In August, two pharmacists who are candidates for the Florida House of Representatives won their respective primaries. Shane Abbott (DeFuniak Springs) is a pharmacist and owner of The Prescription Place who is running for Florida’s House District 5 seat. Dr. Gallop Franklin II (Tallahassee) is a pharmacist and professor at Florida A&M University's College of Pharmacy who is running for Florida’s House District 8 seat.
The House seat became vacant when the incumbent s career was derailed by a sex scandal. The four Democrats agree fighting poverty is their top priority