Vero Beach is a city in and the county seat of Indian River County,Florida,United States. According to the 2020 census,the city had a population of 16,354. Nicknamed “The Gateway to the Tropics”,the city is situated along the Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean on Florida's Treasure Coast. Located at the northern end of the South Florida region,Vero Beach is 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Orlando and 65 miles (105 km) north of West Palm Beach.
John Luigi Mica is an American businessman,consultant and Republican politician who represented Florida's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2017. He was defeated by Democrat Stephanie Murphy in the November 8,2016,general election while serving his 12th term in office.
James Oscar Davis III is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. He is a Democrat and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007,representing Florida's 11th congressional district. He was the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida in the 2006 election,but was defeated by Republican Charlie Crist.
David Joseph Weldon is an American politician and physician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives,representing Florida's 15th congressional district,and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in Florida's 2012 U.S. Senate race.
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.
Joseph Negron,Jr. is a Republican politician from Florida. He served as a member of the Florida Senate from 2009 to 2018,representing parts of the Treasure Coast. In his last two years in office,he served as Senate President. Previously,Negron served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the Martin County-based 82nd district from 2000 to 2006.
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.
Willie Logan is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. A former member of the Florida House of Representatives,he campaigned for the United States Senate as an Independent in 2000.
Rodolfo "Rudy" García is a former Republican member of the Florida Senate,representing the 40th District from 2001 through 2010. Previously he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1985 through 2000. He ran for Mayor of Hialeah,Florida in 2011,but lost.
Evelyn J. Lynn is a Republican Party member of the Florida Senate,representing the 7th District since 2003. Her district includes parts of Clay County,Marion County,Putnam County,and Volusia County,Florida. Previously she was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1995 through 2002.
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.
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.
Sharon J. Merchant is an American politician in the state of Florida. She was a representative in the Florida House of Representatives for the 83rd district between 1993 and 2001.
Ralph Poppell is a Florida Republican politician who served as a Representative in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida. He was first elected to the Florida House in 2002 and left office due to term limitation in 2010.
William D. Snyder is the Martin County,Florida sheriff and former Republican politician who served as the District 82 representative in the House of Representatives of the State of Florida.
David Mauricio Rivera is an American Republican politician from Florida. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for one term,representing parts of South Florida from 2011 to 2013.
Debbie Mayfield is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Florida Senate who has represented the 17th district,which includes Indian River and southern Brevard Counties,since 2016. She previously served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing parts of the Treasure Coast from 2008 to 2016. She was the Senate majority leader from 2020 to 2022.
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.
The 2006 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 7,2006,to elect the Attorney General of Florida. The election was won by Bill McCollum who took office on January 3,2007.
