Christine Hunschofsky

American politician

Christine Hunschofsky
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the 96th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 3, 2020
Preceded byKristin Jacobs
Mayor of Parkland, Florida
In office
January 2017 – November 3, 2020
Preceded byMichael Udine
Succeeded byRich Walker
Personal details
BornBoston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseHannes
Children2[1]
EducationBabson College (1996), Boston University (1992)[2]

Christine Hunschofsky is an American politician from the state of Florida. A Democrat, she has been a member of the Florida House of Representatives since 2020, after serving as the mayor of Parkland from 2017 to 2020.

Early life

Hunschofsky grew up in Boston, and graduated from Boston University with a focus on business administration and philosophy.[3]

Political career

Mayor of Parkland

After moving to Parkland, Hunschofsky became involved with the community. She was a member of the Parkland Education Advisory Board for 7 years, wrote for Parkland Life Magazine, and was involved with the Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church.[3] She was elected City Commissioner in 2012 with 84 percent of the vote, and in 2016 ran for Mayor of Parkland and won with 76 percent of the vote.[3]

Hunschofsky was mayor on February 14, 2018, when 17 were killed and another 17 were wounded in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Afterward, she and other mayors went to Washington, D.C. to lobby the federal government for stricter background checks for those purchasing guns, and other gun control measures.[4][5] Their efforts were not successful, and no bill was passed at the time.

Hunschofsky spoke at a community event on the anniversary of the shooting, saying "While we are still healing, while a lot of this is still raw, to see the human spirit that we have here in Parkland, I think that's the message. We might have been shaken but we refuse to be down for the count."[6]

Florida House of Representatives

In 2020 she ran for Kristin Jacobs' vacated Florida House District 96 seat, receiving an endorsement from 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg,[7] as well as local officials such as Florida Senator Kevin Rader and Representatives Dan Daley, Michael Gottlieb, and Tina Polsky, in addition to many other Florida politicians, including many mayors.[8] She also received an endorsement from Fred Guttenberg, the father of one of the Parkland Shooting victims, who praised Hunschofsky for being "truly there for our community" and working "tirelessly to guide our city through its darkest days."[8] She won the primary election with 72.2% of the vote to her opponent Saima Farooqui's 20.7%, who also ran against Kristin Jacobs in 2018.[9] Hunschofsky faced no Republican opponent in the general election.

Elections

2020 Florida's 96th House district Primary Election[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Christine Hunschofsky 13,052 72.0
Democratic Saima Farooqui 5,088 28.0
Total votes 18,140 100%

References

  1. ^ "The Hunschofsky Family". Spectator Magazine. November 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Mayor Christine Hunschofsky". City of Parkland. Archived from the original on November 18, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Pfingsten, Gina. "Meet the Leaders: Parkland Mayor Christine Hunschofsky". TAP into Parkland. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  4. ^ Smiley, David. "Florida mayors go to Washington to lobby for gun background checks". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  5. ^ Swisher, Skyler. "Parkland mayor lobbies in Washington for gun background checks". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  6. ^ Luscombe, Richard (February 13, 2019). "Parkland to observe mass shooting's first anniversary with 'service and love'". The Guardian. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  7. ^ Nicol, Ryan. "Pete Buttigieg PAC backs Christine Hunschofsky in HD 96". Florida Politics. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  8. ^ a b Nicol, Ryan. "Christine Hunschofsky rolls out bevy of endorsements after announcing HD 96 run". Florida Politics. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  9. ^ "Christine Hunschofsky". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  10. ^ "2020 Florida's 96th House district Democratic Primary Results". results.elections.myflorida.com.
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