The 2006 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 7,2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Jeb Bush was term-limited,and could not run for reelection to a third consecutive term. The election was won by then-Republican Charlie Crist,the state's Attorney General. The election was notable in that for the first time,the state elected a Republican governor in three consecutive elections.
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.
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.
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. 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 area in northern Broward County from 2012 to 2019.
Daryl D. Metcalfe is an American politician who served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Metcalfe is a member of the Republican Party and represented the 12th legislative district from 1999 until 2023.
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.
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.
The 1988 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 8,1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican Connie Mack III won the open seat,becoming the first Republican to hold this seat since Reconstruction in 1875.
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.
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.
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.
Randy Fine is an American Republican politician,activist,and former gambling industry executive who was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2016. His district covers southern Brevard County.
The 2022 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Florida,alongside other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Party governor Ron DeSantis won re-election in a landslide and defeated the Democratic Party nominee,former U.S. representative Charlie Crist,who previously served as governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 as a Republican and later as an Independent. No Democrat has been elected governor of Florida since 1994.
A special election was held on April 28,2020,after a February 4,2020 primary,to fill the remainder of the term in the United States House of Representatives for Maryland's 7th congressional district in the 116th U.S. Congress. Elijah Cummings,the incumbent representative,died in office on October 17,2019.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on November 8,2022,to elect the 28 U.S. representatives from Florida,one from each of the state's 28 congressional districts. The primary was held on August 23,2022. The elections coincided with the 2022 United States Senate election in Florida,other elections to the House of Representatives,other elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
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.
The 2022 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8,2022,for 88 state legislative chambers in 46 states. Across the fifty states,approximately 56 percent of all upper house seats and 92 percent of all lower house seats were up for election. Additionally,six territorial chambers were up in four territories and the District of Columbia. These midterm elections coincided with other state and local elections,including gubernatorial elections in multiple states.
The 2022 Florida House of Representatives elections took place on November 8,2022,as part of the 2022 United States elections. Florida voters elected state representatives in all 120 of the state's house districts. The 120 State Representatives serve four-year terms in the Florida House of Representatives. A primary election on August 23,2022,determined which candidates appeared on the November 8 general election ballot.
