Broward County is a county in Florida,United States,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 1,944,375 residents as of the 2020 census. Its county seat and most populous city is Fort Lauderdale,which had a population of 182,760 as of 2020. The county is part of the South Florida region of the state.
Eleanor Sobel is a Democratic member of the Florida State Senate,representing the 33rd District,which includes Davie,Hallandale Beach,Hollywood,and Pembroke Pines in southeastern Broward County,since 2012,previously representing the 31st District from 2008 to 2012. Before winning election to the Florida Senate,Sobel served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 100th District from 1998 to 2002 and the 99th District from 2002 to 2006.
Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Republican Party,Bogdanoff served as a member of the Florida Senate from the 25th District,running from West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale,from 2010 to 2012. Prior to this,Bogdanoff served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 91st district from 2004 to 2010.
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.
Christopher L. Smith was a Democratic member of the Florida Senate,who represented the 31st District,which includes eastern Broward County since 2012.
Kelly Skidmore is a politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 90th District,from 2006 to 2008. A Democrat,she ran unsuccessfully for the Florida Senate in 2010 and again for the Florida House in 2016.
Elaine Schwartz is a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 99th District,which includes most of Hollywood in southern Broward County,from 2006 to 2014.
Martin David "Marty" Kiar is a Democratic politician who currently serves as the Broward County Property Appraiser. Kiar was formerly the Mayor of Broward County and a Broward County Commissioner,representing the 1st District from 2012 to 2016. Prior to being elected to the Broward County Commission,Kiar served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2012,representing the 97th District.
John P. Seiler is an American politician and 41st Mayor of Fort Lauderdale,Florida. Prior to this he was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives,from 2000 to 2008 representing District 92 which is located in Broward County,Florida.
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.
Hazelle P. Rogers is a Democratic member of the Broward County Commission. She was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives and was the Mayor of Lauderdale Lakes. She formerly represented the 95th District,which includes North Lauderdale,Lauderdale Lakes,and Lauderhill in northern Broward County,from 2012 to 2016,previously representing the 94th District from 2008 to 2012,before redistricting took place. She won an election to the Broward County Commission on August 23,2022. She was sworn into this position in November 2022.
Kristin Diane Jacobs was an American politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2014 until her death in 2020. She represented the 96th District,including Coconut Creek,Margate,Coral Springs and Parkland in northeastern Broward County.
George R. Moraitis Jr. is a Republican politician and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 93rd District,which stretches from Boca Raton to Hollywood in eastern Broward County,from 2012 to 2018. Moraitis previously represented the 91st District from 2010 to 2012.
The Wave was a planned 2.7-mile (4.3 km) streetcar line in Fort Lauderdale,Florida. Construction costs were estimated to be $200 million. The project was cancelled in 2018.
Suzanne N. ″Sue″Gunzburger is a long-term elected official in Broward County,Florida,USA,known for her work in support of environmental preservation,social services,public funding of the arts,LGBT equality,and adoption of the Broward County Ethics Code.
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 and on August 20,2024 she won the Democratic primary with 46% of the vote becoming the virtual Senator-Elect.
Bobby Brainard DuBose is an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 94th District,which includes most of Fort Lauderdale in central Broward County,from 2014 to 2022. DuBose served as minority leader with fellow Broward colleague as Evan Jenne co-leader for the 2020–2022 Legislature. On July 27,2021,DuBose announced his resignation from the Florida House of Representatives,effective January 11,2022.
Rochelle "Shelley" Vana is a Democratic politician who currently serves as a Palm Beach County Commissioner,representing the 3rd District from 2008 to the present. Prior to being elected to the Broward County Commission,Vana served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008,representing the 85th District.
Dean J. Trantalis is an American politician and mayor of Fort Lauderdale,Florida. Before his election as mayor,Trantalis served as a city commissioner for Fort Lauderdale from 2009 to 2017.
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.
