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Legislative rookies: Promising new Florida House members
Nearly 17 months ago, 57 legislative novices arrived in Tallahassee eager to make their mark.
Rep. Richard Corcoran (R-Trinity), 47
[Photo: Mark Foley] |
Notable: He's been spearheading an effort to change the culture of the Legislature. Once a week, Corcoran and other first-term GOP lawmakers get together and go through "great leadership books" with the goal of creating a "constitution of how we believe the institution should be run. It's the thing I'm most passionate about because I think what it could do is have a systemic cultural change in the Legislature, and the biggest change that I think we all agree on is that the special interests have too much influence," says Corcoran.