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George Stephen LeMieux (born May 21, 1969) is a former United States Senator from Florida. He was Chairman of the Florida-based law firm of Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. and served as Chief of Staff to Governor Charlie Crist, was former Deputy Florida Attorney General, and is credited with spearheading Crist's successful campaign for Governor. On August 28, 2009, Governor Crist announced that he would appoint LeMieux as senator, to replace Senator Mel Martinez, who weeks earlier announced he would resign as soon as Crist announced his successor. On April 5, LeMieux formally announced that he will run against incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson in 2012.
Early life
LeMieux was born in Homestead, Florida to George and Karen LeMieux, a building contractor and secretary ...
George LeMieux, accompanied by his wife, Meike, and three sons, Max, Taylor and Chase, arrives at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday. , positive
For the first time in recent memory, two chambers of commerce in Martin County welcomed a United States senator to address their members.Sen. George LeMieux, R-Fla., spoke Wednesday to a special joint luncheon of business leaders and members of the Palm City and Stuart/Martin County Chambers of Commerce.LeMieux was appointed to former Sen. Mel Martinez's unexpectedly vacant seat by his longtime friend and political ally, Gov. Charlie Crist. About 100 chamber members from the area sat around tables at Piper's Landing Club House in Palm City. Joe Catrambone, president and CEO of the ...
U.S. Sen. George LeMieux said today that the high-speed rail, whose federal funding is now arriving at top speed itself, should run between Orlando and Tampa.
“I see a Florida mega corridor where people are working, studying and vacationing (using high-speed rail),” he said.
U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, expected to be U.S. House Transportation Committee chair after Tuesday’s Republican landslide, said that he doesn’t see value in the Orlando to Tampa leg of thehigh-speed rail. He said the rail should end at Disney and instead go to Miami.
Many Lakeland ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, appointed to his job in mid-2009, said Tuesday he is alarmed by soaring federal spending and that it might prompt him to run in his own right for the Senate seat held by Democrat Bill Nelson in 2012.
LeMieux said that when he gets home to Fort Lauderdale, he'll restart a law practice, but he'll also talk to his wife Meike over the holidays about a possible Senate run.
"We're going to talk and think about it and see what the future holds. If it is something I'm going to do in the short term, then I have to make a decision ...