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Meet Samantha Sexton, one of the ’30 under 30′ rising stars of Florida politics

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Some kids want to go to Disney World. Samantha Sexton spent her summers visiting Revolutionary War and Civil War battle sites. The 26-year-old now is associate director of government relations for the PACE Center for Girls, a non-residential delinquency prevention program throughout Florida. Long before that, she was learning her American history, including “the importance of giving back to those who gave before us through volunteerism,” she says. Her parents also brought her along to hurricane relief efforts, coastal cleanups and holiday gift…

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Meet Nick Scher, one of the ’30 under 30′ rising stars of Florida politics

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Ask around about Nicholas Scher and you start hearing the same words over and over: “genuine,” “hard-working,” “committed.” Though he’s now cracking the casebooks as a law student at St. Thomas University in South Florida, the 25-year-old has paid his political dues as Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera‘s personal assistant. He was responsible for Lopez-Cantera’s daily briefings, having to research various policies, but also helped out as needed in the Executive Office of the Governor. During the 2014 re-election campaign, a friend said she watched as “Nick drove up and…

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Meet Jared Rosenstein, one of the ’30 under 30′ rising stars of Florida politics

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Transitioning from the Republican to the Democratic side of the aisle, 25-year-old Jared Rosenstein is wining raves for his work on the staff of another Jared, state Rep. Jared Moskowitz of Coral Springs. “I got into politics during the 2008 presidential election. I was proudly supporting Sen. John McCain and I discovered that the vast majority of my then high school classmates blindly supported Sen. Barack Obama without knowing any of his specific positions. After much heated debate with my classmates, I…

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Meet Ryan Reiter, one of the ’30 under 30′ rising stars of Florida politics

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In both public service and the private sector, Ryan Reiter has set himself apart from the pack. “Exceptionally bright, courteous, responsible and compassionate” is how one person explained why the 29-year-old former Marine merits inclusion in this year’s “30 Under 30” crowd. As an aide to Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca, he coordinated a free bus-pass program for low-income veterans. Though he’s now director of government affairs at South Florida’s Kaufman Lynn Construction, he still volunteers, including chairing the Next Gen 4 HANDY, an organization…

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Meet Sara Johnson, one of the ’30 under 30′ rising stars of Florida politics

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It’s been a busy year for Sara Johnson. Since joining the anti-gambling expansion No Casinos team in early January, Johnson has spoken to more than 35 civic groups, radio shows and political clubs, along with a bevy of community leaders. The 21-year-old got an early introduction to hectic paces. At 14, she attended her first TeenPact Leadership class and learned about the legislative process, later volunteering for her first campaign: The 2008 constitutional amendment on marriage, which passed with 62 percent of the vote. Sara eventually…

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Meet Edward James, one of ’30 under 30′ rising stars of Florida politics

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I am… 25 years young I live in… Sarasota/Tallahassee I got into politics because… My family exposed me to the power of community organizing as a child. My great-grandmother along with a group of other concerned citizens helped desegregate the public beaches in Sarasota in the 1950s by organizing caravans of people who went out to Lido Beach and waded in the water while enduring physical and verbal abuse. Having a legacy like that to build from has shown me that people…

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Meet Berny Jacques, one of the ’30 under 30′ rising stars of Florida politics

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The 28-year-old Berny Jacques is an assistant state attorney for Florida’s 6th Judicial Circuit, but is a pure political animal, also chairman of the Young Floridians for Opportunity PAC. A native of Haiti who immigrated to the states when he was 7, he got his first opportunity when U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart brought him on as an intern in the summer of 2006, a gig he replicated the next two summers. During his tenure as president of the Pinellas County…

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