Staff Reports
Former Florida House member Doug Holder fell short in a Senate bid this year, but his consolation prize is a seat on the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority’s board.
Gov. Rick Scott announced the appointment to a vacant position Thursday.
Holder served in the state House between 2006 and 2014, but finished second in a crowded race for the GOP nomination in Senate District 23.
He also serves on the board of directors of The Florida Center for Early Childhood and the Historic Spanish Point, a museum in Osprey.
The Middle Tennessee State University graduate will serve through Nov. 17, 2018.
