The 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida was a period of vote recounting in Florida that occurred during the weeks after Election Day in the 2000 United States presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. The Florida vote was ultimately settled in Bush's favor by a margin of 537 votes when the U.S. Supreme Court,in Bush v. Gore,stopped a recount that had been initiated upon a ruling by the Florida Supreme Court. Bush's win in Florida gave him a majority of votes in the Electoral College and victory in the presidential election.
Carrie Mae Pittman Meek was the United States Representative for Florida's 17th congressional district,from 1993 to 2003. Having been elected in the September 1992 primary with no general election opponent,she was the first African American since the Reconstruction era elected to represent Florida in the United States Congress,where she advocated for the poor and for members of minority groups. An educator,legislator,stateswoman and a member of the Democratic Party,she served from 1979 to 1982 in the Florida House of Representatives,from 1982 to 1992 in the Florida Senate,and from 1993 to 2003,as a congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives. She was the founder of the Carrie Meek Foundation.
Rodney Warren Smith is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. A Democrat,Smith was a member of the Florida Senate from Gainesville from 2001 until 2006. Smith ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Florida in the 2006 election but lost to Congressman Jim Davis. In 2010,Smith was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Florida as the running mate of Alex Sink in her campaign for Governor of Florida. From November 2010 through January 2013 Smith served as chairman of the Florida Democratic Party. In 2016,Smith again ran for a seat in the Florida Senate but was ultimately defeated by Keith Perry,a Republican and former state representative.
Scott Charles Maddox is an American politician. He was the mayor of Tallahassee,Florida,from 1995 to 1996 and from 1997 to 2005. Maddox is the former chair of the Florida Democratic Party and a former Tallahassee City Commissioner,serving from 1993 to 1995,1996 to 1997 and from 2012 to 2018.
James Leonard Bacchus is an American lawyer,businessman,and politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida from 1991 to 1995. He was a founding member and twice chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization in Geneva,Switzerland from 1995 to 2003. He later became a fellow of the European Institute for International Law and International Relations.
Greenberg Traurig is a multinational law firm founded in Miami in 1967. As of 2022,the Greenberg Traurig is the 9th largest law firm in the United States.
The Florida Democratic Party(FDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Florida,headquartered in Tallahassee. Former mayor of Miami Manny Diaz Sr. is the current chair.
The history of Tallahassee,Florida,much like the history of Leon County,dates back to the settlement of the Americas. Beginning in the 16th century,the region was colonized by Europeans,becoming part of Spanish Florida. In 1819,the Adams–Onís Treaty ceded Spanish Florida,including modern-day Tallahassee,to the United States. Tallahassee became a city and the state capital of Florida in 1821;the American takeover led to the settlements' rapid expansion as growing numbers of cotton plantations began to spring up nearby,increasing Tallahassees' population significantly.
The Brooks Brothers riot was a demonstration led by Republican staffers at a meeting of election canvassers in Miami-Dade County,Florida,on November 22,2000,during a recount of votes made during the 2000 United States presidential election,with the goal of shutting down the recount. After demonstrations and acts of violence,local officials shut down the recount early. This had the effect of ensuring that the December 12 "safe harbor" deadline set by Title 3 of the United States Code could not be met,guaranteeing that George W Bush would win the 2000 election.
The 2002 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2002 for the post of Governor of Florida. Incumbent Republican governor Jeb Bush defeated Democratic candidate Bill McBride. Bush became the first Republican governor of Florida to win re-election to a second term. This election was the last time until 2022 a Florida gubernatorial candidate won the general election by double digits.
Andrew Demetric Gillum is an American former politician who served as the 126th mayor of Tallahassee from 2014 to 2018. He served as a Tallahassee city commissioner from 2003 until 2014,first elected at the age of 23. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Gaston Ignacio Cantens is an American politician from Miami,Florida. Described as a "onetime influential member of the Florida House of Representatives",Cantens served on the body from 1998 to 2004,and at one time was considered likely to become its speaker. Cantens is currently a Vice President at Florida Crystals.
Buchanan Ingersoll &Rooney PC is an American law firm and lobbying group based in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. The firm has more than 450 lawyers in offices in 15 U.S. cities. As of 2022,Buchanan Ingersoll is the third-largest law firm in Pittsburgh by number of attorneys in its Pittsburgh office.
The 2000 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 7,2000,on the same date as the U.S. House of Representatives and presidential election. Incumbent Republican Senator Connie Mack III decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Democrat Bill Nelson won the open seat,even as Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush narrowly triumphed over Al Gore in the state by a mere 537 votes.
Samuel J. Dubbin is an American lawyer,public servant,and Holocaust Survivors' rights advocate. He is a principal in the law firm Dubbin &Kravetz,L.L.P.,a former shareholder in the law firm Greenberg Traurig,and a former partner with Steel Hector &Davis. A Clinton Administration appointee,he served in the Department of Justice and Department of Transportation. He has received a Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating of AV and is included in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
Shutts &Bowen LLP is an Am Law 200 Florida-based law firm with 270 attorneys in seven offices in the State of Florida. Shutts &Bowen was founded in 1910. Frank B. Shutts came to Miami in 1909 and became the legal representative of Henry M. Flagler and the Florida East Coast Railway Company. In 1910 he formed a professional association with Henry F. Atkinson. In 1912 Crate D. Bowen joined the firm which settled on the name Shutts and Bowen in 1919. In 1910 Shutts organized the Miami Herald Publishing Company and was its President and principal stockholder. Shutts and Bowen is ranked as the 175th largest law firm in the United States. Its offices are located in the Florida cities of Miami,Fort Lauderdale,West Palm Beach,Orlando,Tampa,Sarasota and Tallahassee. According to statistics submitted to American Lawyer,Shutts &Bowen recorded $147 million in revenue for the year 2015,up 7.7% from 2014,with profits per partner averaging $740,000 in 2015,up 5.7% from $700,000 in 2014.
Robert H. Traurig was an American lawyer and businessman who was one of the founders of the law firm Greenberg Traurig.
The 2018 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Florida,alongside an election to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and other state and local elections. Incumbent two-term Republican governor Rick Scott was term-limited and could not run for a third term,so he instead ran for Florida's Class I Senate seat.
Allison Tant is an American former lobbyist,Democratic Party of Florida chair,and politician serving as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 9th district. She assumed office on November 3,2020.
Edward "Ed" Stafman is an American attorney,rabbi,and former attorney serving as a member of the Montana House of Representatives from the 62nd district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 4,2021.
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