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.
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.
Dave Aronberg is the State Attorney for Palm Beach County,Florida and a former member of the Florida Senate. He was elected to the Senate in 2002 as its youngest member and served for eight years. He is a Democrat.
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.
Joseph Abruzzo is a Democratic politician from Florida. He is Clerk of the Circuit Court &Comptroller for Palm Beach County,an independently elected office established by Florida’s Constitution.
Luis R. García,Jr.is a Democratic politician from Florida and the retired Fire Department Chief of Miami Beach. He served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing parts of Miami Beach,Miami,and Coral Gables from 2006 to 2012. Previously,he served for seven years on the Miami Beach City Commission.
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.
Irving Slosberg is a former Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 91st District,which stretches from Boynton Beach to Boca Raton in southeastern Palm Beach County,from 2012 to 2016. Slosberg ran for state Senate twice:In 2006,when he lost a bid to the state Senate in the Democratic primary,and in 2016,when he again lost a bid to the state Senate in the Democratic primary,only earning 32% of the vote. He represented the 89th District from 2000 to 2002 and the 90th District from 2002 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012. Slosberg returned to run for the State senate again,this time for district 29 being vacated by Kevin Rader,Slosberg lost to incumbent representative Tina Polsky in the primary.
Ronald Dion DeSantis is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 46th governor of Florida. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the U.S. Representative from Florida's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2018. DeSantis was a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination,withdrawing his candidacy in January 2024.
Jeffrey P. Brandes is an American politician who served as the Florida State Senator from the 24th district from 2016 to 2022. A member of the Republican Party,he has been elected from the Pinellas County area to the Florida Senate since 2012,representing the 22nd district from 2012 to 2016. Brandes previously served as the Florida State Representative for the 52nd district from 2010 to 2012.
Wilton Earl Simpson is an American politician who has served as the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture since 2023. From 2012 to 2022,he served as a member of the Florida Senate,representing areas around Citrus,Hernando,and Pasco Counties. He was elected Senate President for the 2020–2022 legislature.
Edward Harman Lindsey Jr. is an American attorney and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives. He represented the 54th district which covered parts of Fulton County,and the Republican Party. Lindsey served as the House Majority Whip. Previously,he served as the chair of the House Appropriations Sub Committee on Education from 2009 to 2010. He unsuccessfully ran for the Georgia's 11th congressional district in 2014. Later that year,he stepped down from his state house seat to join a special committee to solve Georgia's transportation issues.
Katie A. Edwards-Walpole is a Democratic politician and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 98th District,which includes parts of Davie,Plantation,and Sunrise in southern Broward County,from 2012 to 2018.
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,and he successfully ran for Florida's Class I Senate seat.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday,November 8,2016,to elect the 27 U.S. representatives from the state of Florida,one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including President of the United States.
Corey Jones was shot to death by police officer Nouman K. Raja,while waiting for a tow truck by his disabled car,in Palm Beach Gardens,Florida.
Anna Vishkaee Eskamani is an American politician who is a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 42nd district in Orange County,which covers parts of Orlando along with Maitland,Winter Park,Eatonville,Edgewood,and Belle Isle. She is the first Iranian American elected to any public office in Florida.
Mike Beltran is an American politician in the state of Florida. He is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives representing the state's 70th district,which includes part of Hillsborough 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 Governor Ron DeSantis won re-election in a landslide and defeated the Democratic Party nominee,Charlie Crist,who 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.
The 2022 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. Incumbent Democratic Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried was eligible to run for a second term,but she instead ran for governor of Florida in 2022. Republican Wilton Simpson won the election with over 59% of the vote. Simpson's victory gave Republicans complete control of state government for the first time since Reconstruction.
