Broward County is a county in the southeastern part of Florida,located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States,with over 1.94 million residents as of the 2020 census. Its county seat and largest city is Fort Lauderdale,which had a population of 182,760 as of 2020.
Pompano Beach is a city in Broward County,Florida,United States. It is located along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean,just north of Fort Lauderdale. The nearby Hillsboro Inlet forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. As of the 2020 census,the city's population was 112,046. Located 36 miles (58 km) north of Miami,it is a principal city in the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach metropolitan area,which was home to an estimated 6,158,824 people in 2017.
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. was an American jurist and Republican politician who served as mayor of Fort Lauderdale and represented South Florida in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until 2007. He was defeated for re-election by Ron Klein in 2006.
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.
Walter G. "Skip" Campbell Jr. was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida Senate from 1996 to 2006. Later,he served as the Mayor of Coral Springs,Florida,from 2014 until his death.
Edward John Stack was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida.
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.
Steven Anthony Geller is an American attorney and politician who serves on the Broward County Commission for District 5. As of November 2020,Geller was the mayor of Broward County from November 2020 till November 2021. He was the former vice mayor from November 2019 till November 2020.
J. Dudley Goodlette in Hazard,Kentucky,and moved to Naples,Florida with his family in 1954,is a lawyer and former politician. Goodlette previously served as a Representative in the House of Representatives of the U.S. State of Florida from 1998 to 2007. He was the interim president of Edison Community College from 2011-12.
Timothy M. Ryan is an American attorney and Democratic politician who currently serves as a Broward County Commissioner,representing the 7th District from 2012 to the present. Prior to being elected to the Broward County Commission,Ryan served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006,representing the 99th District from 1998 to 2002,and the 100th District from 2002 to 2006.
Adam Michael Hasner is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2002 to 2010. In 2012,Hasner was the Republican nominee for Florida's 22nd congressional district.
John Adikes Bond is an author,attorney,poker player,political activist and real estate developer born in Jamaica,New York January 14,1955. He grew up in Massapequa and Port Washington,New York before moving to South Florida in 1972. He currently resides between Dania Beach,Florida and Andros Island,the Bahamas. He is the eldest of five children;his brother James Alexander Bond is a theatre director in New York City.
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 2010 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 2,2010,to elect the Attorney General of Florida. The election was won by Republican Pam Bondi who took office in January 2011.
Lois Jane Frankel is an American politician and lawyer who has been the United States representative for Florida's 21st congressional district since 2017 and who represented Florida's 22nd congressional district from 2013 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Bill Hager was an American politician from Florida. He served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives as a Republican,representing parts of coastal Palm Beach County from 2010 to 2018.
Joel Karl Gustafson is an American former politician in the state of Florida. City of Fort Lauderdale Prosecuting Attorney,Board of Adjustment attorney,Planning &Zoning Board attorney,Associate Municipal Judge,Broward County Narcotics Guidance Council,Florida Law Revision Commission. One of five recipients of the Outstanding Man award for 1967,Fort Lauderdale Junior Chamber of Commerce. Allen Morris award,1969 as Second Second-Session Member Showing Greatest Development.
Blanche Euturpe General Ely was born in Reddick,Florida,the daughter of Deacon John General and Sarah Enock General. Her mother died when she was an infant,and she was raised by her father and her stepmother Amanda General. She graduated from Fessenden Academy in Ocala,and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Florida A &M University,and a Master's Degree in Educational Administration and Supervision,Teachers College,Columbia University. She also held a Bachelor of Science in "Life Instructions",from a program jointly sponsored by Florida A&M University and Benedict College.
Leland Homer Rayson was an American lawyer and politician.
Christopher Benjamin is an American attorney,mediator,arbitrator,magistrate and politician who has served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from District 107 since November 2020.
