Deltona's Zenaida Denizac seeks statehouse seat being vacated by David Santiago at year's end due to term limits

By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

DELTONA, Fla -- Republican stalwart Zenaida Denizac has pre-qualified to run for a seat in the Florida Statehouse in 2020.

The District 27 seat is currently held by fellow Deltonan and Republivan David Santiago who must vacate thge seat as year's end due to term limits. 

"I have the knowledge and the work ethic to get things done," Denizac told Headline Surfer after she filed her prequalifying paperwork on Monday with the Florida Division of Elections. "My family has a long history at and a lot at stake in this community."

"I have the knowledge and the work ethic to get things done," Denizac told Headline Surfer after she filed her prequalifying paperwork on Monday with the Florida Division of Elections. "My family has a long history at and a lot at stake in this community."

Denizac is the second candidate to announce a run for the seat. Last month, fellow Republican Webster Barnaby, also of Deltona, announced his intention to run for the seat that carries a two-year term. 

A longtime Spanish teacher at Pine Ridge High School in Deltona, Denizac, 58, is a former Deltona city commisionner who voted against tax increases and water and sewer rate increases, After eight years on the commission, Denizac ran for mayor in 2014, but came up short. She was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Florida in 1986, with her husband, Jose, a cabinet maker by trade and an Army veteran. They have three children.

Barnaby, also a former Deltona City commissioner, ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Volusia County Council and last year sought a seat on the West Volusia Hospital Authority, but came up short.

Santiago was first elected to the Statehouse in 2012 and re-elected twice more. 

Denizac pledged in her platform for elected office Tallahassee to work hard for job creation, strenghtening public education and ensuring infrastructure upgrades for better mobility and future job growth. 

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Post Date: Feb. 21, 2019