Sandy Adams

Sandy Adams

Sandra "Sandy" Adams (born December 14, 1956 in Wyandotte , Michigan ) is an American politician . From 2011 to 2013 she represented the state of Florida in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Sandy Adams has been based in Florida since 1964. She attended high school and served in the U.S. Air Force in 1974 and 1975 . From 1985 to 2002 she worked as an investigator for the Orange County Police Department . Politically, she joined the Republican Party . Between 2002 and 2010 she was a member of the Florida House of Representatives . There she was a member of various committees. At times she headed the committee that dealt with the financing of the police authorities ( Criminal and Civilan Justice Appropriation Committee ).

In the 2010 congressional election , Adams was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 24th  constituency of Florida with 60 percent of the vote , where she succeeded Suzanne Kosmas on January 3, 2011 , who she defeated in the election would have. After her constituency had been changed significantly after the regular redesign in the wake of the 2010 census, she was challenged and defeated by John Mica in the party primary . Sandy Adams resigned from Congress on January 3, 2013. She was a member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee and the Justice Committee . Within her faction, she was a member of the Tea Party Caucus and the Republican Study Committee .

She has three children with her husband John. The family lives privately in Orlando .

Web links

Commons : Sandy Adams  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Sandy Adams in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)