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.
John Luigi Mica is an American businessman,consultant and Republican politician who represented Florida's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2017. He was defeated by Democrat Stephanie Murphy in the November 8,2016,general election while serving his 12th term in office.
William Franklin Shuster is an American politician and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 2001 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party,and is a son of former Congressman Bud Shuster.
Carlos Antonio Giménez is a Cuban-born American retired firefighter and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 28th congressional district. He was redistricted from Florida's 26th congressional district in 2022. A Republican,he served as mayor of Miami-Dade County from 2011 to 2020. He served as a Miami-Dade County Commissioner from 2003 to 2011,and was the fire chief of the City of Miami Fire Department.
Theodore Eliot Deutch is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative from Florida's 22nd congressional district from 2010 to 2022. His district,numbered as the 19th district from 2010 to 2013 and as the 21st from 2013 to 2017,included much of northern Broward County and southern Palm Beach County in South Florida. A member of the Democratic Party,he first entered Congress in 2010 after a special election following the resignation of Robert Wexler.
Steven Anthony Geller is an American attorney and politician who serves on the Broward County Commission for District 5. As of November 2020,Geller was the mayor of Broward County from November 2020 till November 2021. He was the former vice mayor from November 2019 till November 2020.
Daniel Alan Webster is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 11th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he first entered Congress in 2011. He represented Florida's 10th congressional district from 2011 to 2017. Before his congressional service,he served 28 years in the Florida legislature. He was the first Republican Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives since Reconstruction.
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.
Jared Evan Moskowitz is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 23rd congressional district since 2023. As a member of the Democratic Party,Moskowitz served on the Broward County Commission from 2021 to 2022 and as director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management from 2019 to 2021. Before his appointment to the Florida Division of Emergency Management,he served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the Coral Springs-Parkland area in northern Broward County from 2012 to 2019.
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.
Dennis Alan Ross is an American businessman and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. A Republican from Florida,his district was numbered as Florida's 12th congressional district during his first two years in Congress,and it was numbered as the 15th district during his last six years in Congress.
Aaron Paul Bean is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 4th congressional district since 2023. A Republican,Bean represented the 4th district in the Florida Senate,which included all of Nassau County,Clay County and parts of Duval County,from 2012 to 2022. From 2000 to 2008,he represented the 12th district in the Florida House of Representatives.
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.
Lois Jane Frankel is an American politician and lawyer who has been the United States representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district since 2023 and from 2013 to 2017 and Florida’s 21st congressional district from 2017 to 2023. As a member of the Democratic Party,Frankel was a 7-term member of the Florida House of Representatives and a two-term mayor of West Palm Beach.
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.
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.
Bobby Brainard DuBose is an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 94th District,which includes most of Fort Lauderdale in central Broward County,from 2014 to 2022. DuBose served as minority leader with fellow Broward colleague as Evan Jenne co-leader for the 2020–2022 Legislature. On July 27,2021,DuBose announced his resignation from the Florida House of Representatives,effective January 11,2022.
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.
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.
Robin Bartleman is an American legislator and educator serving as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 103rd district. She assumed office on November 3,2020. She is a Democrat,supporting affordable housing,resolving the state's property insurance crisis,dealing with flooding and increasing healthcare affordability.
