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.
Carlos Antonio Giménez is a Cuban-born American politician and retired firefighter serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 28th congressional district. He was redistricted from Florida's 26th congressional district. A Republican,he served as mayor of Miami-Dade County from 2011 to 2020. He served as a Miami-Dade County Commissioner from 2003 to 2011,and was the fire chief of the City of Miami Fire Department.
Amanda Fritz is a British-American politician and retired psychiatric nurse from the U.S. state of Oregon. Before being elected to Portland's City Council in 2008,Fritz was a neighborhood activist and seven-year member of the Portland Planning Commission. She was also the first candidate to win public financing under Portland's Clean Elections system in 2006,though she lost to incumbent Dan Saltzman in the first round of that year's election.
Priscilla Ann Taylor is a West Palm Beach,Florida,businesswoman and Democratic politician who formerly served as Palm Beach County commissioner for District 7.
Lois Jane Frankel is an American politician and lawyer who has been the United States representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district since 2013. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Charlotte Gilmore Durante was elected in 1978 as the first African American woman City Commissioner in Delray Beach,a city in Palm Beach County,Florida. She served until 1982. In 2010,she was arrested on charges of defrauding Haitian immigrants out of 1.8 million dollars in a Ponzi scheme,in order to purchase a permanent location for the Museum of Lifestyle &Fashion History,which her daughter ran. Convicted on a portion of the original charges in 2013,she completed her sentence in 2016.
The 2015 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 3. The off-year election included a special election for Speaker of the House. There were also gubernatorial and state legislative elections in a few states;as well as numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.
Bobby Powell is a Democratic member of the Florida Senate who has represented the 30th district,which includes West Palm Beach and surrounding areas in northeastern Palm Beach County,since 2016. He previously served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the parts of the West Palm Beach area from 2012 to 2016.
On May 9,2015,the city of San Antonio,Texas,held an election to choose the next Mayor of San Antonio. Interim mayor Ivy Taylor ran for election to a full term and narrowly defeated former state senator Leticia Van de Putte in the runoff election on June 13,2015,to become the first African American elected to the position.
The West Palm Beach mayoral election took place in March 2015 to elect a mayor for West Palm Beach,Florida. Incumbent Jeri Muoio won re-election for a second term in office.
The 2015 Charlotte mayoral election took place on November 3,2015,to elect the Mayor of Charlotte,North Carolina. Mayoral elections in Charlotte are biennial,with the winner being sworn in in December.
The 2019 United States elections were held,in large part,on Tuesday,November 5,2019. This off-year election included gubernatorial elections in Kentucky,Louisiana,and Mississippi;regularly-scheduled state legislative elections in Louisiana,Mississippi,Virginia,and New Jersey;and special elections for seats in various state legislatures. Numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local elections also occurred. Three special elections to the United States House of Representatives also took place in 2019 as a result of vacancies.
The West Palm Beach mayoral election took place on November 5,1991,to elect a mayor for West Palm Beach,Florida. Officially,elections for mayor of West Palm Beach are nonpartisan. Prior to this election,the city operated under a council–manager government system since 1919,with the city commissioners choosing the mayor,a mostly ceremonial office that had less power than the city manager. However,in March 1991,voters approved a referendum to allow a strong mayor and to transition the city government to a mayor-council structure. Thus,it was the first direct election for mayor of West Palm Beach since 1919.
Nancy Malley Graham is an American educator,lawyer,and politician. She formerly served as West Palm Beach,Florida's first strong mayor from 1991 to 1999. Although the office of mayor of West Palm Beach is officially nonpartisan,she was a member of the Republican Party during her tenure. Prior to holding a public office,Graham graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida in 1981. Moving to West Palm Beach two years later,Graham served as a member of several law firms in the 1980s in the West Palm Beach area. She was elected city commissioner in 1988 and promoted to vice mayor in 1989,but soon resigned to avoid a potential conflict of interest with her law firm. Following a brief return to private life,Graham successfully campaigned for the city's 1991 mayoral election,the first direct election for that office in several decades.
The 2019 mayoral election in the city of Raleigh,North Carolina,was held on Tuesday,October 8,2019. Former City Council member Mary-Ann Baldwin placed first in the election,followed by attorney Charles Francis. Although Baldwin did not receive a majority of the vote,Francis declined to seek a runoff,leaving Baldwin elected as the city's next mayor.
The 2020 Miami-Dade County mayoral election was held on November 3,2020,to determine the mayor of Miami-Dade County,Florida. County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava defeated fellow commissioner Esteban Bovo. Incumbent Mayor Carlos A. Giménez,first elected in 2011,was term-limited;instead running for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Florida's 26th congressional district.
Daniella Levine Cava is an American lawyer,social worker,and politician who has served as the mayor of Miami-Dade County,Florida since 2020. Previously,she was a Miami-Dade County Commissioner from 2014 until her election as mayor. She is the first woman and the first person of Jewish descent to serve as mayor of Miami-Dade County.
The 2023 Jacksonville mayoral election was held on March 21,2023,with a runoff held on May 16. Incumbent Republican mayor Lenny Curry was term-limited and could not seek a third term in office. Seven candidates filed to run,including four Republicans,two Democrats,and an independent. Jacksonville mayoral elections use a blanket primary system where all candidates,regardless of party affiliation,appear on the same ballot. Nonprofit founder Donna Deegan,a Democrat,and Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce president Daniel Davis,a Republican,took the top two spots in the primary election. Because no candidate surpassed 50% of the vote,Deegan and Davis advanced to a runoff.
Joel T. Daves III was an American politician and lawyer. He was appointed as the Palm Beach County solicitor in 1959 and won the election to that office in 1960. Daves declined to seek reelection in 1964,instead running for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives. He served two years as a Democratic state representative before being defeated in 1966. Attempting a political comeback,Daves ran for the United States Senate in 1970 but placed last among the five Democratic primary candidates. After over two decades of not seeking a political office,he unsuccessfully ran for mayor of West Palm Beach in 1991. He was then elected city commissioner in 1992 and mayor of West Palm Beach in 1999. Daves lost to Lois Frankel in the 2003 mayoral election.
