Elizabeth W. Porter

Porter has been outspoken against gun control laws and as of October, 2017, had a 100% rating from the NRA During 2018 Legislative Session while debating an amendment to HB 7026, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Student Protection bill, Porter argued against the amendment, that included banning certain weapons, "We've been told we need to listen to the children and do what the children ask. Are there any children on this floor? Are there any children making laws? Do we allow the children to tell us that we should pass a law that says, 'No homework'? Or 'You finish high school at the age of 12' just because they want it so? No. The adults make the laws because we have the age. We has the wisdom. And we have the experience." This was seen by some as demeaning and belittling the experience of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas H.S. students who had survived the shooting at their school.

In 2016, Porter faced democrat Jerry Lawrence Bullard in the general election garnering 64.3% of the vote to Bullard's 35.7%.

Porter served as the House Higher Education Subcommittee Chair from 2014-16 appointed by Speaker Crisafulli. After the 2016 election cycle, Speaker Richard Corcoran appointed Porter to chair the House Post-Secondary Subcommittee

In 2012, when the Florida House of Representatives districts were reconfigured, Porter was drawn into the 10th District, which included most of her former territory from the 11th District, as well as her home in Columbia County. She was unopposed in both the primary and general elections and won re-election.

In 2008, Porter ran for the Florida House of Representatives as a Republican in the 11th District, which included Alachua, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, and Suwannee Counties, against incumbent Democratic State Representative Debbie Boyd. Porter narrowly lost to Boyd by 179 votes, prompting an automatic recount, which upheld Boyd's victory. In 2010, Porter ran against Boyd again, winning the Republican nomination against Paul Watson, Terry Rauch, and Charles E. Underhill. She faced Boyd and Tea Party candidate John Ferentinos in the general election, and campaigned on her opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and her support for a Florida version of Arizona SB 1070. Porter ended up winning the election, receiving 54% of the vote to Boyd's 40% and Ferentinos's 6%.

Elizabeth Whiddon Porter (born November 18, 1964) is a Republican politician and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives. Porter represented the 10th District, which includes Alachua, Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, and Suwannee Counties, from 2012 to 2018, previously representing the 11th District from 2010 to 2012.