Geraldine F. Thompson (born November 18, 1948) is the Florida House Democratic Leader Pro Tempore and a representative of State House District 39 in Orange County.

Thompson, 60, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and grew up in the South Dade town of Perrine, Florida. She is a graduate of Miami Dade Community College, the University of Miami and Florida State University. She and her husband, Judge Emerson R. Thompson, Jr. have lived in Orlando since 1973.

After six years in Orange County Public Schools, she left the classroom to accept a position as director of the Equal Opportunity Office at Valencia Community College where she served for 24 years as assistant to the president. She also served on the Florida Commission of Human Relations.

Also considered a local historian, her passion for history led her to conducting research and compiling documents which resulted in authoring a book entitled, “Black America Series: Orlando, Florida,” in 2003. Representative Thompson serves on the Board of the Association to Preserve African American Society, History & Traditions, Inc. and the Holocaust Memorial and Resource Center.

During her tenure in the House, she has filed legislation to outlaw the mutilation of young women, increase penalties for hate crime perpetrators, provide $1.8 million in trust fund monies for a student who was injured in a local public school, and increase access to healthcare for women diagnosed with breast cancer. On November 18, 2008, she was unanimously selected by her colleagues to serve as the Democratic Leader Pro Tempore, the second highest ranking Democrat in the Florida House of Representatives until 2010.

She is married to the Honorable Emerson R. Thompson, Jr. and is the mother of three children (Laurise, Emerson III, and Elizabeth) and the proud grandmother of four. She enjoys reading and traveling.

State of the State Response, House Democratic Caucus,
by Rep. Geraldine Thompson 2010

Leader Pro Tempore Thompson's State of the State Response 2009.

Central Florida Spotlight - Census

300 billion dollars are up for grabs. The U.S. Census will decide who gets money and clout. Leader Thompson interviewed.