Angela Corey | |
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| State Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida | |
| In office 2009–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Harry Shorstein |
| Succeeded by | Melissa Nelson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 31, 1954 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence(s) | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Florida State University University of Florida |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Angela Corey (born October 31, 1954) is a former Florida State's Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court, which includes Duval, Nassau and Clay counties—including Jacksonville and the core of its metropolitan area. She was elected in 2008 as the first woman to hold the position, and was defeated on August 30, 2016, by Melissa Nelson, the second woman to hold the position.[1][2] Corey was catapulted into the national spotlight on March 22, 2012, when Florida Governor Rick Scott announced that she would be the newly assigned State Attorney investigating the shooting death of Trayvon Martin (replacing State Attorney Norm Wolfinger).[3]
On August 30, 2016, Corey lost her re-election primary to Republican challenger and former Nassau County prosecutor Melissa Nelson[4] by nearly 50,000 votes, a margin of 38 percentage points.[5]
- ^ Angela Corey First Woman in Local State Attorney's Seat[permanent dead link] First Coast News WTLV, August 27, 2008
- ^ Tuttle, Ian (2013-07-17) Angela Corey's Checkered Past, National Review
- ^ "Governor Rick Scott Announces New State Attorney and Task Force in Response to Trayvon Martin Incident". Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
- ^ TEGNA. "Incumbents fall in historic primary night". Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Florida Election Watch - State Attorney". enight.elections.myflorida.com. Retrieved August 31, 2016.