April 21, 2010.
• View Original Rep. Keith Fitzgerald, D-Sarasota, center, gestures while urging members unsuccessfully to "let the people vote" on a constitutional drilling ban amendment during the Legislature's special session Tuesday, July 20, 1010. Left shows Democratic Leader Rep. Franklin Sands, D-Plantation, while Rep. Kelly Skidmore, D-Boca Raton, is shown at right.
• View Original Democratic Caucus Policy Chairman Rep, Keith Fitzgerald, D-Sarasota, gathers democrats in the House "bubble," just off the House floor, during the early morning hours of April 9, 2010. After more than 9 hours of debate, the Education Personnel bill, CS/CS/SB 6, was approved. Fitzgerald called the merit pay measure "discouraging and insulting" to teachers.
• View Original Rep.Keith Fitzgerald, D-Sarasota, compliments the House Speaker Larry Cretul's call for bipartisanship on the opening day of the Legislature March 2, 2010. The House responded and approved a business tax delay measure which was unanimously approved 117-0 and sent to the Senate.
• View Original From the left, Democratic Leader Franklin Sands, D-Weston, Rep. Darryl Ervin Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, Rep. Kelly Skidmore, D-Boca Raton, and Democratic Policy Chair Keith Fitzgerald, D-Sarasota, confer on the House floor, April 24, 2009.

Member Information

Biographical Information

City of Residence:  Sarasota

Occupation:  College Professor

Spouse:  Angela Baker

Child(ren):  Bridget, Conor

Education:  University of Louisville, B.A., 1979; Indiana University, Ph.D., 1987

Born:  November 30, 1956, Springfield, OH

Moved to Florida:  1994

Religious Affiliation:  Catholic

Committee Membership

Policy Council     Democratic Ranking Member

Finance & Tax Council

Health & Family Services Policy Council

Military & Local Affairs Policy Committee

Select Policy Council on Strategic & Economic Planning

Legislative Service

Elected to the House in 2006, reelected subsequently

Deputy Policy Chair 2006-2008

Democratic Caucus Policy Chair 2008-2010

Other Public Service

Advisory Council of Faculty Senates

New College of Florida, Board of Trustees

Sarasota City Charter Review Board

Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness, Board Member

Affiliations

American Political Science Association