Broward County is a county in Florida,United States,located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States,with 1,944,375 residents as of the 2020 census. Its county seat and most populous city is Fort Lauderdale,which had a population of 182,760 as of 2020. The county is part of the South Florida region of the state.
Miramar is a city in southern Broward County,Florida,United States. It is a key suburb of the Miami metropolitan area,which was home to 6.14 million people in 2020. As of the 2020 census,the population was 134,721,making it the fourth-largest city in Broward County,the sixth-largest city in the Miami metro area,and the 14th-largest city in Florida.
Eleanor Sobel is a Democratic member of the Florida State Senate,representing the 33rd District,which includes Davie,Hallandale Beach,Hollywood,and Pembroke Pines in southeastern Broward County,since 2012,previously representing the 31st District from 2008 to 2012. Before winning election to the Florida Senate,Sobel served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 100th District from 1998 to 2002 and the 99th District from 2002 to 2006.
Timothy M. Ryan is an American attorney and Democratic politician who currently serves as a Broward County Commissioner,representing the 7th District from 2012 to the present. Prior to being elected to the Broward County Commission,Ryan served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006,representing the 99th District from 1998 to 2002,and the 100th District from 2002 to 2006.
Evan Boyd Jenne is an American Democratic politician who had served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 99th District,which included most of Hollywood in southern Broward County,from 2014 to 2022. Previously,Jenne represented the 100th District,which stretched from Dania Beach to Pembroke Pines in southern Broward County,from 2006 to 2012. Jenne has been co-leader under Broward colleague Bobby DuBose as House minority leader for the 2020–2022 Legislature.
John P. Seiler is an American politician and 41st Mayor of Fort Lauderdale,Florida. Prior to this he was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives,from 2000 to 2008 representing District 92 which is located in Broward County,Florida.
Joseph A. "Joe" Gibbons is a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014,representing the 105th District from 2006 to 2012 and the 100th District,which includes eastern Broward County and eastern Miami-Dade County,from 2012 to 2014.
Hazelle P. Rogers is a Democratic member of the Broward County Commission. She was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives and was the Mayor of Lauderdale Lakes. She formerly represented the 95th District,which includes North Lauderdale,Lauderdale Lakes,and Lauderhill in northern Broward County,from 2012 to 2016,previously representing the 94th District from 2008 to 2012,before redistricting took place. She won an election to the Broward County Commission on August 23,2022. She was sworn into this position in November 2022.
Bob Norman is a journalist in South Florida who serves as the news director for the Florida Center for Government Accountability and as contributing writer for Columbia Journalism Review. He previously worked at WPLG-Channel 10 beginning in 2011 as an on-air investigative reporter. Norman worked for several years as a weekly newspaper and online columnist. He broke the corruption story of $1 billion Ponzi scheme operator Scott Rothstein's October 27,2009 flight to Morocco under suspicious circumstances. Rothstein,who returned to face inquiries,is a former Fort Lauderdale attorney investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and arrested on 1 December 2009. In 2008 Bob Norman reported an unusual circumstance following the murder of Melissa Britt Lewis,employee of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler (RRA) law firm,wherein the prosecuting attorney in the Lewis murder case came to work with RRA two months after the murder. Rothstein has not been connected to the murder,however murder victim Ms. Lewis had been close to Debra Villegas,RRA Chief Operating Officer,whose husband Tony Villegas was identified as the murderer by the City of Plantation Police represented by Scott Rothstein.
The 2010 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 2,2010,to elect the Attorney General of Florida. Incumbent Attorney General Bill McCollum opted to run for run for Governor rather than seek reelection. The election was won by Republican Pam Bondi,a former assistant state attorney for Hillsborough County,who defeated Democrat Dan Gelber by a 54.8% to 41.1% margin. Bondi took office in January 2011.
Kristin Diane Jacobs was an American politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2014 until her death in 2020. She represented the 96th District,including Coconut Creek,Margate,Coral Springs and Parkland in northeastern Broward County.
Gregory Scott Tony is an American law enforcement officer and serving since 2019 as the 17th Sheriff of Broward County,Florida.
Shevrin D. Jones is an American politician who was elected to the Florida State Senate in 2020 to represent the 35th District. He previously was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 101st District,which included southeastern Broward County since 2012.
The Wave was a planned 2.7-mile (4.3 km) streetcar line in Fort Lauderdale,Florida. Construction costs were estimated to be $200 million. The project was cancelled in 2018.
Suzanne N. ″Sue″Gunzburger is a long-term elected official in Broward County,Florida,USA,known for her work in support of environmental preservation,social services,public funding of the arts,LGBT equality,and adoption of the Broward County Ethics Code.
Stacy Ritter is a Democratic politician who currently serves as president and CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention &Visitors Bureau. Previously,she served as a Broward County Commissioner,representing the 3rd District from 2006 to the present. Prior to being elected to the Broward County Commission,Ritter served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1996 to 2004,representing the 96th District.
Lauren Frances Book is an American politician and former educator who has served in the Florida Senate since 2016,representing parts of Broward County. A member of the Democratic Party,she has been the Senate's minority leader since April 28,2021.
Dean J. Trantalis is an American politician and mayor of Fort Lauderdale,Florida. Before his election as mayor,Trantalis served as a city commissioner for Fort Lauderdale from 2009 to 2017.
The 2022 Florida's 20th congressional district special election was a special election to the United States House of Representatives. The seat had been vacant since incumbent Democratic representative Alcee Hastings died on April 6,2021,of pancreatic cancer.
Timothy "Chaz" Stevens is an American political activist,artist,software developer,and entrepreneur from Florida. He is active in local politics in Broward County,and has gained national notoriety for his colorful statewide and national advocacy for the separation of church and state. His local political activity has led to charges being filed against,and the decrease in popularity of,several local politicians,including two mayors and a former mayor of his hometown,Deerfield Beach,Florida. He was appointed twice to the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority board by one of the mayors he criticized. His activism for the removal of religion from government has included placing Festivus poles in multiple Florida cities and six U.S. state capitols to contrast with holiday season religious displays on government property,and requests to deliver Satanic invocations when government meetings allow prayer or other religious invocations. In many cases this has led to the government agencies removing the targeted religious activities. His activism is always satirical,sometimes artistic,and often obscene or profane.
