Florida State Road 823 (SR 823) is a 20.6-mile (33.2 km) long state highway in the U.S. state of Florida. The road runs from U.S. Route 27 in Hialeah to Interstate 595 and SR 84 in Davie. The section in Miami-Dade County,through Hialeah and Miami Lakes,is known as Red Road. In Broward County,the road turns northwest and merges into Flamingo Road, until its terminus in Davie,though the road continues without designation into Sunrise.
Florida State Road 817 (SR 817) is a 25.691-mile-long (41.346 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Florida,locally known as Northwest 27th Avenue in Miami-Dade County and University Drive in Broward County. Its southern terminus is an intersection in Opa-locka with SR 9,which continues south along Northwest 27th Avenue to Dixie Highway in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami. Its northern terminus is at State Road 834 in Coral Springs,though the right of way continues north to Loxahatchee Road at the Palm Beach County line.
State Road 847 is a 2.14-mile (3.44 km) state highway along Northwest 47th Avenue in northern Miami-Dade County,Florida,serving the Carol City/Miami Gardens area. It runs from sR 860 north to the Broward County line at Northwest 215th Street,just south of a bridge carrying the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (SR 821). There is no signage indicating either terminus of SR 847.
Florida's 24th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress,located in southeast Florida. It was redrawn after the 2020 U.S. census. This district includes parts of Miami north of Florida State Road 112,including Little Haiti,as well as Brownsville,Biscayne Park,North Miami,Miami Gardens,and Opa Locka,along with the southern Broward County communities of Pembroke Park,West Park,and parts of Miramar. In the 2020 redistricting cycle,the district was drawn to include parts of barrier islands northeast of Miami,including Miami Beach and Surfside,while all of Hollywood became part of the new 25th district as Country Club and some of Miami,including Allapattah and Wynwood,became part of the new 26th district.
Florida's 25th congressional district is a congressional district in the Greater Miami area of Florida. In the 2020 redistricting cycle,it was drawn as a successor to the previous 23rd district and includes much of southern Broward County,including Weston,Davie,Pembroke Pines,Hollywood,and parts of Miramar and Plantation. The previous iteration of the 25th district,which stretched from Collier County to the suburbs of Miami,was instead renamed the 26th district.
Evan Boyd Jenne is an American Democratic politician who had served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 99th District,which included most of Hollywood in southern Broward County,from 2014 to 2022. Previously,Jenne represented the 100th District,which stretched from Dania Beach to Pembroke Pines in southern Broward County,from 2006 to 2012. Jenne has been co-leader under Broward colleague Bobby DuBose as House minority leader for the 2020–2022 Legislature.
Oscar Braynon,II is an American Democratic politician from Miami Gardens,Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011 and then in the Florida Senate from 2011 to 2020,representing parts of southern Broward and northern Miami-Dade County.
Joseph A. "Joe" Gibbons is a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014,representing the 105th District from 2006 to 2012 and the 100th District,which includes eastern Broward County and eastern Miami-Dade County,from 2012 to 2014.
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.
Sharon Pritchett is a Democratic politician from Florida. She served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 102nd District,stretching from Miami Gardens to Pembroke Pines in northern Miami-Dade County and southern Broward County,from 2012 to 2020.
Barbara Watson is a Democratic politician from Florida. She served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing parts of North Miami to Miami Gardens in northern Miami-Dade County,from 2011 to 2020.
Daphne Campbell is a former Democratic member of the Florida Senate who represented the 38th district,including Miami Beach,North Miami,and other parts of northeastern Miami-Dade County,since 2016. Previously,she served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 108th district from 2010 to 2016. She was defeated by Jason Pizzo in a primary election on August 28,2018. She ran for Senate District 35 in 2020.
Barbara Muhammad Sharief is an American politician and nurse. Serving as a Broward County commissioner from 2010 to 2021,she was appointed mayor from 2013 to 2014,and again from 2016 to 2017. She is the county's first African-American female and Muslim mayor. Sharief is also a former Miramar city commissioner and vice mayor. In September 2022,she announced her candidacy for Florida's 35th Senate District in the 2024 election.
Joseph Scott Geller is a Democratic politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 100th District,which includes most of Hollywood in southern Broward County and parts of Miami-Dade County,since 2014.
Jason William Barnet Pizzo is an American attorney and State Senator who has served as a member of the Florida Senate since 2018,representing parts of coastal Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. Senator Pizzo received his undergraduate degree from New York University,and a few years later earned his master’s degree from Columbia University. While receiving his law degree at the University of Miami,he was sworn-in as an Assistant State Attorney for the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. During his time as a prosecutor,he helped create the SAO’s Gun Violence Initiative,which focused on cold case shootings and homicides involving youth.
Ana Maria Rodriguez is a Republican member of the Florida Senate,representing the 40th district encompassing Monroe and parts of Miami-Dade Counties since 2020.
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 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.
The 2022 Florida's 20th congressional district special election was a special election to the United States House of Representatives. The seat had been vacant since incumbent Democratic representative Alcee Hastings died on April 6,2021,of pancreatic cancer.
The 2022 elections for the Florida State Senate took place on Tuesday,November 8,2022,to elect state senators from all 40 districts. Although on ordinary years,20 senators are elected at a time on a staggered basis,races following redistricting elect all 40 members to ensure that each member represents an equal number of constituents. The Republican Party expanded their Senate majority from 24 to 28,gaining a supermajority in the Senate. The concurrently held House elections also resulted in a supermajority,giving Republicans supermajority control of the legislature.
