Josie Tomkow

Josie Tomkow

Republican Party

Florida House of Representatives District 51

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Tyler Sirois

Prior offices

Florida House of Representatives District 39

Successor: Doug Bankson

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Compensation

Base salary

$29,697/year

Per diem

$175/day for a maximum of 60 days. Members can also receive per diem outside of the session.

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Florida

Personal

Birthplace

Tampa, Fla.

Profession

Rancher

Contact

Official website

Campaign website

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Josie Tomkow (Republican Party) is a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing District 51. She assumed office on November 8, 2022. Her current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Tomkow (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 51. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Josie Tomkow was born in Tampa, Florida, and lives in Polk City, Florida. Tomkow earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Florida. Her career experience includes working as a cattle rancher. Tomkow is affiliated with the Florida Farm Bureau and Florida Cattlemen’s Association.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Tomkow was assigned to the following committees:

• House Appropriations Committee
• Infrastructure Strategies Committee

2021-2022

Tomkow was assigned to the following committees:

• Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight
• House Appropriations Committee
• Commerce Committee

2019-2020

Tomkow was assigned to the following committees:

• Public Integrity & Elections Committee

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Florida House of Representatives District 51

Incumbent Josie Tomkow defeated Octavio Hernandez in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 51 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josie Tomkow (R)	56.9	51,050
		Octavio Hernandez (D)	43.1	38,683

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 89,733
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Octavio Hernandez advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 51.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Josie Tomkow advanced from the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 51.

Endorsements

Tomkow received the following endorsements.

• Associated Industries of Florida

2022

See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Josie Tomkow won election in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 51.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Horace West (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 51

Incumbent Josie Tomkow defeated Bill Olson in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 51 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josie Tomkow	67.4	13,882
		Bill Olson	32.6	6,713

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,595
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2020

See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Florida House of Representatives District 39

Incumbent Josie Tomkow defeated Chris Cause in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 39 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josie Tomkow (R)	58.8	57,449
		Chris Cause (D)	41.2	40,238

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 97,687
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Chris Cause advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 39.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Parker John Baro (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Josie Tomkow advanced from the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 39.

2018

Regular election

See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Florida House of Representatives District 39

Incumbent Josie Tomkow defeated Ricky Shirah in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 39 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josie Tomkow (R)	58.5	38,877
		Ricky Shirah (D)	41.5	27,558

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 66,435
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 39

Ricky Shirah advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 39 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Ricky Shirah

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 39

Incumbent Josie Tomkow advanced from the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 39 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Josie Tomkow

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Special election

See also: Florida state legislative special elections, 2018

A special election for the position of Florida House of Representatives District 39 was called for May 1, 2018. A special primary election was called for February 20, 2018. The candidate filing deadline was December 28, 2017.

The seat became vacant following Neil Combee's (R) resignation on November 24, 2017. Combee resigned to take a job with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Ricky Shirah ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Josie Tomkow defeated Jennifer Spath in the Republican primary. Tomkow defeated Shirah in the special election.

General election

Special general election for Florida House of Representatives District 39

Josie Tomkow defeated Ricky Shirah in the special general election for Florida House of Representatives District 39 on May 1, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josie Tomkow (R)	59.9	9,895
		Ricky Shirah (D)	40.1	6,628

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,523
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 39

Ricky Shirah advanced from the special Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 39 on February 20, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Ricky Shirah

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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 39

Josie Tomkow defeated Jennifer Spath in the special Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 39 on February 20, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josie Tomkow	63.6	4,316
	Submit photo	Jennifer Spath	36.4	2,472

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 6,788
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Josie Tomkow did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Josie Tomkow did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Josie Tomkow campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Florida House of Representatives District 51	Won general	$124,125	$81,694
2022	Florida House of Representatives District 51	Won general	$218,000	$231,077
2020	Florida House of Representatives District 39	Won general	$158,115	N/A**
2018	Florida House of Representatives District 39	Won general	$101,142	N/A**
Grand total			$601,382	$312,772
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2024

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2023

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2022

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In 2022, the Florida State Legislature was in session from January 11 to March 14. Americans for Prosperity Florida Legislators are scored on their stances on economic issues. Associated Industries of Florida Legislators are scored on their votes on business issues. Florida Chamber of Commerce Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. Progress Florida and Florida Watch Legislators were scored based on their votes on health care, the economy, public schools, affordable housing, clean energy and water, reproductive rights, the freedom to vote and more. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

2021

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In 2021, the Florida State Legislature was in session from March 2 to April 30. Americans for Prosperity Florida Legislators are scored on their stances on economic issues. Associated Industries of Florida Legislators are scored on their votes on business issues. Florida Chamber of Commerce Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. Progress Florida and Florida Watch Legislators were scored based on their votes on health care, the economy, public schools, affordable housing, clean energy and water, reproductive rights, the freedom to vote and more. Sierra Club Florida Chapter Legislators are scored on votes on environmental bills. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2020

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2019

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2018

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Tyler Sirois (R)	Florida House of Representatives District 51 2022-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Florida House of Representatives District 39 2018-2022	Succeeded by Doug Bankson (R)

