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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT President Donald J. Trump (R) (4-Year Term FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENT (continued) JUDICIAL (continued) JUDICIAL (continued) President Commissioner of Agriculture 4th District Court of Appeal Charles Schwab – Group 9 2016-2022 Donald J. Trump (R) (4-year term) 2016-2020 Nikki Fried (D) (4-year term) 2018-2022 1525 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. 218 S. Second St., Bldg B The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Phone: 800-435-7352 Web site: freshfromflorida.com West Palm Beach, FL 33401-2399 Suite 448, Fort Pierce, FL 34950 Washington, D.C. 20500 Phone: 561-242-2000; 6-year term Phone: 772-462-2382 Comment Line: 202-456-1111; Switchboard: 202-456-1414 th Email: [email protected] State Attorney (19 Circuit) Spencer D. Levine, Chief Judge 2016-2022 Laurie Ehler Buchanan – Group 10 2020--2026 Bruce Colton (R) (4-year term) 2016-2020 Twitter: @realDonaldTrump th Melanie G. May 2016-2022 312 NW Third St. 2000 16 Ave., Ste. 329, Vero Beach, FL 32960 Robert M. Gross 2016-2022 Okeechobee, FL 34972 Vice President Phone: 772-226-3300 Web site: sao19.org Dorian K. Damoorgian 2016-2022 Phone: 863-763-1240 Michael R. Pence (R) (4-year term) 2016-2020 Cory J. Ciklin 2016-2022 The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Jonathan D. Gerber 2016-2022 Victoria L. Griffin – Group 11 2020-2026 Public Defender (19th Circuit) Washington, D.C. 20500 Burton C. Connor 2018-2024 218 S. Second St., Bldg B Diamond R. Litty (R) (4-year term) 2020-2024 Comment Line: 202-456-1111; Switchboard: 202-224-5274 th Jeffrey T. Kuntz 2018-2024 Suite 428, Fort Pierce, FL 34950 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @VP 2000 16 Ave., Ste. 235, Vero Beach, FL 32960 Phone: 772-770-5080 Web site: flpda.org Martha Curtis Warner 2020-2026 Phone: 772-462-2761 Alan O. Forst 2020-2026 U.S. Senator Mark W. Klingensmith 2020-2026 Robert E. Belanger – Group 12 2018-2024 th Rick Scott (R) (6-year term) 2018-2024 Senate 17 District Edward L. Artau 2020-2023 324 Courthouse Addition B3 Russell Senate Office Bldg. Debbie Mayfield (R) (4-year term) 2020-2024 218 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, FL 34950 Washington, D.C. 20510 322 Senate Office Bldg. 19th Judicial Circuit Court Phone: 772-462-2545 Phone: 202-224-5274 402 South Monroe Street 250 NW Country Club Dr., Ste. 217, Port St. Lucie, FL 34986 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 Phone: 772-807-4371; 6-year term Cynthia L. Cox – Group 13 2020-2026 Phone: 850-487-5017 2000 16th Ave., Suite 383 U.S. Senator 1801 27th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960 James W. McCann – Group 1 2016-2022 Vero Beach, FL 32960 Marco Rubio (R) (6-year term) 2016-2022 Phone: 772-226-1970 218 S. Second St., Bldg B Phone: 772-770-5231 284 Russell Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510 Email: [email protected] Suite 448, Fort Pierce, FL 34950 Phone: 202-224-3041; Fax: 202-228-5171 Phone: 772-462-1470 William L. Roby – Group 14 2020-2026 4580 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 213 Courthouse Addition Phone: 561-775-3360; Fax: 561-775-3365 Representative District 54 Gary Sweet – Group 2 2016-2022 218 S . Second St., Fort Pierce, FL 34950 Toll Free: 866-630-7106 (FL) Erin Grall (R) (2-year term) 2020-2022 100 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite A353 Phone: 772-462-8856 Web site: rubio.senate.gov Twitter: @marcorubio 209 House Office Bldg. 420 South Monroe Street Stuart, FL 34994 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 Phone: 772-463-3281 Dan L. Vaughn – Group 15 2020-2026 U.S. Representative 8th Congressional District th Phone: 850-717-5054 2000 16 Ave., Suite 374 Bill Posey (R) (2-year term) 2020-2022 th Sherwood Bauer Jr. – Group 3 2018-2024 1801 27 St., Ste B2-203, Vero Beach, FL 32960 Vero Beach, FL 32960 2150 Rayburn House, Washington, D.C. 20515 100 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite A371 Phone: 772-778-5005 Phone: 772-770-5054 Phone: 202-225-3671; Fax: 202-225-3516 Stuart, FL 34994 Email: [email protected] 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Bldg. C Phone: 772-288-5575 Lawrence Mirman – Group 16, Chief Judge 2020-2026 Melbourne, FL 32940 100 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite A263 Phone: 321-632-1776; Fax: 321-639-8595 JUDICIAL Michael C. Heisey – Group 4 2020-2026 Stuart. FL 34994 Toll Free: 888-681-1776; Indian River Co.: 772-226-1701 312 NW Third St. Phone: 772-288-5560 Web site: posey.house.gov Twitter: @congbillposey Florida Supreme Court Justices Okeechobee, FL 34972 Supreme Court Building Phone: 863-763-1122 Barbara Bronis – Group 17 2014-2020 500 South Duval Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1925 Michael Linn – Group 5 2020-2026 312 Courthouse Addition STATE GOVERNMENT Phone: 850-488-0125 th The Capitol, 400 South Monroe Street Email: [email protected] 2000 16 Ave., Suite 384 218 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, FL 34950 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001 Vero Beach, FL 32960 Phone: 772-462-1460 Charles T. Canady, Chief Justice 2016-2022 Phone: 772-770-5050 Governor Jorge Labarga 2016-2022 Elizabeth A. Metzger - Group 18 2020-2026 Michael J. McNicholas – Group 6 2016-2022 Ron DeSantis (R) (4-year term) 2018-2022 Ricky Polston 2016-2022 320 Courthouse Addition Phone: 850-717-9337 100 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite A359 John Couriel 2020-2022 218 S. Second St., Fort Pierce FL 34950 Email: [email protected] Stuart, FL 34994 Phone: 772-462-1469 Jamie Grosshans 2020-2022 Phone: 772-288-5570 Alan Lawson 2018-2024 Lieutenant Governor Robert Meadows– Group 19 2018-2024 Jeanette Nunez (R) (4-year term) 2018-2022 Carlos Muñiz 2020-2026 Steven J. Levin - Group 7 2020-2026 226 Courthouse Addition Email: [email protected] 100 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite A363 218 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, FL 34950 The Governor appoints new Justices from a list of three to Stuart, FL 34994 Phone: 772-462-1699 Attorney General six names submitted by a Judicial Nominating Commission. Phone: 772-223-4827 Ashley Moody (R) (4-year term) 2018-2022 New Justices face their first merit retention vote in the next Phone: 850-414-3300 Website: myfloridalegal.com general election that occurs more than one year after their Janet Carney Croom – Group 8 2016-2022 appointment. If retained, each Justice serves a 6-year term th Chief Financial Officer 2000 16 Ave., Suite 375 Jimmy Patronis (R) (4-year term) 2018-2022 beginning in early January following the first merit retention Vero Beach, FL 32960 Phone: 850-413-3100 Website: myfloridacfo.com election. Phone: 772-770-5052 JUDICIAL (continued) COUNTY GOVERNMENT (continued) MUNICIPALITIES VERO BEACH - County Court Judges School Board Members CITY OF FELLSMERE - CITY COUNCIL 2000 16th Avenue, Suite 263, Vero Beach, FL 32960 1990 25th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960 22 S. Orange St., Fellsmere, FL 32948 Phone: 772-770-5070 Phone: 772-564-3000 Phone: 772-571-0116 6-year term Web site: indianriverschools.org Web site: cityoffellsmere.org Group 1 District 1 – Mara Schiff 2018-2022 Inocensia Hernandez 2019-2021 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY David C. Morgan 2018-2024 District 2 – Jackie Rosario 2018-2022 Fernando R. Herrera, Vice Mayor 2020-2022 Group 2 District 3 – Peggy Jones 2020-2024 Jerry Renick 2019-2021 Nicole Menz 2018-2024 District 4 – Teri Barenborg, Vice Chairman 2018-2022 Jessica Salgado 2020-2022 District 5 – Brian Barefoot, Chairman 2020-2024 Joel Tyson, Mayor 2020-2022 COUNTY GOVERNMENT Indian River County Hospital District Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller 1705 19th Place, Suite G3 CITY OF SEBASTIAN - CITY COUNCIL Jeffrey R. Smith (R) 2020-2024 Vero Beach, FL 32960 City Hall, 1225 Main Street, Sebastian, FL 32958 2000 16th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL 32960 Phone: 772-770-0935 Phone: 772-589-5330 P.O. Box 1028, Vero Beach, FL 32961-1028 Web site: cityofsebastian.org Phone: 772-770-5185 Seat 1 – Tracey Zudans 2020-2024 Email: [email protected] Seat 2 – Marybeth Cunningham, Chairman 2018-2022 Ed Dodd, Mayor 2020-2022 Seat 3 – Barbara S. Bodnar 2020-2024 Jim Hill, Vice Mayor 2020-2022 Property Appraiser Seat 4 – Allen N. Jones 2018-2022 Fred Jones 2020-2021 Wesley Davis (R) 2020-2024 Seat 5 – Karen Deigl 2020-2024 Bob McPartlan 2020-2021 2020 1800 27th St., Bldg. B, Vero Beach, FL 32960 Seat 6 – Ann Marie McCrystal 2018-2022 Christopher R. Nunn 2020-2021 Phone: 772-567-8000 Seat 7 – Michael J. Weiss, Vice-Chairman 2020-2024 Web site: ircpa.org CITY OF VERO BEACH - CITY COUNCIL Indian River Soil and Water City Hall, 1053 20th Place, Vero Beach, FL 32960 Sheriff Conservation District PO Box 1389, Vero Beach, FL 32961-1389 Deryl Loar (R) 2016-2020 Indian River County Administration Complex Phone: 772-978-4700 4055 41st Avenue, Vero Beach, FL 32960-1808 1800 27th St., Bldg. B, Room B1-501, Vero Beach, FL 32960 Email: [email protected] Phone: 772-569-6700 Phone: 772-226-4397 Web site: covb.org Web site: ircsheriff.org Seat 1 – Shawn Paul Elliott 2018-2022 Robert Brackett, Mayor 2020-2022 Supervisor of Elections Seat 2 – David Gunter, Chairman 2020-2024 Joe Graves 2019-2021 Leslie Rossway Swan (R) 2020-2024 Seat 3 – Robert C. Adair, Vice-Chairman 2018-2022 Bob McCabe 2020-2022 4375 43rd Avenue, Vero Beach, FL 32967 Seat 4 – Robert J. (Bobby) Lindsey 2020-2024 Honey Minuse 2020-2022 Phone: 772-226-4700 Seat 5 – David Cox 2018-2022 Rey Neville, Vice Mayor 2019-2021 Email: [email protected] Indian River Mosquito Control District TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES Tax Collector 5655 41st Street, Vero Beach, FL 32967 TOWN COUNCIL Carole Jean Jordan (R) 2020-2024 P.O.
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