Miramar is a city in southern Broward County,Florida,United States. It is a suburb of the Miami metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census,the population was 134,721,making it the fourth-largest city in Broward County,the sixth-largest city in the Miami metro area,and the 14th-largest city in Florida.
John Wellborn Martin was an American politician who served as the 24th Governor of Florida,from 1925 to 1929. He also served as Mayor of Jacksonville,Florida,from 1917 to 1923. Born in Plainfield in Marion County,Florida,Martin and his family moved to Jacksonville in 1899. Despite only about four years of formal education,he studied law and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1914. Three years later,Martin ran for Mayor of Jacksonville and easily defeated incumbent J. E. T. Bowden,becoming the city's youngest mayor at age 32. He was easily re-elected twice in landslide victories and served three consecutive terms.
The 2000 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 7,2000,as part of the nationwide presidential election. Florida,a swing state,had a major recount dispute that took center stage in the election. The outcome of the 2000 United States presidential election was not known for more than a month after balloting because of the extended process of counting and recounting Florida's presidential ballots. State results tallied on election night gave 246 electoral votes to Republican nominee Texas Governor George W. Bush and 255 to Democratic nominee Vice President Al Gore,with New Mexico (5),Oregon (7),and Florida (25) too close to call that evening. Gore won New Mexico and Oregon over the following few days,but the result in Florida was decisive,regardless of how those two states had voted.
The 2002 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2002,for the post of Governor of Florida. Incumbent Republican governor Jeb Bush defeated Democratic candidate Bill McBride. Bush became the first Republican governor of Florida to win re-election to a second term. This election was the last time until 2022 that a Florida gubernatorial candidate won the general election by double digits or that a Republican won Miami-Dade County.
The 2004 United States Senate election in Florida took place on November 2,2004,alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Graham decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Graham made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. The primary elections were held on August 31,2004. Republican Mel Martínez won the open seat with 49.4% of the vote to Democratic nominee Betty Castor's 48.3%. With a margin of 1.1%,this election was the closest race of the 2004 Senate election cycle. This was the first open-seat United States Senate election in Florida for this seat since 1974.
Shevrin D. Jones is an American politician who was elected to the Florida State Senate in 2020 to represent the 35th District. He previously was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 101st District,which included southeastern Broward County since 2012.
The 2018 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Florida,alongside an election to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and other state and local elections. Incumbent two-term Republican Governor Rick Scott was term-limited and could not run for a third term,and he successfully ran for Florida's Class I Senate seat.
Presidential primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select the 3,979 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention held on August 17–20 to determine the party's nominee for president in the 2020 United States presidential election. The elections took place in all 50 U.S. states,the District of Columbia,five U.S. territories,and through Democrats Abroad,and occurred between February 3 and August 11.
The 2018 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election occurred on November 6,2018,to elect the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. Democrat Nikki Fried narrowly defeated Republican Matt Caldwell. Fried became the only statewide elected Democrat in Florida,as U.S. Senator Bill Nelson,who had held Florida's Class I U.S. Senate seat since 2000,lost re-election.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018,to elect the 27 U.S. representatives from the state of Florida,one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including a gubernatorial election,other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. The party primaries were held on August 28,2018.
Francis Xavier Suarez is an American lawyer and politician who is the 43rd and current mayor of Miami since 2017. The son of former Miami mayor Xavier Suarez,he previously served on the Miami City Commission from 2009 to 2017.
Candidates associated with the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 United States presidential election:
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on November 3,2020,to elect the 27 U.S. representatives from Florida,one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the U.S. Senate,and various state and local elections.
The 2020 United States presidential election in Florida was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,as part of the 2020 United States presidential election,in which all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated. Florida voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote,pitting the Republican Party's nominee,incumbent president Donald Trump,and his running mate,Vice President Mike Pence,against Democratic Party nominee,former vice president Joe Biden,and his running mate,United States senator Kamala Harris,of California. Florida had 29 electoral votes in the Electoral College.
The 2020 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on February 29,2020,and was the fourth nominating contest in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The South Carolina primary was an open primary and awarded 64 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention,of which 54 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary. Former vice president Joe Biden and senator Bernie Sanders were the only candidates to earn delegates. Biden won 48.7% of the popular vote and notably placed first in every county in the state;it was his first ever win in a presidential primary. Sanders came in second place and won 19.8% of the popular vote. Businessman Tom Steyer,who had staked his entire campaign on the state,placed third but did not surpass the threshold and dropped out of the race,endorsing Biden.
The 2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3,2020,as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The open primary allocated 52 pledged delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention,distributed in proportion to the results of the primary,statewide and within each congressional district. The state was also given an additional 8 unpledged delegates (superdelegates),whose votes at the convention were not bound to the result of the primary.
The 2020 Florida Democratic presidential primary took place on March 17,2020,the third primary Tuesday of the month,as one of three states voting on the same day in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election,while the contest in Ohio had been postponed for roughly a month. The Florida primary was a closed primary,with the state awarding the fourth-largest amount of delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention and the third-largest amount up to that point:249 delegates,of which 219 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
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 Governor Ron DeSantis won re-election in a landslide and defeated the Democratic Party nominee,Charlie Crist,who 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 following is a timeline of major events taking place prior to 2020 United States presidential election,the 59th quadrennial United States presidential election. This timeline includes events from 2017 to 2019. For subsequent events,see Timeline of the 2020 United States presidential election and Timeline of the 2020 United States presidential election.
The following is a timeline of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries in the United States,beginning after the election of Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election. Joe Biden won the primary and eventually defeated Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election.
