Across the country, pharmacists and pharmacy champions had a good showing during the midterm elections. NCPA is proud to support our fellow pharmacists and pharmacy champions and are excited to increase the number of legislators who understand our issues. In Alabama, Senators Billy Beasley (D-28) and Tom Butler (R-2), both pharmacists, won re-election and pharmacist Phillip Rigsby (R-25) won election to the state House.
Across the country, pharmacists and pharmacy champions had a good showing during the midterm elections. NCPA is proud to support our fellow pharmacists and pharmacy champions and are excited to increase the number of legislators who understand our issues. In Florida, Shane Abbott (R) won his state House District 5 race and Gallop Franklin (D) won his State House District 8 race. In Arkansas, Leslie Rutledge (R) won the race for lieutenant governor, Justin Boyd (R) won the State Senate District 27 race, and Brandon Achor (R) won the House District 71 race.
Two pharmacists who are candidates for the Florida House of Representatives will advance to the November election after winning their primaries last week. Shane Abbott of DeFuniak Springs, a pharmacist and owner of The Prescription Place, is running for the House District 5 seat. Gallop Franklin of Tallahassee, a pharmacist and professor at Florida A&M University's College of Pharmacy, is running for the House District 8 seat.