Joseph Xavier Carollo is a Cuban-American politician who served as mayor of Miami from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2001. Following his loss in the 2001 mayoral election,he served as Doral,Florida city manager from January 2013 until his firing in April 2014;he was reinstated in June 2017,then immediately resigned. He successfully ran for election to the Miami city commission in 2017.
Alejandro Díaz de la Portilla is a political consultant and former politician from Florida. A Republican,Díaz de la Portilla was a City of Miami Commissioner for District 1 and a member of the Florida Senate from 2000 to 2010,representing parts of Miami-Dade County. He also served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1994 until his election to the Senate.
Dexter Wayne Lehtinen is an American attorney,former politician,interim U.S. Attorney for south Florida,and a law instructor. He is the husband of former U.S. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
Annette Joanne Taddeo-Goldstein is a Colombian-American politician and businesswoman who served as a member of the Florida Senate from the 40th district from 2017 to 2022. She was an unsuccessful candidate for several elections starting in 2008 and was Charlie Crist's running mate in the 2014 Florida gubernatorial election. She was formerly a Democratic candidate in the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election,but withdrew to run for Congress in Florida's 27th congressional district to unsuccessfully challenge incumbent María Elvira Salazar. She is currently running for Miami-Dade County Clerk and Comptroller.
Tomás Pedro Regalado y Valdez is a Cuban American politician and former broadcast journalist who served as the 42nd mayor of Miami,Florida,from 2009 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party,although as Miami mayor his office was nonpartisan.
The 2014 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Florida.
JoséFélix Díaz is a Republican politician from Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 to 2017,representing parts of Miami-Dade County. He resigned from the House in 2017 to run for a special election to the Florida Senate,but was not elected.
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.
Philip Louis Levine is an American businessman and politician who served as Mayor of Miami Beach from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he was a candidate in the 2018 Florida gubernatorial election.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018,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 offices,including a gubernatorial election,other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. The party primaries were held on August 28,2018.
María Elvira Salazar is an American journalist,author,and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 27th congressional district. She is a Republican assistant whip. Before entering politics,Salazar worked for the Spanish-language network Telemundo for three decades after serving as a news anchor for Miami-based WSBS TV. She has also worked for CNN Español and Univision.
Bruno Arthur Barreiro is a Republican politician from Florida. He served on the Miami-Dade County Commission from 1998 to 2018,representing part of Miami Beach and the Miami neighborhoods of Brickell,Little Havana,Coral Way,and West Flagler. He resigned on March 31,2018,to run unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for Florida's 27th congressional district in the 2018 election.
Francis Xavier Suarez is an American lawyer and politician who is the 43rd and current mayor of Miami since November 2017. The son of former Miami mayor Xavier Suarez,he previously served on the Miami City Commission from 2009 to 2017.
A special election to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 18th congressional district was held on August 29,1989. Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen defeated Democrat Gerald Richman in the runoff vote,53.14% to 46.85%. Ros-Lehtinen replaced Claude Pepper,who died in office from stomach cancer.
Michael Christopher Grieco is an American attorney and politician. A Democrat,Grieco served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022,representing the 113th district.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Florida. Incumbent Republican Senator Marco Rubio won re-election to a third term,defeating Democratic nominee Val Demings in a landslide. Rubio was first elected in 2010,filling the seat of appointed Senator George LeMieux. Rubio won re-election to a third term,becoming the first Republican to do so in Florida history.
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 Party governor Ron DeSantis won re-election in a landslide and defeated the Democratic Party nominee,former U.S. representative Charlie Crist,who previously 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 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.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on November 8,2022,to elect the 28 U.S. representatives from Florida,one from each of the state's 28 congressional districts. The primary was held on August 23,2022. The elections coincided with the 2022 United States Senate election in Florida,other elections to the House of Representatives,other elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
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.
