Facts: - successor: incumbent - party: republican party - spouse: michelle y. ertel - predecessor: dennis joyner - office: seminole county , florida supervisor of elections - children: zane beard , gillian ertel - term start: 2005 - birth date: 29 november 1969 - name: michael '' mike '' ertel - birth place: jacksonville , florida - alma mater: university of maryland university college Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mike ertel .
michael '' mike '' ertel -lrb- born november 29 , 1969 -rrb- is the republican supervisor of elections of seminole county , florida , serving since he was appointed by governor jeb bush in 2005 .ertel was born in jacksonville , and grew up in seminole county , attending lake howell high school and then later attending the university of maryland university college .after high school , he joined the united states army , where he served first in the infantry and then as a public affairs representative , and took place in army operations during the 1992 los angeles riots ; during '' operation able sentry '' , in which the united states established a base in macedonia to monitor sanctions against serbia ; and in bosnia during the bosnian war .after completing his term in the army , ertel returned to seminole county , where he continued his work in public affairs .in 1999 , following a vacancy on the oviedo city council , ertel applied for an appointment , but was ultimately not selected , in part due to concerns about a county employee being a city council member .afterwards , he was contracted by visit florida , which was closely affiliated with the florida commission on tourism , to work as their post-disaster public relations director .when seminole county supervisor of elections sandy goard resigned from her office in january 2004 , dennis joyner was appointed as her replacement .ertel , along with fellow veteran charles gambaro , jr. , challenged joyner in the republican primary later that year .he criticized the incumbent for increased office spending , noting , '' when you spend beyond your means , then ask the county for more money , that tells me that the current administrator does n't know how to budget , '' and declared that he would '' hold the line on the budget in his first year in office and then cut the budget in each of the succeeding three years . ''ultimately , however , ertel lost to joyner in the primary .however , in 2005 , following his election to the post , joyner announced his...