Christian Ziegler

In February 2023, Ziegler was elected as the Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida. Former Vice Chairman of the Sarasota County Commission. Elected in 2018. Husband to Bridget Ziegler, Sarasota County Schools board member. Ziegler is a life-long Republican and tireless advocate for conservative principles at the local, state and federal levels. After graduating Florida State University with degrees in Criminology and Political Science, Ziegler worked for the Florida House of Representatives and then in Congress as a legislative assistant, digital director, and constituent services representative for U.S. Congressman Vern Buchanan, both in Washington D.C. and his local district office in Sarasota. While working on Capitol Hill, Ziegler provided policy oversight over all federal legislation impacting the nation’s veterans by serving as the lead staffer overseeing Buchanan’s assignment on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, in addition to issues such as immigration, foreign affairs, judiciary, second amendment, housing, social issues, election law and other policy areas. In addition to his public policy and private-sector experience, Ziegler has been very active within the Republican Party. He was elected to serve as Sarasota County’s Republican State Committeeman in 2012 and 2016, and assisted various campaigns such as Buchanan’s Congressional campaigns (2008, 2010, 2012) and Donald Trump’s successful 2016 Presidential campaign, for which he served as a media surrogate, delegate to the 2016 Republican Convention, and was one of just 304 members of the Electoral College who officially cast votes to make Donald Trump the 45th President of the United States. In February 2023, Ziegler was elected as the Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.