That's when a registered Democrat named Mel Sembler and his wife Betty hosted a fundraising reception for Republican presidential candidate George H.W. Bush. That November afternoon at the ...

Politicians extolled Betty Sembler for her influence in the Sunshine State and beyond. Related: Mel and Betty Sembler reflect on the GOP they helped build: ‘It’s the end of an era’ “Betty ...

By Trip Gabriel Mel Sembler, a gregarious developer and ... His brother Jeb liked to call Mr. Sembler’s wife, Betty, the “ambassadorable.” For Jeb Bush, the third member of his family ...

To friends and political allies, Mel Sembler is a real estate developer ... program that operated from 1976 to 1993. He and his wife Betty started the residential program to help troubled teens.

Mel Sembler, a shopping mall magnate and ... where he met fellow student Betty Schlesinger, who became his wife the year after his graduation. She died in 2022. Survivors include three sons ...

Florida shopping-center magnate Mel Sembler is proud to personify the ... and those of his wife, Betty, go on for pages and pages. “I’ve maxed out, so I have no more federal contributions ...

The Tampa Bay Times recently asked Mel Sembler’s wife, Betty, for her opinion on Trump’s “sometimes crude and frequent false statements.” She replied that Trump is “an unconventional ...

Mel Sembler, who had an illustrious real estate ... the Republican Party’s national finance committee. He and his wife, Betty, founded the Drug Free America Foundation Inc. He also served ...

After Sembler told the Tampa Bay Times that he and his wife, Betty, would raise $10 million ... "I've got a message for Mel Sembler: "BRING. IT. ON," Morgan wrote last week.

As a compassionate conservative, I am offended by Mel Sembler. He had everybody tricked, Democrats and Republicans alike. As I've already written, for 16 years he and his wife Betty directed the ...

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Mel Sembler, a prominent real estate developer ... Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1930, Sembler married Betty Schlesinger, with whom he shared three sons. Betty died last year.