Clay Ford

Clarence V. "Clay" Ford, Jr. is a Republican politician, currently serving as the District 3 Representative to the Florida State House. Ford succeeded Holly Benson in the seat, winning a February 2007 special election, held after Benson vacated the seat to take a position in Florida governor Charlie Crist's cabinet. Ford previously served for 16 years on the Gulf Breeze City Council.

C. V. "Clay" Ford
Born	September 24, 1938 Wynne, Arkansas
Occupation	Representative, District 3 Florida House
Religion	Methodist
Spouse	Carol Ann Ford (née DeBusk)
Children	David, Doug, Clay

Ford defeated Democrat Lumon May, gaining reelection in November 2008.

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Biography

Ford was born in Wynne, Arkansas on September 24, 1938.

Ford served on the Gulf Breeze City Council from 1990-2007 and as the Mayor pro tem of Gulf Breeze from 2001-2007.

Committee assignments

• Deputy Majority Whip
• Energy & Utilities Policy Committee Vice Chair
• Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care
• General Government Policy Council
• Government Operations Appropriations Committee
• Governmental Affairs Policy Committee
• PreK-12 Policy Committee

Electoral history

Florida House of Representatives District 3, 2008

This election was held November 4, 2008.

C. V. (Clay) Ford (R)	33,504	52.1%
Lumon May (D)	30,751	47.9%

Florida House of Representatives District 3, 2008 (Special general election)

This election was held February 27, 2007.

C. V. (Clay) Ford (R)	7,328	55.6%
Elizabeth Campbell (D)	5,863	44.4%

Florida House of Representatives District 3, 2008 (Special Republican primary)

This election was held February 6, 2007.

Tom Banjanin	1,153	19.8%
C. V. (Clay) Ford	1,737	29.9%
Lyn Hart	1,264	21.7%
George Scarborough	1,663	28.6%

Preceded by: Holly Benson

Florida House of Representatives District 3 2007-present

Succeeded by: Incumbent

External links

• Official site
• Florida House site
• Escambia Voting Records