State Representative Ron Saunders

Saunders, 56, is an attorney and fifth-generation Key Wester who was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1986 and served through 1994. He was again elected to the House in 2006 and was reelected in 2008 and 2010.

During his 12 years of service in the House, Leader Saunders has been a member of both the majority party caucus and the minority party caucus. He served as the Appropriations Committee Chair in the 1990-1992 term. His father, Jack A. Saunders, served as a member of the House of Representatives from Monroe County in the early 1960s.