5 Florida Brokers Aim for Legislature

The Florida State Legislature has no mortgage brokers as members, but five members of the Florida Association of Mortgage Brokers hope to change that with their candidacies. Four of the five candidates spoke at the group's annual convention in Kissimmee, Fla. Nancy Detert, who had been term-limited out of the state House of Representatives and ran second in a Republican primary for an open seat in Congress, is seeking election to the state Senate. She proposed using state affordable housing trust fund money as a soft second mortgage to help "work force people" qualify for a mortgage. The other four broker candidates are seeking seats in the state House, including D. Ritch Workman, the current FAMB president. Mr. Workman said he is running as a small businessman who is fed up with intrusions into business by federal and state legislators and regulators. The other candidates are Debbie Mayfield, Rafael Perez, and Terry Lynn Sanchez.