2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Florida House District 72

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Candidates

William Bill Conerly

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now
State Representative, District 72
Work
State representative (since 2024); U.S. Navy veteran; engineer by training (University of Florida)

William Bill Conerly is the sitting State Representative for District 72 in the Florida Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Manatee County.

William Bill Conerly served in the U.S. Navy from 1984 to 1989 and later in the Navy Reserve, and earned a degree in agricultural and biological engineering from the University of Florida in 1997. He has represented House District 72 since 2024.

Conerly's committees

  • Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
  • Select Committee on Property Taxes
  • Ways & Means Committee
  • Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
  • Government Operations Subcommittee
  • Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
  • Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee

Sources for Conerly

Harvey Shifrin

Democratic

Work
Attorney and certified public accountant by training; youth creative problem-solving coach (Manatee County)

Harvey Shifrin is trained as both an attorney and a CPA. He has spent 27 years coaching elementary and middle school students in the Odyssey of the Mind and Destination Imagination problem-solving competitions.

Sources for Shifrin

  • About Me (Harvey Shifrin campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

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