Nancy Argenziano
{{Short description|American politician (born 1955)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Nancy Argenziano
|image = Nancy Argenziano.jpg
|state_senate = Florida
|district = 3rd
|term_start = November 5, 2002
|term_end = May 1, 2007
|predecessor = Al Lawson{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=5471|title = Our Campaigns - FL State Senate 03 Race - Nov 05, 2002}}
|successor = Charles S. Dean Sr.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=68516|title=Our Campaigns - FL State Senate 03 Race - Nov 02, 2004}}
|state_house1 = Florida
|district1 = 43rd
|term_start1 = November 5, 1996
|term_end1 = November 5, 2002
|predecessor1 = Helen L. Spivey{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=215459|title = Our Campaigns - FL State House 43 Race - Nov 05, 1996}}
|successor1 = Charles S. Dean Sr.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=32795|title=Our Campaigns - FL State House 043 Race - Nov 07, 2000}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|1|1}}
|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Reform
|otherparty = Republican (until 2011)
|website = {{URL|richardson2018.org/nancy/|Campaign website}}
}}
Nancy Argenziano (born January 1, 1955) is a former state legislator in Florida and served as chairman of the Florida Public Service Commission.{{Cite web|title=Nancy Argenziano named Public Service Commission chairman|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2009/11/30/daily16.html|access-date=2021-05-04|website=www.bizjournals.com}} She was the Reform Party of Florida's candidate for lieutenant governor in 2018.Richardson for Governor [http://www.richardson2018.org/2018/08/30/former-legislator-nancy-argenziano-joins-reform-party-ticket/ Former Legislator Nancy Argenziano Joins Reform Party Ticket] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830110323/http://www.richardson2018.org/2018/08/30/former-legislator-nancy-argenziano-joins-reform-party-ticket/ |date=2018-08-30 }}
Personal life
Argenziano was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to Florida in 1971. She has one son.{{Cite web|title=Former Florida Senator Nancy Argenziano (R) {{!}} LobbyTools|url=https://public.lobbytools.com/index.cfm?type=legislators&id=83|access-date=2021-05-04|website=public.lobbytools.com}}
Political career
Argenziano was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1996 and served there until her election to the Florida Senate in 2002. In 2007, Florida governor Charlie Crist appointed her to the state's Public Service Commission.{{Cite web|title=Governor Crist Appoints Senator Argenziano to the Public Service Commission|url=http://www.aif.com/information/2007/sn070423.html|access-date=2021-05-04|website=www.aif.com}}
A member of the Republican Party throughout her legislative career, Argenziano switched to become an independent in 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/nancy-argenziano-sues-republican-party-of-florida-claiming-mailer-is/1257113/|title=Nancy Argenziano sues Republican Party of Florida, claiming mailer is defamatory|date=18 October 2012|publisher=|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://sunshinestatenews.com/story/dems-back-independent-nancy-argenziano-house-race |title=Dems Back Independent Nancy Argenziano in House Race | Sunshine State News | Florida Political News |publisher=Sunshine State News |date=2012-09-10 |accessdate=2018-11-21}}
In 2001, Argenziano delivered 25 lbs of gift-wrapped cow manure to Jodi Chase, a lobbyist for Associated Industries of Florida. AIF represents nursing home providers in Florida and was supporting SB1202, a nursing home reform bill which sought to limit damages in cases where a death did not occur or injuries were not deemed serious. Argenziano was one of the only state senators opposing the bill. Chase apparently entered Argenziano's office uninvited to watch a floor debate around the bill, angering the legislator. The manure was later delivered to Chase at a lobbyist area in the Florida State Capitol Building, drawing a rebuke from the AIF and then-House Speaker Tom Feeney, but gaining Argenziano many signatures from colleagues in a petition of support.{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2001/05/03/legislator-sends-gift-box-of-manure/|title=Legislator Sends Gift Box Of Manure|publisher=|access-date=21 November 2018}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Member of the Florida House of Representatives
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{{s-ttl|title=Member of the Florida Senate
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Category:Florida state senators
Category:Members of the Florida House of Representatives
Category:Women state legislators in Florida
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Category:20th-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Florida Legislature
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:Candidates in the 2018 United States elections
Category:Politicians from Brooklyn
Category:Reform Party of the United States of America politicians
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