Flags ordered at half-staff for Don Hahnfeldt

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Flags will be flown at half-staff next Tuesday to honor the late state Rep. Don Hahnfeldt, Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday.

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Hahnfeldt, first elected last year to represent House District 33, died on Christmas Eve. The district includes Sumter County and parts of Lake and Marion counties.

Scott ordered the U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff at the Sumter County Administrative Building in Wildwood, the Sumter County Courthouse in Bushnell, and at the Capitol in Tallahassee, from sunrise to sunset on Jan. 2.

Hahnfeldt, of The Villages, “distinguished himself during his 32-year career in the U.S. Navy, commanding two nuclear submarines and serving as Commander of the Pacific Fleet’s Strategic Submarine Squadron,” according to Scott’s statement.

“After retiring from the U.S. Navy, he continued to serve in leadership positions in numerous boards and committees, and was elected to the Sumter County Commission in 2012.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with his entire family during this difficult time,” the governor added. “We will always remember Rep. Hahnfeldt’s commitment to The Villages and our nation.”

Jim Rosica

Jim Rosica is the Tallahassee-based Senior Editor for Florida Politics. He previously was the Tampa Tribune’s statehouse reporter. Before that, he covered three legislative sessions in Florida for The Associated Press. Jim graduated from law school in 2009 after spending nearly a decade covering courts for the Tallahassee Democrat, including reporting on the 2000 presidential recount. He can be reached at [email protected].


One comment

  • ed brubaker

    December 31, 2017 at 9:54 am

    eddie: shattering news..tough to handle. i never met don but i did have a nice talk with him on the phone years ago when i was tring to find you. no words can handle this. hang tough, buddy. ed

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