Former FL Senator Coral Springs Mayor Skip Campbell Passes Away Overnight

CORAL SPRINGS, FL. – Skip Campbell, the current Coral Springs Mayor for former Florida Senator, has died at the age of 69.

Campbell became mayor of Coral Springs in 2014 and resided in Coral Springs for over 30 years, according to local reports.

Campbell also ran as the Democratic nominee for Florida attorney general in 2006 but was defeated by former U.S. Rep. Bill McCollum.

“We are deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our mayor, Walter ‘Skip’ Campbell,” City Manager Michael Goodrum said in a statement Wednesday morning. “Skip was truly a dedicated public servant, a man of the people. A pillar of the Coral Springs community, Skip was a champion of quality education and the safety of our children. In the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, he supported and mourned alongside grieving families and demanded action from his former colleagues in the Florida Senate to prevent such tragedy in the future.” source

Born in New York, Campbell graduated from the University of Florida’s law school in 1973 and co-founded a law firm.

In 1996, Campbell ran for the Florida Senate and won. He spent 10 years representing the 32nd District, which covers Coral Springs, Davie and Weston, in Tallahassee. He won the seat again in 2000.

Coral Springs, officially the City of Coral Springs, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, approximately 20 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 121,096, according to Wikipedia.