Christine Hunschofsky
Christine Hunschofsky is an American politician from the state of Florida. A Democrat, she has been a member of the Florida House of Representatives since 2020, after serving as the mayor of Parkland from 2016 to 2020.
Early life
Hunschofsky grew up in Boston, and attended Boston Latin School. She graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science in business administration and a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy. She also graduated from Babson College in 1996 with her MBA.Political career
Mayor of Parkland
After moving to Parkland, Hunschofsky became involved with the community. She was a member of the Parkland Education Advisory Board for 7 years, wrote for Parkland Life Magazine, and was involved with the Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church. She was elected City Commissioner in March 2013 with 84 percent of the vote, and in 2016 ran for Mayor of Parkland and won with 76 percent of the vote.Hunschofsky was mayor on February 14, 2018, when 17 were killed and another 17 were wounded in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Afterward, she and other mayors went to Washington, D.C. to lobby the federal government for stricter background checks for those purchasing guns, and other gun control measures. Their efforts were not successful, and no bill was passed at the time.
Hunschofsky spoke at a community event on the anniversary of the shooting, saying "While we are still healing, while a lot of this is still raw, to see the human spirit that we have here in Parkland, I think that's the message. We might have been shaken but we refuse to be down for the count."