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Ashley Gantt
American politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ashley Viola Gantt (born c. 1984)[2] is an American lawyer, politician, and former schoolteacher. She is the District 109 Representative in the Florida House of Representatives.
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Early life and education
Gantt earned a B.A. in English from the University of Florida in 2007.[3] She joined the Teach For America Mississippi Delta Corps for two years.[3] She taught as a middle school and high school teacher for six years at Miami-Dade County Public Schools before beginning law school.[3] Gantt completed a J.D. at the Shepard Broad College of Law in 2016.[4]
In the 2022 Florida House of Representatives election, she criticized incumbent representative James Bush for voting with Republicans on the recent abortion ban legislation and the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act.[2] On August 23, 2022, she won the Democratic primary for District 109.[5] She was backed by Service Employees International Union and Ruth’s List Florida.[6] Gantt had no opponents in the general election.[6]
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Family
In 2025, her aunt Janette Gantt Palmer could not renew her driver’s license due to ID laws.[7] Gantt helped her apply for a birth certificate through the South Carolina Department of Public Health.[8]
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