Florida House of Representatives
In 2000,incumbent Republican State Representative Charlie Sembler was term-limited and could not seek re-election. Poppell ran to succeed him in the 80th District,which included parts of Indian River and St. Lucie counties. [3] He narrowly lost the primary,receiving 24 percent of the vote to Carole Jordan's 27 percent and Stan Mayfield's 26 percent, [4] who both proceeded to a runoff election.
Poppell ran for the State House again in 2002, [5] when State Representative Randy Ball,a Republican,was term-limited in District 29,which included parts of southern Brevard County and northern Indian River County. [6] Poppell ran to succeed him in the 29th District. He won the Republican primary over retired teacher Pat Harrison and real estate agent Billy Nelson, [7] receiving 45 percent of the vote to Harrison's 32 percent and Nelson's 22 percent. [8] In the general election,he faced nonprofit executive Chris Stagman,the Democratic nominee,and contractor Craig Chamberlin,the Libertarian nominee. [9] Poppell won by a wide margin,receiving 54 percent of the vote to Stagman's 42 percent and Chamberlin's 3 percent. [10]
Poppell was re-elected unopposed in 2004 [11] and 2006. [12]
In 2008,Poppell was challenged by Democrat Wes McCarville,a United States Army veteran and University of Central Florida student who served as Vice Chair of the Brevard County Democratic Executive Committee. [13] Poppell defeated McCarville in a landslide,receiving 59 percent of the vote. [14]
Poppell was term-limited in 2010 and was succeeded by Republican Tom Goodson in the State House. [15]
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