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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | J.R. Gaillot |
| Address | 747 SW 2nd Ave
Gainesville, Florida , United States |
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| Info | Jacques Rene "J.R." Gaillot, Jr.
Known to his family as “Rene” or “Ti Rene” (Little Rene), Jacques Rene Gaillot Jr, was born in New York City and is fluent in English, French, Haitian Creole and conversational Spanish. When his parents separated, his mother stayed in New York, and J.R. began his world travels with his father. His father, a Haitian Diplomat, worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His career led to promotions as Consul General in Hamburg, Germany, as well as Tokyo, Japan. Eventually, J.R. moved to Haiti to live with his grandmother Therese. After two years away from JR, his father resigned and returned to Haiti to spend more time with his son.
As a child, J.R. was greatly influenced by his grandmother’s and father’s beliefs and actions. Once when traveling with his dad to St. Marc, they stopped to check on a piece of land owned by a family friend. The property manager lived on the land in a 400 square foot hut with his wife and 3 children. He barely had enough food to feed his family, but offered to share their meal. His father respected the goodwill and gesture offered by the stranger by sharing the meal with them and explained to J.R. the importance of this act.
J.R. graduated from Quisqueya Christian School (QCS) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and attended the University of Hartford in West Hartford, CT, earning a degree in Politics and Government. “QCS gave me the best foundation to prepare me for college and life back home in the United States.”
The political bug started when he interned for Senator Lowell P. Weicker Jr, during his gubernatorial run. Amid driving duties for the Senator’s wife Claudia, he soon became the only intern attending major fundraisers, where he eventually met Ivan Lendl. His varied experience includes working in Criminal Justice as a Counselor setting up halfway houses, working for ATT Broadband, Verizon Wireless and Citigroup, as well as self-employment. J.R knows first-hand the struggles of operating his own small business. He has also volunteered on numerous political campaigns throughout the United States.
“Business owners are an integral part of our economic stability. Access to Credit and Capital is a major issue for small business owners, we need to cut the massive amount of red tape that is involved in order to help small business owners expand and hire.”
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