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Lisa Carlton
Lisa Carlton
Member of the Florida Senate
	In office; November 3, 1998 – November 4, 2008
Preceded by	Katherine Harris
Succeeded by	Nancy Detert
Constituency	24th district (1998–2002); 23rd district (2002–2008)
Member of the Florida House of Representatives; from the 70th district
	In office; November 8, 1994 – November 3, 1998
Preceded by	David Thomas
Succeeded by	Nancy Detert
Personal details
Born	May 7, 1964 (age 62); Sarasota County, Florida, U.S.
Party	Republican
Spouse	Robert Robinson
Education	Stetson University (BA); Mercer University (JD)
Profession	Attorney, cattle and citrus business

Lisa Carlton is a Republican politician from Florida who served in the Florida Senate from 1998 to 2008 representing parts of Southwest Florida around Sarasota. She served as the President Pro Tempore of the Florida Senate from 2006 to 2008. Carlton served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing parts of Sarasota County from 1994 to 1998. Carlton currently serves as a guest lecturer at the Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida.

She was appointed by Governor Rick Scott to serve on the 2017-2018 Florida Constitution Revision Commission. Her great uncle is Doyle E. Carlton who served as Governor of Florida from 1929 to 1933.^[1]