Elaine Gordon

State Representative Elaine Gordon has served in the Florida legislature since 1972. She is chair of the Health Care and Strategic Budget Planning committees, and the Science, Industry & Technology Public Utilities subcommittee. She was ranked among the top ten House and Senate members "for effectiveness in passing and supporting legislaton beneficial to the entire state and her district" by a panel of ten lobbyists and journalists for the past three consecutive years. She is a charter member of the Dade County Commission on the Status of Women. Her many awards include the Leonard L. Abess Humanitarian Award by the Anti-Defamation League, the Dade County League of Cities Good Government Award, and the Miami Ballet Society Outstanding Woman of Our Community award.