Carlos Lopez-Cantera
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Carlos Lopez-Cantera is a Miami, Florida
Republican politician who serves as the representative for District 113 of the House of Representatives
of the State
of Florida
. He was first elected to the Florida House in 2004, and was successively reelected in 2006 and 2008. He is the Majority Whip for 2008 to 2010.
Representative Lopez-Cantera was born in Madrid, Spain on December 29, 1973. He moved to Florida in 1974. He earned his Associate of Arts degree from Miami-Dade Community College in 1994 and his Bachelor of Arts
degree from the University of Miami
in 1996. Starting in 1991 he worked in a number of roles for Cantera and Associates, his family's business. In 1997, he was a facilitator for the Florida Senate's Criminal Justice Committee.
He worked as a Real Estate Agent for the Pan American Group in 1998 and became a consultant for them in 1999, dealing in commercial and industrial real estate. In 2002, he made an unsuccessful bid for the District 117 seat of the Florida House against Julio Robaina to replace Carlos Lacasa, who was running for the Florida Senate.
Miami, Florida
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Republican politician who serves as the representative for District 113 of the House of Representatives
Florida House of Representatives
The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The House is composed of 120 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 156,677.The House convenes at...
of the State
U.S. state
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of Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. He was first elected to the Florida House in 2004, and was successively reelected in 2006 and 2008. He is the Majority Whip for 2008 to 2010.
Representative Lopez-Cantera was born in Madrid, Spain on December 29, 1973. He moved to Florida in 1974. He earned his Associate of Arts degree from Miami-Dade Community College in 1994 and his Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree from the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
in 1996. Starting in 1991 he worked in a number of roles for Cantera and Associates, his family's business. In 1997, he was a facilitator for the Florida Senate's Criminal Justice Committee.
He worked as a Real Estate Agent for the Pan American Group in 1998 and became a consultant for them in 1999, dealing in commercial and industrial real estate. In 2002, he made an unsuccessful bid for the District 117 seat of the Florida House against Julio Robaina to replace Carlos Lacasa, who was running for the Florida Senate.