She eventually became the company's Regional Manager for the South, overseeing eight hundred employees, moving to Florida in 1992.

"[1] O'Toole ended up winning the primary by a comfortable margin, receiving 59% of the vote to Pruitt's 41%.

In the general election, she faced only write-in opposition, though she insisted that she was not feeling complacent, noting, "You're never done--not if you're smart, you're never done.

Running for re-election in 2010, she won the nomination of her party uncontested and advanced to the general election, where she faced independent candidate Jeff Shoobridge.

[3] The commission determined that O’Toole did not disclose her dual roles as Chief Operating Officer of Take Stock in Children and vice chair of the House education appropriations committee that approved $6 million for the nonprofit.