The Florida Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Florida,headquartered in Tallahassee. Former commissioner of agriculture Nikki Fried is the current chair.
Walter G. "Skip" Campbell Jr. was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida Senate from 1996 to 2006. Later,he served as the mayor of Coral Springs,Florida,from 2014 until his death.
Florida's 22nd congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Southeast Florida. In the 2020 redistricting cycle,it was drawn as a successor to the previous 21st district and includes Palm Beach,West Palm Beach,Boynton Beach and Delray Beach,as well as unincorporated Palm Beach County. The previous iteration of the 22nd district,which extended from Fort Lauderdale to Boca Raton,was instead renamed the 23rd district.
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.
Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Republican Party,Bogdanoff served as a member of the Florida Senate from the 25th District,running from West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale,from 2010 to 2012. Prior to this,Bogdanoff served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 91st district from 2004 to 2010.
James W. Waldman is a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014,representing the 95th District from 2006 to 2012,and representing the 96th District,which included Coconut Creek,Margate,and Parkland in northeastern Broward County,from 2012 to 2014.
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.
Kelly Skidmore is a politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 90th District,from 2006 to 2008. A Democrat,she ran unsuccessfully for the Florida Senate in 2010 and again for the Florida House in 2016.
Perry Eugene Thurston Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Florida Senate from 2016 to 2022. He represented the 33rd district,which includes Lauderhill,Lauderdale Lakes,North Lauderdale,Margate,Oakland Park,and surrounding areas in Broward County. He previously served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the Fort Lauderdale area from 2006 to 2014,and was the House minority leader in his final term. Thurston was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General of Florida in 2014.
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.
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.
Gary Michael Farmer Jr. is an American attorney and former Democratic politician from Florida. He served as a member of the Florida Senate from 2016 until 2022,representing parts of eastern Broward County. He was the Senate's minority leader from 2020 to 2021.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Florida,on November 4,2014.
Lesley J. Miller Jr. is an American Democratic politician who currently serves as a Hillsborough County Commissioner,representing the 3rd District since 2010. Prior to serving on the County Commission,Miller served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1992 to 2000,and in the Florida Senate from 2000 to 2006,and unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2006.
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.
