FLORIDA: Officially Florida 160 lawmakers elected to the state Legislature, 114 have increased their own personal wealth while in office, a Herald Times analysis of officials’ financial statements found.
In the wake of the Great Recession, which left the average Florida family struggling to make ends meet, at least one group of people continues to get richer .It pays to be elected to the state House or Senate.On average, lawmakers’ net worth has more than doubled from the year of their first campaign through 2014.
Their incomes have generally risen, too, by 63 percent on average. For some legislators, years spent in elected office have accompanied multimillion dollar increases to their net worth.
