Florida House District 43

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Retired federal official (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) and retired U.S. Navy Supply Corps officer

Jorge Malavet served 20 years in the U.S. Navy, enlisting and later retiring as a Supply Corps officer. In federal civilian service he worked for the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, as an executive officer with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, and at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as an immigration officer, chief of staff and regional budget and financial management branch chief for the Southeast region.

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Nonprofit leader and immigrant-rights advocate; chair, Orange County Democratic Party

Samuel Vilchez Santiago came to Orlando as a child asylee from Venezuela, graduated as valedictorian of Colonial High School, and earned degrees from Princeton University and a Master in Public Policy from the University of Oxford. He works as a nonprofit leader and chairs the Orange County Democratic Party.