The Failure of Term Limits in Florida
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The Failure of Term Limits in Florida

  1. 263 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Failure of Term Limits in Florida

About this book

In 1992, Florida voters approved an amendment to the state's Constitution creating eight-year term limits for legislatorsā€”making Florida the second-largest state, after California, to implement such a law. Eight years later, sixty-eight term-limited senators and representatives were forced to retire, and the state saw the highest number of freshman legislators since the first legislative session in 1845.

Proponents view term limits as part of a battle against the rising political class and argue that limits will foster a more honest and creative body with ideal "citizen" legislators. However, in this comprehensive twenty-year study, the first of its kind to examine the effects of term limits in Florida, Kathryn DePalo shows nothing could be further from the truth. Instead, these limits created a more powerful governor, legislative staffers, and lobbyists. Because incumbency is now certain, leadership racesā€”especially for Speakerā€”are sometimes completed before members have even cast a single vote. Furthermore, legislators rarely leave public office; they simply return to local offices, where they continue to exert influence.

The Failure of Term Limits in Florida is a tour de force examination of the unintended and surprising consequences of the new incumbency advantage in the Sunshine State.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. List of Tables
  7. Foreword
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction: The Campaign for Term Limits
  10. 1. Change Comes to the Florida Legislature
  11. 2. Electoral Competition and the New Incumbency Advantage
  12. 3. A Different Breed of Florida Legislators
  13. 4. Political Career Paths of Term Limited Legislators
  14. 5. The Race for Leadership
  15. 6. Loss of Institutional Memory and the Business of the Legislature
  16. 7. Filling the Void: Governors, Staff, and Lobbyists
  17. 8. Term Limits and the Future of the Florida Legislature
  18. Appendix A. Term Limited States
  19. Appendix B. Florida Term Limits Ballot Language
  20. Appendix C. Sample Interview Questions
  21. Appendix D. Interview Subjects
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index