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 1988 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate. Held on November 8,1988,the 33 seats of Class 1 were contested in regular elections. In spite of the Republican victory by George H. W. Bush in the presidential election,the Democrats gained a net of 1 seat in the Senate. 7 seats changed parties,with 4 incumbents being defeated. The Democratic majority in the Senate increased by one to 55–45.
Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy IV,known popularly as Connie Mack IV,is an American politician and lobbyist. He is the former U.S. Representative for Florida's 14th congressional district,serving from 2005 to 2013. A Republican,he ran for the U.S. Senate in 2012,losing to Democrat Bill Nelson. He is the son of former Republican U.S. Senator Connie Mack III and the great-grandson of baseball manager Connie Mack.
The 1950 United States Senate elections occurred in the middle of Harry S. Truman's second term as president. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections,and four special elections were held to fill vacancies. As with most 20th-century second-term midterms,the party not holding the presidency made significant gains. The Republican opposition made a net gain of five seats,taking advantage of the Democratic administration's declining popularity during the Cold War and the aftermath of the Recession of 1949. The Democrats held a narrow 49-to-47-seat majority after the election. This was the first time since 1932 that the Senate majority leader lost his seat,and the only instance of the majority leader losing his seat while his party retained the majority.
Robert A. Butterworth Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Florida.
Richard Bernard Stone was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Florida from 1975 to 1980 and later served as Ambassador at Large to Central America and Ambassador to Denmark. Before running for the U.S. Senate he served as Florida Secretary of State.
Robert Wendell Bailey is an American politician from Missouri. He graduated from Southwest Missouri State University,where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity,with a degree in Business Administration and owned an automobile dealership in Willow Springs.
Alberto Gutman was a Cuban-American politician. Born to a Jewish family in Havana,Cuba,he moved to the United States when he was 6 years old.
Thomas Charles Feeney III is an American politician from Orlando,Florida. He represented Florida's 24th congressional district. He was defeated in the 2008 election by Democrat Suzanne Kosmas.
Tau Kappa Epsilon (ΤΚΕ),commonly known as ΤΚΕ or Teke,is a social college fraternity founded on January 10,1899,at Illinois Wesleyan University. The organization has chapters throughout the United States and Canada,making the Fraternity an international organization. Since its founding in 1899,Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity has never had an exclusionary or discriminatory clause to prevent individuals from joining and has instead admitted members based on their "personal worth and character". As of spring 2024,there are 209 active ΤΚΕchapters and colonies with over 301,000-lifetime members.
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.
Daniel Alan Webster is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 11th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he first entered Congress in 2011. He represented Florida's 10th congressional district from 2011 to 2017. Before his congressional service,he served 28 years in the Florida legislature. He was the first Republican Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives since Reconstruction.
Mike Fasano is the Tax Collector of Pasco County,Florida. Previously he was a member of the Florida House,representing the 36th District since 2012,a member of the Florida Senate from 2002 through 2012 and a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1994 through 2002. He is a Republican.
Burt L. Saunders is a registered Republican and a former member of the Florida Senate,representing the 37th District since 1999. Previously he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1994 through 1998.
Faye B. Culp is a retired educator and Republican politician who served as the District 57 Representative in the Florida House of Representatives. She was the first female Republican to serve as Majority Whip in the Florida House.
Richard Glorioso is a retired United States Air Force Colonel and Plant City,Florida Republican politician who serves as the District 62 Representative in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida. He was first elected to the Florida House in 2004 and was successively re-elected to three more terms. He had served Plant City as a city commissioner from 1998 to 2004.
Baxter Troutman is a Winter Haven,Florida citrus grower,businessman,and Republican politician who served as the representative for District 66 in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida. He was first elected to the Florida House in 2002,and was re-elected to three more successive terms. He served as vice chair of the Committee on Environmental Protection and the Environment &Natural Resources Council.
Van B. Poole is a former Republican politician from Florida.
John E. Thrasher is a former state legislator,businessman,lawyer and lobbyist who served as the 15th president of Florida State University. He was approved by the Florida Board of Governors on November 6,2014 and took office on November 10,2014. On September 11,2020,Thrasher and the university board of trustees announced his retirement in a joint statement. In May 2021,Richard McCullough was chosen by Florida State University’s board of trustees to succeed Thrasher.
