Senator Francis E. Flotron, Jr.
Minority Floor Leader
District 7

Past Leadership Positions

• Re-elected in 1992 with more than 61 percent of the vote
• Missouri Minority Floor Leader, 1992 (youngest in state history)
• First elected to the Missouri Senate in 1988 to replace retiring Senator A. Clifford Jones
• Missouri House Assistant Minority Leader 1986 - 1988
• Missouri State Representative 1982 - 1988

Awards

• Chosen Missouri's "Most Outstanding Senator" in 1993 by the Missouri Police Chiefs' Association for effective improvement in state law enforcement
• Received the top legislative business award from the Missouri State Chamber of Commerce in 1992
• Consistently earned on the the highest ratings against taxation by the Missouri Taxpayers Watchdog Association
• First Missouri legislator to receive the National Federation of Independent Business "Small Business Guardian" Award
• Recipient of the 1994 "Public Awareness Award" by the St. Louis Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association for leadership in legislation to assist Alzheimer's victims and their families

Legislative Achievements

• Reformed Missouri's election law to make it illegal for politicians to keep campaign contributions for personal gain
• Closed tax loophole that had cost Missouri $160 million
• Responsible for the first $16 million in the state's emergency "Rainy Day" Fund which prevented a state tax increase during the Great Flood of '93
• Responsible for legislation that provides long-term health care coverage availability

Personal

• Date of birth - 12/23/54
• Married to D. Anne Lewis in 1984. Ms. Lewis is a landscape architect and operates her own land planning firm, LewiSites. She also is a hazard mitigation specialist for the Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Senator Flotron's mother is the former Sylvia Schulz of Perry County, Missouri