Gallop Franklin | |
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| Member of the FloridaHouseofRepresentatives from the 8th district | |
| Assumed office November 8, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ramon Alexander |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tallahassee,Florida,U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Florida A&M University (PharmD) |
Gallop P. Franklin II is a pharmacist and American politician who represents District 8 in the Florida House of Representatives covering part of the Big Bend area of the Florida panhandle.
Franklin was born and raised in Tallahassee,Florida. He is the son of Margaret Franklin and Gallop Franklin,Sr.
When he was a child,before attending and graduating from Leon High School in Tallahassee,Franklin was home schooled by his mother,a professional educator.
Franklin earned an undergraduate degree and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Florida A&M University. [1] In 2024,Franklin earned a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
As an undergraduate at Florida A&M University,with a focus on helping low-income FAMU students struggling with skyrocketing college costs,the school's student body elected Franklin to serve two consecutive terms [2] as the president of the university's Student Government Association. Franklin also served on the Florida A&M University Board of Trustees and as president of the Florida Student Association,where he sat as a member of the Florida Board of Governors,the group responsible for overseeing the Florida State University System. Franklin was the first Florida A&M University student to serve on the Florida Board of Governors and the third to serve as Florida Student Association president.
In 2010,during Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's term,Franklin was selected to serve as a member of the sixth class of the Gubernatorial Fellowship Program [3] . During his service as a Gubernatorial Fellow,U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) nominated Franklin to join the Open World Leadership Program,where he was a member of a delegation that represented American public and private universities on an exchange mission to Russia to promote U.S.-Eurasian understanding and partnerships [4] .
As a Member of the Florida House of Representatives (2022 - Current)
Franklin was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in November 2022. [5] [6] As a member of the Florida House of Representatives,Franklin has played a key role in championing legislation related to improving health care for Floridians as well as winning state funding for critical community-based education,health security,and public safety initiatives and infrastructure in Florida's Gadsden and Leon counties.
In the 2022-2024 Florida Legislature,Franklin was the prime sponsor in the Florida House of legislation signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis including:
In 2024,Franklin also sponsored legislation to ensure Floridians have the right to access contraception.
Franklin is a Clinical Pharmacist with multifaceted work experiences that span across clinical pharmacy services within the therapeutic areas of Oncology,Labor &Delivery,Pediatrics/Neonatal,Orthopedics,Emergency Medicine,Nutrition Support,Sterile and Non-Sterile Compounding. Franklin has worked as a pharmacist at Publix Supermarkets and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. He also has served as a visiting professor of pharmacy at Florida A&M University.
Franklin is married to Chelsea Matthews.
Earning 71% of the vote,Franklin won election to the Florida House of Representatives on November 8,2022. In the November 5,2024 election,Franklin won reelection to the Florida House with 72.2% of the vote. [7]
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