Debra Tendrich first to qualify for HD 89 race, vows to ‘serve all Floridians’ if elected
Debra Tendrich, a Lake Worth nonprofit executive, just became the first person to qualify in the race for House District 89 this year.
She beat fellow Democrat Destinie Baker Sutton, a former prosecutor, and Republican private school administrator Daniel Zapata by paying a qualifying fee.
Candidates for state office have until noon Friday to qualify by petition signature or payment. But Tendrich said doing so early — on the first day of the week-long qualifying period — evinces her readiness to bring effective leadership to the House.
“Serving our community is my top priority, and being the first to qualify shows how serious I am about this mission,” she said in a statement.
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