- December 19, 2025
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Sen. Mike Bennett is hardscrabble all the way. From his days as a wild youth to his time in the Florida Senate, the rough edges just never rubbed off -- at least the surface ones.
The 68-year-old Bradenton Republican remains who he has always been: A rough-and-tough, walking, talking dichotomy.
Bennett graduated 251st out of 252 at Sarasota High School in 1962. “I was a real hell-raiser,” he says, with so small sense of satisfaction.
