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PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — State Sen. Don Gaetz wants to be the next president of the University of West Florida.
Media outlets in the Florida Panhandle report that the Niceville Republican is among more than 70 applicants for the job.
Gaetz is serving his second term in the Florida Senate and faces term limits in November. He served as Senate president from 2013-2014. He currently chairs the Senate's budget subcommittee on education, which includes funding for universities, state colleges and public schools.
A presidential search committee will interview candidates over the next month, and the school's Board Of Trustees will meet with three finalists Sept. 15. UWF Provost and Executive Vice President Martha Saunders has also applied.
The Pensacola university's current president, Judy Bense, is retiring at the end of the year.
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