John Ellis "Jeb" Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. A member of the Bush political family,he was an unsuccessful candidate for president of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries.
Columba Bush is a Mexican-American philanthropist. As the wife of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush,she served as the First Lady of Florida from 1999 to 2007.
Melvin Floyd Sembler was an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Italy (2001–2005),and Ambassador to Australia and Nauru (1989–1993). He has also served as chairman of the board of the Sembler Company,which develops and manages shopping centers,and co-founder of Straight,Inc.,a controversial drug-treatment center. Sembler was the chairman of the Scooter Libby Legal Defense Trust,and was a co-chair of the Florida Finance Committee for Mitt Romney.
Stephen Michael Ross is an American real estate developer,philanthropist,and sports team owner. Ross is the chairman of Related Companies,a global real estate development firm he founded in 1972. Related is best known for developing the Deutsche Bank Center,as well as the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project. Ross has a net worth of $10.1 billion in 2020,ranking him 185 on Forbes Billionaires List in 2020. He is still featured on the list as of 2023. Ross is also the principal owner of the Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium.
Charles Bartlett Johnson is an American billionaire businessman,with an estimated current net worth of around $6.1 billion. He was chief executive officer of Franklin Templeton Investments from 1957 to 2004. He is a Republican megadonor and part owner of the San Francisco Giants.
Marco Antonio Rubio is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Florida,a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party,he served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2008. Rubio unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2016,but won presidential primaries in Minnesota,the District of Columbia,and Puerto Rico.
Jeffrey Hardee Atwater is an American financier who served as the 3rd Chief Financial Officer of Florida from 2011 to 2017,and currently serves as Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Chief Financial Officer at Florida Atlantic University. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2010 United States Senate election in Florida took place on November 2,2010,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states,as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 6,2012,alongside a presidential election,other elections to the House and Senate,as well as various state and local elections. The primary election was held August 14,2012. Incumbent Senator Bill Nelson won reelection to a third term,defeating Republican U.S. Representative Connie Mack IV by 13%,winning 55% to 42%. Nelson defeated Mack by over 1 million votes.
The 1994 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1994. Incumbent Democratic governor Lawton Chiles won re-election over Republican Jeb Bush,who later won Florida’s governorship in 1998 when Chiles was term-limited. This race was the second-closest gubernatorial election in Florida history since Reconstruction,due to the strong Republican wave of 1994. As of 2024,this is the last time a Democrat was elected Governor of Florida.
Patrick Erin Murphy is an American businessman,accountant,and politician. A Democrat,he served as the U.S. representative from Florida's 18th congressional district from 2013 to 2017. He is a former Republican,having switched parties in 2011.
Presidential primaries and caucuses of the Republican Party took place within all 50 U.S. states,the District of Columbia,and five U.S. territories between February 1 and June 7,2016. These elections selected the 2,472 delegates that were sent to the Republican National Convention. Businessman and reality television personality Donald Trump won the Republican nomination for president of the United States.
Miguel B. "Mike" Fernandez is an American health care industry businessman,investor,and philanthropist. He is the founder of MBF Healthcare Partners,a private equity firm founded in 2005 in Coral Gables,Florida. Fernandez is a major Republican donor.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 8,2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Florida,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primary elections for both the Republicans and Democrats took place on August 30,2016.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Jeb Bush,the 43rd Governor of Florida,was formally launched on June 14,2015,coming six months after announcing the formal exploration of a candidacy for the 2016 Republican nomination for the President of the United States on December 16,2014,and the formation of the Right to Rise PAC. On February 20,2016,Bush announced his intention to drop out of the presidential race following the South Carolina primary. Had Bush been elected,he would have been the first president from Florida and the first sibling of a U.S. president to win the presidency himself.
This is a list of notable political endorsements for declared candidates for the Republican primaries for the 2016 United States presidential election. Endorsements are part of the "invisible primary" process,which occurs not only long before the general election,but also largely occurs before even the caucuses and primaries have begun.
Marco Rubio,then the junior United States senator from Florida,formally announced his 2016 presidential campaign on April 13,2015,at the Freedom Tower in Downtown Miami. Early polling showed Rubio,who was considered a potential candidate for vice president by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2012,as a frontrunner candidate for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in 2016 since at least the end of the 2012 election. Rubio was the second Cuban American to run for president,with Republican Ted Cruz announcing his campaign three weeks earlier. He suspended his campaign on March 15,2016,after finishing second in Florida's primary.
Jeb Bush is a Republican politician in the United States. Bush was governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in the 2016 election.
Right to Rise is a political action committee (PAC) created to support Jeb Bush in the 2016 presidential election. A Super PAC,Right to Rise is permitted to raise and spend unlimited amounts of corporate,union,and individual campaign contributions under the terms of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision.
William Ernst Oberndorf is an American billionaire businessman and Republican political donor.
