John Mathias Engler is an American politician,lawyer,businessman,and lobbyist who served as the 46th governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003. Considered one of the country's top lobbyists,he is a member of the Republican Party.
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. was an American politician and military officer. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a United States senator from Florida from 1971 to 1989 and as the 41st governor of Florida from 1991 until his death in 1998.
Robert Leroy Ehrlich Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 60th governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007. A Republican,Ehrlich represented Maryland's 10th legislative district in the House of Delegates from 1987 to 1995 and Maryland's 2nd Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.
Ira William McCollum Jr. is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001,representing Florida's 5th congressional district,which was later redistricted to the 8th congressional district in 1993. As a member of the House,McCollum rose to become Vice Chairman of the House Republican Conference,the fifth-highest ranking position in the House Republican leadership. He voted to impeach President Bill Clinton and subsequently took a leadership role in managing Clinton's trial in the Senate,which ended in acquittal.
Robert Martinez is an American retired politician who served as the 40th governor of Florida from 1987 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party,Martinez was the first person of Spanish descent to be elected governor of Florida.
Charles Joseph Crist Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 and as the U.S. representative for Florida's 13th congressional district from 2017 to 2022. Crist has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2012;he was previously a Republican before becoming an independent in 2010.
Louis Frey Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 until 1979. He represented Florida's 5th congressional district from 1969 to 1973 and the 9th district from 1973 to 1979,until he ran unsuccessfully in 1978 for the Republican nomination for governor to succeed the term-limited Democrat Reubin Askew of Pensacola.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2,2010,in 37 states and two territories. These elections coincided with the elections for the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives as well as other state and local elections. As in most midterm elections,the party controlling the White House lost ground. Democrats took five governorships from the Republicans,while Republicans took 12 governorships from the Democrats. An independent won one governorship previously held by a Republican,while a Republican won one governorship previously held by an independent. Republicans held a majority of governorships for the first time since before the 2006 elections. One state,Louisiana,had no election for governor,but it did feature a special election for lieutenant governor.
John Timothy Griffin is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 57th attorney general of Arkansas. He previously served as the 20th lieutenant governor of Arkansas,from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he previously was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas between 2006 and 2007 and U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional district from 2011 to 2015.
The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Florida. Florida was dominated by the Democratic Party for most of its history. The Republican Party has rapidly gained ground in recent decades. It is currently the state's dominant party,controlling 20 out of 28 of Florida's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,the governorship and all other statewide offices,and has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
George Stephen LeMieux is an American former politician who was a United States Senator from Florida from 2009 to 2011. He is chairman of the Florida-based law firm of Gunster Yoakley &Stewart and was chief of staff to Governor Charlie Crist. He was the Deputy Florida Attorney General and is credited with spearheading Crist's successful campaign for governor. In 2009,Crist appointed LeMieux as U.S. Senator to replace Mel Martínez,who resigned.
Jennifer Sandra Carroll is an American Republican politician and retired naval officer who served as the 18th lieutenant governor of Florida from January 4,2011 to March 12,2013. Carroll is the first black person,woman and Trinidadian-American elected to the office;she also is the first black person elected to statewide office in Florida since Reconstruction. Carroll previously served as a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives. She is the bestselling author of an autobiography entitled When You Get There.
James Cloudis Smith is an American lawyer who served as the 32nd Florida Attorney General from 1979 to 1987 and 21st and 24th Secretary of State of Florida from 1987 to 1995 and from 2002 until 2003. He currently chairs the Florida State University Board of Trustees.
Shutts &Bowen LLP is an AmLaw 200 law firm with 270 attorneys in eight 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 Flagler and the Florida East Coast Railway Company. In 1910,he formed a professional association with Henry F. Atkinson.
Susana Martinez is an American politician and attorney who served as 31st governor of New Mexico from 2011 to 2019. A Republican,she served as chair of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) from 2015 to 2016. She was the first female Governor of New Mexico,and the first Hispanic female governor in the United States.
The 1986 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 4,1986. Republican candidate James R. Thompson won a fourth term in office,defeating the Illinois Solidarity Party nominee,former United States Senator Adlai Stevenson III,by around 400,000 votes.
James Robert Wooley,known as J. Robert Wooley,is an attorney in Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who served as a Democrat as his state's insurance commissioner from 2003 to 2006. He was also the acting insurance commissioner from 2000 to 2003.
Leslie Carol Rutledge is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 21st lieutenant governor of Arkansas since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,she was previously the 56th attorney general of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023.
Daniel E. Nordby was General Counsel to Florida Governor Rick Scott. He served as the chief legal advisor to the Governor and chief advisor on Florida judicial appointments. He is a partner in the Tallahassee office of the law firm of Shutts &Bowen LLP where he handles civil and administrative litigation and appeals.
