Escambia County is the westernmost and oldest county in the U.S. state of Florida. It is in the state's northwestern corner. At the 2020 census,the population was 321,905. Its county seat and largest city is Pensacola. Escambia County is included within the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent,Florida,Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county population has continued to increase as the suburbs of Pensacola have developed.
Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle,and the county seat and only incorporated city of Escambia County,Florida. Pensacola is the principal city of the Pensacola Metropolitan Area,which had an estimated 502,629 residents in 2019. At the 2020 United States census,the population was 54,312.
Robert Gregory Evers was a Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2016,representing parts of Northwest Florida. Prior to his election to the Senate,he served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 1st District from 2001 to 2010.
Jon Gregory Litton is a former infielder-outfielder in Major League Baseball drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round of the 1984 amateur draft. He played for the San Francisco Giants (1989-1992),Seattle Mariners (1993),and Boston Red Sox (1994).
William Washington Jones Kelly was the first Lieutenant Governor of Florida.
Mike Cierpiot is a Republican member of the Missouri Senate. He represents the 30th District,which encompasses a part of Jackson County.
Katie A. Edwards-Walpole is a Democratic politician and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 98th District,which includes parts of Davie,Plantation,and Sunrise in southern Broward County,from 2012 to 2018.
Sarah Davis is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives;she was first elected in the Tea Party wave of 2010. Her district,the 134th,is located in Houston and includes The Galleria,Rice University,and the Texas Medical Center. Prior to her loss to Ann Johnson in 2020,Davis was the only pro-choice Republican in the Texas House.
Rene "Coach P" Plasencia is an American Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 50th District from 2016 to 2022. He previously was elected in the 49th District in 2014,in Orange County.
Neal Patrick Dunn is an American surgeon and Republican Party politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 2nd congressional district since 2017.
The 2018 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election occurred on November 6,2018,to elect the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. Democrat Nikki Fried narrowly defeated Republican Matt Caldwell. Fried became the only statewide elected Democrat in Florida,as U.S. Senator Bill Nelson,who had held Florida's Class I U.S. Senate seat since 2000,lost reelection. As of 2023,this remains the last time that a Democrat has won a statewide election in Florida,and the only time since 2012.This is also the last time they won the job of Florida Agriculture Commisioner as well Nikki Fried is the last Democrat to hold any elected state Agriculture Commissioner office in the US.
James Wallace "Jay" Dean is an American politician. A Republican,he has been the member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 7,which encompasses Gregg and Upshur counties in East Texas,since 2017.
Gayann DeMordaunt is an American politician who served as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives for the 14B district from 2016 to 2022.
Aaron Joseph Bernstine is an American politician who serves in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 8th District as a member of the Republican Party. Prior to redistricting he served from the 10th district.
Seth Adam Howard is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 30B since 2015.
Anna Vishkaee Eskamani is an American politician who is the member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 42nd district,encompassing parts of Orlando along with Maitland,Winter Park,Eatonville,Edgewood,and Belle Isle. She is the first Iranian American elected to any public office in Florida. Eskamani is a member of the Democratic Party and supports abortion rights,increased gun control,increasing expenditures on public education,and strengthening environmental regulations.
Christine Renee Drazan is an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from the 39th district from 2019 to 2022,as a member of the Republican Party. During her tenure in the state house she served as the minority leader from 2019 to 2021. She was the Republican nominee in the 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election,which she lost to Democrat Tina Kotek.
The 2022 Alaska gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Alaska. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy won re-election to a second term,becoming the first Republican governor to be re-elected to a second term since Jay Hammond in 1978 and the first governor,regardless of political affiliation,to be re-elected to a second term since Tony Knowles in 1998.
Michelle Salzman is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives representing the state's 1st District,which includes the northern portion of Escambia County. She was elected to the seat in November 2020,after she defeated Democratic candidate Franscine Mathis in the general election. Prior to that she defeated incumbent Mike Hill in the Republican primary in August 2020.
Dr. Joel Rudman is an American politician and physician who currently serves as a state representative for the 3rd district in the Florida House of Representatives. Rudman resides in Navarre,his legislative district's largest community,and is a member of the Republican Party.
