Faye B. Culp is a retired educator and Republican politician who served as the District 57 Representative in the

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. She was the first female Republican to serve as Majority Whip in the Florida House. Representative Culp was born in

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on December 6, 1939. She graduated from the

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in 1961 with a

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degree in education. She taught school from 1961 to 1966 in Georgia. She worked for

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from 1966 to 1968, and moved to Florida in 1968. She sold real estate from 1974 to 1976. From 1988 to 1992, she served as a Hillsborough County School Board member. In 1993, she received a

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degree from the

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. She was first elected to the Florida House in 1994 and served a second term. She bid unsuccessfully for the

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in 2000. She was again elected to the House in 2002 and to three successive terms in the

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area. In 2008, she received a

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from

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. Rep. Culp was term-limited out of office at the end of her fourth term and endorsed Dana Young in the Republican Primary. Ms. Young won the District 57 seat in the general election. Culp is one of the founders of

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References

Sources

Day, Sherri. "State House 57." ''St. Petersburg Times.'' October 26, 2004. Online. January 15, 2009. Florida House of Representatives ProfileProject Vote Smart profile

Election Results, TBO.com November 2, 2010

External links

Campaign web page
Women state legislators in Florida Republican Party members of the Florida House of Representatives 1939 births Living people People from Kilmichael, Mississippi Mississippi University for Women alumni University of South Florida alumni Businesspeople from Florida 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century members of the Florida Legislature {{Florida-FLRepresentative-Republican-stub