September 19, 2025
Bushnell’s Samantha Scott Announces Candidacy for Florida House District 52
By Kyle Coppola
Bushnell’s Samantha Scott Announces Candidacy for Florida House District 52
Samantha Scott, a third-generation Sumter County resident and community leader, has announced her candidacy for Florida House District 52.
“My roots and love for this community run deep,” Samantha says. “As a third-generation resident, community servant, and business leader, I understand the unique needs of our rural and growing communities. I look forward to representing our community in Tallahassee.”
(Samantha Scott announced she is running for Florida House District 52.)
Samantha is a Realtor with Connie Mahan Real Estate and serves as Director of Marketing for Mike Scott Plumbing. She previously held the role of Executive Director of the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, where she worked to strengthen ties between local businesses and the community.
Active in civic life, Samantha has served as Secretary of the Sumter County Youth Center Board of Directors and on the Leesburg High School Construction Academy Advisory Board. She is a member of the Realtors Association of Lake and Sumter Counties, the Sumter County Farm Bureau, and the Sumter County Fair Association.
(Samantha Scott has been heavily involved with community events and is also on the Lake-Sumter State College District Board of Trustees.)
In 2023, she was appointed to the Make America Florida Committee by then-Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler. She also serves as Chair of the Republican Party of Sumter County and Vice President of the Sumter County Republican Club.
Samantha was appointed to the Lake-Sumter State College District Board of Trustees, a role she calls a privilege.
“It’s an incredible honor to be appointed to the Lake Sumter State College District Board of Trustees,” she says. “LSSC plays such an important role in opening doors, creating opportunities, and strengthening our community.”
Samantha was also previously recognized as one of Lake & Sumter Style Magazine’s “Top 40 Under 40.”
She will be attempting to unseat incumbent John Temple from Wildwood, who has held the position having been elected in November of 2022.
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
