Betty Castor
Castor in 1984
President of the University of South Florida System
In office 1994–1999
Preceded by	Robert Bryan
Succeeded by	Thomas Tighe
Education Commissioner of Florida
In office January 6, 1987 – January 3, 1994
Governor	Bob Martinez Lawton Chiles
Preceded by	Ralph Turlington
Succeeded by	Doug Jamerson
Member of the Florida Senate
In office 1982–1986
Preceded by	David H. McClain[1]
Succeeded by	John A. Grant Jr.
Constituency	21st district
In office 1976–1978
Personal details
Born	Elizabeth Bowe (1941-05-11) May 11, 1941 (age 83) Glassboro, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Frank Castor ​ ​ (m. 1965; div. 1978)​ Samuel P. Bell III ​ ​ (m. 1989; died 2023)​
Children	3, including Kathy and Karen
Education	Rowan University (BA) University of Miami (MEd)

Elizabeth Castor (née Bowe; born May 11, 1941) is an American educator and former Democratic politician. She was a member of the Florida Senate from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1982 to 1986.

In 2004, Castor was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate seat to replace retiring Senator Bob Graham. She lost the election to former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez.^[2]

Media related to Betty Castor at Wikimedia Commons

• Betty Castor Collection Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine at the University of South Florida
• Appearances on C-SPAN

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