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| date_of_birth =[[September 24]], [[1938]]
| place_of_birth =Wynne, Arkansas
| date_of_death =
| place_of_death =
| occupation =Attorney, Representative,[[Florida House of Representatives District 3|District 3]]<br/>[[Wikipedia:Florida House of Representatives|Florida House]]
| religion =[[:Category:Methodists|Methodist]]
| spouse =Carol Ann Ford (née DeBusk)
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'''Clarence V. "Clay" Ford, Jr.''' is a Republican politician, currently serving as the District 3 Representative to the [[Wikipedia:Florida House of Representatives|Florida State House]]. Ford succeeded [[Holly Benson]] in the seat, winning a February 2007 special election against George Scarborough,Tom Banjanin,Lynn Hart,and Elizabeth Campbell, 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]].
Ford defeated Democrat [[Lumon May]], gaining reelection in November 2008.
==Biography==
Ford was born in Wynne, Arkansason [[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]].He served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1975-76.He was elected as a member of the Arkansas Constitutional Convention in 1976.
==Committee assignments==
|-
|Tom Banjanin
|1,215153|1719.98%
|-
|'''C. V. (Clay) Ford'''
|'''21,323737'''|'''3429.39%'''
|-
|Lyn Hart
|1,313264|1921.47%
|-
|George Scarborough
|1,921663|28.46%
|}
