district residence state_senate succeeded religion birth_place imagesize party birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end occupation
40th hialeah , florida florida rené garcía roman catholic miami , florida 150px republican 15 april 1963 2001 zuly garcía rudy garcía -lrb- florida politician -rrb-
 2010 businessman
rudy garcía -lrb- florida politician -rrb-

rodolfo `` rudy '' garcía -lrb- born april 15 , 1963 -rrb- was a republican member of the florida senate , representing the 40th district since 2001 .
previously he was a member of the florida house of representatives from 1985 through 2000 .
