Janet Wood Reno was an American lawyer and public official who served as the first female and 78th United States Attorney General. Reno,a member of the Democratic Party,held the position from 1993 to 2001,making her the second-longest serving attorney general,behind only William Wirt.
Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer. In 1989–1990,while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida,she shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients. Wuornos claimed that her clients had either raped or attempted to rape her,and that the homicides of the men were committed in self-defense. Wuornos was sentenced to death for six of the murders. She was executed on October 9,2002,by lethal injection after spending more than 10 years on Florida's death row.
Deborah Wasserman Schultz is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 25th congressional district,first elected to Congress in 2004. A member of the Democratic Party,she is a former chair of the Democratic National Committee.
The Silver Star is a temporarily discontinued long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 1,522-mile (2,449 km) route between New York City and Miami via Washington,D.C.;Richmond,Virginia;Raleigh,North Carolina;Columbia,South Carolina;Savannah,Georgia;Jacksonville,Florida;and Tampa,Florida.
Peter Holden Gregg was an American race car driver during the golden age of the Trans-Am Series and a five-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona. He was also the owner of Brumos,a Jacksonville,Florida,car dealership and racing team.
Lindsay Ann Czarniak is an American sports anchor and reporter. She formerly worked for Fox Sports as a sideline reporter for NFL games. After spending six years with WRC-TV,the NBC owned-and-operated station in Washington,D.C.,Czarniak joined ESPN as a SportsCenter anchor in August 2011 and left ESPN in 2017.
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.
The Dori Slosberg Highway Safety Foundation is a non-governmental,non-profit public service organization dedicated to traffic safety. The foundation is named in memory of Dori Slosberg,the daughter of State Representative Irving Slosberg and twin sister of Representative Emily Slosberg,who was killed in a car crash. The foundation has been instrumental in promoting highway safety in Florida through programs including Staying Alive on 95 and Survive the Drive.
Elihu Island is a private island off the coast of Stonington,Connecticut. It is located in Wequetequock Cove,just southwest of Goat Island and northeast of the western tip of Sandy Point Island. It has been variously known as Ledward or Ledward's Island,Elihu's or Elihue's Island,Elihu Chesebrough's Island,and Freeman's Island.
Curtis Gilbert Levine was a Florida attorney and politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives.
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.
On November 23,2012,Jordan Davis,a black American 17-year-old boy,was murdered at a Gate Petroleum gas station in Jacksonville,Florida,United States,by Michael David Dunn,a white 45-year-old software developer,following an argument over loud music played by Davis and his three friends,in what was believed to be a racially motivated shooting.
Colleen Quigley is an American middle-distance runner,steeplechase specialist,and Olympian from St. Louis,Missouri. She is a current world record–holder in the 4x1500-meter relay. Competing in the 3000-meter steeplechase,she finished 8th at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and 12th at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing. She won the 2019 U.S. National Indoor Championship in the mile,running 4:29.47,and was the 2015 NCAA Champion in the 3000-meter steeplechase. In 2023,Quigley announced that she would start competing in triathlon events,but that she still plans to compete in track and field through 2024.
Christine Michelle Metz is an American actress and singer. She played Kate Pearson in the television series This Is Us (2016–2022),which earned her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. She has also appeared in films such as Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018) and Breakthrough (2019).
The 2016 Florida House of Representatives election was held on Tuesday,November 8,2016,with the primary election held on August 30,2016. Voters in the 120 districts of the Florida State House elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices,including for U.S. President,U.S. Senate,U.S. House,and the Florida Legislative.
Tina Scott Polsky is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Florida Senate,representing the 29th district since 2020. Her Senate district includes parts of southern Palm Beach and northern Broward counties. Polsky also served one term in the Florida House of Representatives,representing parts of western and southern Palm Beach County from 2018 to 2020.
Patricia Hawkins-Williams is an American politician who has served in the Florida House of Representatives from the 92nd district from 2016 to 2022,and the 98th District since 2022.
Barrington Russell is an American politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives from the 95th district from 2016 to 2018.
