The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I,Section 3,Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution,under which senators were elected by state legislatures. It also alters the procedure for filling vacancies in the Senate,allowing for state legislatures to permit their governors to make temporary appointments until a special election can be held.
William Todd Tiahrt is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district from 1995 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party,he was elected as part of the historic Republican Wave of 1994,defeating 18-year incumbent U.S. Representative Dan Glickman. He ran in 2010 for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Sam Brownback. He lost to fellow Republican U.S. Representative Jerry Moran of Hays,Kansas,50%–45%.
Jefferson Bingham Miller is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 1st congressional district from 2001 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party,his district included all of Escambia County,Santa Rosa County,Okaloosa County,Walton County,Holmes County and Washington County.
The Florida Legislature is the legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. It is organized as a bicameral body composed of an upper chamber,the Senate,and a lower chamber,the House of Representatives. Article III,Section 1 of the Florida Constitution,adopted in 1968,defines the role of the legislature and how it is to be constituted. The legislature is composed of 160 state legislators. The primary purpose of the legislature is to enact new laws and amend or repeal existing laws. It meets in the Florida State Capitol building in Tallahassee.
In the politics of the United States,the process of initiatives and referendums allow citizens of many U.S. states to place legislation on the ballot for a referendum or popular vote,either enacting new legislation,or voting down existing legislation. Citizens,or an organization,might start a popular initiative to gather a predetermined number of signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot. The measure is placed on the ballot for the referendum,or actual vote.
Jeffrey Dean Kottkamp is an American politician,lawyer,and former health drink company executive from the state of Florida. He served as the state's 17th Lieutenant Governor from 2007 until 2011. A member of the Republican Party,Kottkamp previously served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2006
Dennis K. Baxley is a state legislator in Florida who served in the Florida Senate from 2016 to 2024. A Republican,he represents the 12th district including Sumter County and parts of Lake County and Marion County in Central Florida. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing parts of Marion County from 2000 to 2007 and again from 2010 until his election to the Senate in 2016. He served on the Belleview City Commission and as its mayor.
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.
A Massachusetts general election was held on November 8,1994 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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.
William Gregory Steube is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 17th congressional district since 2019. His district is based in Sarasota. A member of the Republican Party,Steube served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the Sarasota-Manatee area from 2010 to 2016,as well as two years in the Florida Senate until 2018,representing Sarasota County and the western part of Charlotte County.
Halsey W. Beshears is a Republican politician from Florida. He served as the secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) from January 2019 to January 2021. Previously,he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing parts of the Florida Panhandle from 2012 until his appointment as DBPR secretary.
Raymond Wesley Rodrigues is the 12th chancellor of the State University System of Florida since 2023. Previously,he served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing southern and coastal Lee County from 2012 to 2020 and one term in the Florida Senate from 2020 to 2022. His campaign website describes him as conservative.
Janet Cruz is an American politician who formerly served as a Democratic member of the Florida Senate,representing part of Hillsborough County and Tampa from 2018 until 2022 before losing re-election,as well as four terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing a Tampa-based district from 2010 until her election to the Senate.
Victor Manuel Torres Jr. is a Democratic member of the Florida Senate who has represented the 25th district,encompassing Osceola County and southern Orange County,since 2022. Previously,he served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing parts of Orlando in Orange County from 2012 to 2016.
Julio Gonzalez is a Republican politician and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 74th District,which includes Englewood,North Port,and Venice in Sarasota County,from 2014 to 2018. In 2018,Gonzalez lost the Republican primary for Florida's 17th congressional district by a large margin.
Carlos Guillermo Smith is an American community activist,lobbyist,and Democratic politician. He is a member of the Florida Senate from the 17th district since 2024,covering much of Orange County east of I-4,having been elected without opposition upon the qualifying deadline on June 14th. He previously served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from District 49,situated in northeastern Orange County from 2016 through 2022,which covered the University of Central Florida area,Alafaya,Goldenrod,Union Park,Rio Pinar,and Waterford Lakes.
Briscoe Cain is an American attorney and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 128.
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.
Virginia state elections in 2020 was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020. With the exception of its Democratic Party presidential primary election held on March 3,2020,its primary elections were held on June 23 of that year.