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Current members of the Florida House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Daniel Perez

Majority Leader:Tyler Sirois

Minority Leader:Fentrice Driskell

Representatives

District 1

Michelle Salzman (R)

District 2

Alex Andrade (R)

District 3

Vacant

District 4

T. Patterson Maney (R)

District 5

Shane Abbott (R)

District 6

Philip Griffitts (R)

District 7

Jason Shoaf (R)

District 8

Gallop Franklin (D)

District 9

Allison Tant (D)

District 10

Chuck Brannan (R)

District 11

Sam Garrison (R)

District 12

Wyman Duggan (R)

District 13

Angela Nixon (D)

District 14

Kimberly Daniels (D)

District 15

Dean Black (R)

District 16

Kiyan Michael (R)

District 17

Jessica Baker (R)

District 18

Kim Kendall (R)

District 19

Sam Greco (R)

District 20

Judson Sapp (R)

District 21

Yvonne Hinson (D)

District 22

Chad Johnson (R)

District 23

J.J. Grow (R)

District 24

Ryan Chamberlin (R)

District 25

Taylor Yarkosky (R)

District 26

Nan Cobb (R)

District 27

Richard Gentry (R)

District 28

Bill Partington (R)

District 29

Webster Barnaby (R)

District 30

Chase Tramont (R)

District 31

Tyler Sirois (R)

District 32

Debbie Mayfield (R)

District 33

Monique Miller (R)

District 34

Robert Brackett (R)

District 35

Erika Booth (R)

District 36

Rachel Plakon (R)

District 37

Susan Plasencia (R)

District 38

David Smith (R)

District 39

Doug Bankson (R)

District 40

LaVon Bracy Davis (D)

District 41

Bruce Antone (D)

District 42

Anna Eskamani (D)

District 43

Johanna López (D)

District 44

Jennifer Harris (D)

District 45

Leonard Spencer (D)

District 46

Jose Alvarez (D)

District 47

Paula Stark (R)

District 48

Jon Albert (R)

District 49

Jennifer Kincart Jonsson (R)

District 50

Jennifer Canady (R)

District 51

Josie Tomkow (R)

District 52

John Temple (R)

District 53

Jeff Holcomb (R)

District 54

Randy Maggard (R)

District 55

Kevin Steele (R)

District 56

Brad Yeager (R)

District 57

Adam Anderson (R)

District 58

Kimberly Berfield (R)

District 59

Berny Jacques (R)

District 60

Lindsay Cross (D)

District 61

Linda Chaney (R)

District 62

Michele Rayner (D)

District 63

Dianne Hart (D)

District 64

Susan Valdes (R)

District 65

Karen Gonzalez Pittman (R)

District 66

Traci Koster (R)

District 67

Fentrice Driskell (D)

District 68

Lawrence McClure (R)

District 69

Danny Alvarez (R)

District 70

Michael Owen (R)

District 71

Will Robinson (R)

District 72

Bill Conerly (R)

District 73

Fiona McFarland (R)

District 74

James Buchanan (R)

District 75

Danny Nix (R)

District 76

Vanessa Oliver (R)

District 77

Tiffany Esposito (R)

District 78

Jenna Persons-Mulicka (R)

District 79

Mike Giallombardo (R)

District 80

Adam Botana (R)

District 81

Yvette Benarroch (R)

District 82

Lauren Melo (R)

District 83

Kaylee Tuck (R)

District 84

Dana Trabulsy (R)

District 85

Toby Overdorf (R)

District 86

John Snyder (R)

District 87

Mike Caruso (R)

District 88

Jervonte Edmonds (D)

District 89

Debra Tendrich (D)

District 90

Joseph Casello (D)

District 91

Peggy Gossett-Seidman (R)

District 92

Kelly Skidmore (D)

District 93

Anne Gerwig (R)

District 94

Meg Weinberger (R)

District 95

Christine Hunschofsky (D)

District 96

Dan Daley (D)

District 97

Lisa Dunkley (D)

District 98

Mitch Rosenwald (D)

District 99

Daryl Campbell (D)

District 100

Chip LaMarca (R)

District 101

Hillary Cassel (R)

District 102

Michael Gottlieb (D)

District 103

Robin Bartleman (D)

District 104

Felicia Simone Robinson (D)

District 105

Marie Woodson (D)

District 106

Fabián Basabe (R)

District 107

Wallace Aristide (D)

District 108

Dotie Joseph (D)

District 109

Ashley Gantt (D)

District 110

Tom Fabricio (R)

District 111

David Borrero (R)

District 112

Alex Rizo (R)

District 113

Vicki Lopez (R)

District 114

Demi Busatta Cabrera (R)

District 115

Omar Blanco (R)

District 116

Daniel Perez (R)

District 117

Kevin Chambliss (D)

District 118

Mike Redondo (R)

District 119

Juan Carlos Porras (R)

District 120

Jim Mooney (R)

Republican Party (86)

Democratic Party (33)

Vacancies (1)