ABOUT DAISY MORALES

A PUBLIC SERVANT FOR OVER 30 YEARS WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE

Elected State Representative
Florida House of Representatives
Florida State Government

Daisy Morales is a trusted public servant who was elected by Orange County voters in 2020 as Florida State Representative. She has resided in Orange County for over 30 years and is mother to a military veteran who served our country with honor.

Representative Morales understand government, the process of passing laws and securing tax dollars. She sponsored and cosponsored over 100 bipartisan bills that became state law. She cut taxes on Florida families, while balancing historic state budgets and maintaining record reserves during the 2021 and 2022 Legislative Sessions.

Daisy served as a member on the following House Committees:

  • Education & Employment Committee
  • Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee
  • Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
  • Congressional Redistricting Subcommittee
  • Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
  • Select Subcommittee on the Seminole Gaming Compact

Appointed, Reappointed Member and Vice Chair
Orange County Disability Advisory Board

Orange County Government

From 2016-2022, she’s been appointed by Republican Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, Democratic Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, and the Orange County Board of County Commissioners to serve on the Disability Advisory Board. She also served as the Board’s Vice Chair.


Elected, Reelected Supervisor
Orange County Soil & Water Conservation District
Board of Supervisors

As a first-time candidate for public office, Daisy won countywide election in 2014 by defeating three opponents with over 83,000 votes or 39% of the total votes to win a seat on the Orange County Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors.

Supervisor Morales won re-election in 2018 by defeating one opponent with over 256,000 votes or 64% of the total votes to serve the amazing citizens of Orange County.

  • She served as interim chair, vice chair and public relations representative during her six years on the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors.

  • She got her constituents federal funding from the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) for conservation projects

  • She partnered with two Orange County Commissioners to erect four Soil and Water Conservation District signs at Orange-Seminole (District 5) and Orange-Osceola County lines (District 4) to inform motorists they are entering a conservation district.  


Federal Employee
United States Government

Daisy retired from the United State Government after working 24 years for the US Department of Homeland Security and US Department of State.

PUBLIC & PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS

  • National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators, Member
  • Association of Florida Conservation Districts, Member
  • Florida Urban Forestry Council, Member 
  • Orange County Commission on Aging, Elder Ambassador
  • Orange County 4-H Youth Programs, Advisor
  • Orange Technical College’s School Advisory Council
  • Orange County Public Schools Farmworker Jobs & Education Program, Member
  • Christian Star – (Estrella Cristiana) Chaplain Ministries, Ordained Chaplain
  • Hispanic Health Initiative, Peer Educator

 

COMMUNITY ADVOCATE

Daisy has a proven track record for being a passionate and trusted community advocate, ready to fight for civil rights and affordable healthcare for seniors, people with disabilities and communities of color.

She also advocated and was the sole guardian for her younger sister Diana, who had Down Syndrome and Autism, until she passed away at 53.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE

2020 The Honorable Daisy Morales, Florida State Representative was  sworn in by a Florida Supreme Court Justice

Daisy House Swear-In (3)

Daisy Morales was sworn in (State Representative) at the Florida State Capitol as a new member of the 90th session of the Florida House of Representatives by Florida Supreme Court Justice Ricky Polston. Read more from Florida National News’s article.

2018 The Honorable Daisy Morales, Supervisor was sworn in by Orange County Mayor

Daisy Morales was the first elected official to be sworn in by Orange County’s first African American Mayor, Jerry Demings. Mayor Demings administered her re-election swear-in ceremony in 2018 as District 2 Supervisor, Orange County Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors at the Orange County Board of County Commission Chambers.

2014 The Honorable Daisy Morales, Supervisor  sworn in by a US Congressman 

Daisy Morales was the first-ever Orange County Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor to be sworn in to office by a member of Congress in 2014 to administer the oath of office.