Daniel Robert Graham is an American lawyer,author,and politician who served as the 38th governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States senator from Florida from 1987 to 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart is a Cuban-American attorney and politician. He was the U.S. representative for Florida's 21st congressional district from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He retired from Congress in 2011 and his younger brother,Mario Díaz-Balart,who had previously represented Florida's 25th congressional district,succeeded him. He is currently chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute. After leaving Congress,he started a law practice and a consulting firm,both based in Miami,Florida.
Claude Denson Pepper was an American politician of the Democratic Party,and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951,and the Miami area in the United States House of Representatives from 1963 until 1989.
Dante Bruno Fascell was an American politician who represented Florida as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1955 to 1993. He served as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee for nine years.
Raúl L. Martínez is a former mayor of Hialeah,Florida,United States. He is a Democrat and was mayor for 24 years,first elected in 1981 and was the Democratic congressional candidate for Florida's 21st congressional district in 2008.
Charles Taylor Manatt was a U.S. Democratic Party political figure. He was an American lawyer,politician and businessman.
Jason Altmire is an American businessman,author,lobbyist and politician. He is the former U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district,serving from 2007 until 2013. He is a fellow of the European Institute for International Law and International Relations. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Alberto Remigio Cárdenas y Pardo is a Cuban-born American lawyer,politician and conservative activist who is a partner in the law firm of Squire Patton Boggs and in the Advocacy Group at Cardenas Partners. He has been named as one of Washington D.C.'s top lobbyists by The Hill newspaper. Cardenas was a member of the Board of Trustees of Florida A&M University.
JoséAntonio Garcia Jr.,known as Joe Garcia,is an American attorney and politician. Garcia represented Florida's 26th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015. A Democrat,Garcia represented most of western Miami-Dade County and the Florida Keys in Congress.
Carlos Antonio Giménez is a Cuban-born American politician and retired firefighter currently serving as the U.S. representative for 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.
Kirill Reznik is a Ukrainian-born American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He is one of three members of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 39. District 39 encompasses a horseshoe-shaped area in the middle of Montgomery County,Maryland,and includes parts of North Potomac,Darnestown,Germantown,Montgomery Village,Derwood,and the Town of Washington Grove. District 39 is represented by fellow Democrats,Senator Nancy J. King,and Delegates Gabriel Acevero and Lesley Lopez.
James Roosevelt III is an American attorney,Democratic Party official,and a grandson of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. As of 2021,he is the co-chair of the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the Democratic National Committee,a position he has held since 1995.
Federico A. Moreno is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Juan Carlos Zapata,is an American businessman,politician and the owner of Zapata Consulting. Founded in 2004,Zapata Consulting focuses on assisting clients in building strong relationships with public officials and community stakeholders,identifying and pursuing business opportunities,and developing strategies to strengthen a company's brand and market position. Prior to the company's inception,Mr. Zapata was involved in importing seafood,real estate and other business ventures. He also has a strong background in non-profit management.
Art Collins is a Founding and Managing Partner of theGROUP,a strategy,policy and communications firm established in 2011. He was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Public Private Partnership,Inc.,an independent strategic planning and political consulting firm he founded in 1989. theGROUP provides strategic advice to multinational corporations,political campaigns,political parties,elected officials,nonprofit and government organizations,and advocacy groups.
Herbert A. Wertheim is an American optometrist,inventor,billionaire businessman,and philanthropist. He is the founder and president of Brain Power Incorporated (BPI).
Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census,making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in the United States. It is also Florida's third largest county in terms of land area,with 1,946 square miles (5,040 km2). The county seat is Miami,the core of the nation's ninth largest and world's 34th largest metropolitan area with a 2020 population of 6.138 million people.
David Lawrence Jr. is an American nationally known newspaper editor and publisher who retired at the age of 56 and subsequently became a leading national advocate for children,especially in the area of early childhood investment. He is the former publisher of The Miami Herald and the Detroit Free Press. He currently serves as chair of The Children's Movement of Florida.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 general election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Florida voters chose 29 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan.
Alan Louis Sagner was an American Democratic Party politician,businessman and philanthropist who served as New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation,as Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,and as Chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
