Peter R. Deutsch is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. Deutsch was a Democratic Representative from Florida's 20th congressional district from 1993 until 2005.
Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart is a Cuban-American attorney and politician. He was the U.S. representative for Florida's 21st congressional district from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He retired from Congress in 2011 and his younger brother,Mario Díaz-Balart,who had previously represented Florida's 25th congressional district,succeeded him. He is currently chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute. After leaving Congress,he started a law practice and a consulting firm,both based in Miami,Florida.
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,popularly known 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.
Charles Joseph Crist Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 and as the U.S. representative for Florida's 13th congressional district from 2017 to 2022. Crist has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2012;he was previously a Republican before becoming an independent in 2010.
Richard T. Crotty is an American politician who served as the Mayor of Orange County,Florida.
Richard Nelson Swett is an American politician from the U.S. state of New Hampshire who served as the U.S. representative for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district from 1991 to 1995. He also served as the U.S. Ambassador to Denmark from 1998 to 2001.
Ben Hill Griffin Jr. was a prominent American businessman,citrus producer,politician,and philanthropist who was a native and resident of Florida. He was an alumnus of the University of Florida,a former legislator,one-time candidate for governor,and a patron of college sports and higher education in Florida. Several of his grandchildren remain active in Florida politics. Griffin is the subject of the final chapter of John McPhee's work of creative nonfiction Oranges.
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.
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.
Charles Merian Cooper was an American attorney and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1893 until 1897.
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,and 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.
Dennis L. Jones is a Republican former member of the Florida Senate,representing the 13th District from 2002 to 2012. Previously he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives representing the 57th district from 1978 to 1982,the 53rd district from 1982 to 1992,and the 54th district from 1992 to 2000. He served as Speaker pro tempore from 1998 to 2000.
Michael S. Bennett is an American politician from Florida who is a member of the Republican Party. He served as a member of the Florida Senate representing the 21st District from 2002 to 2012. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2001 to 2002.
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.
Roderic Ai Camp is an American academic specialized in Mexican studies. He is a frequent consultant to international media including the BBC,The New York Times,The Wall Street Journal,National Public Radio,and was once a contributing editor to Microsoft Encarta.
Ben Albritton is a Republican politician and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 56th District,which includes DeSoto County,Hardee County,and southwestern Polk County,from 2012 to 2018. Albritton previously represented the 66th District from 2010 to 2012.
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 re-election to 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 reelection. As of 2022,this remains the last time that a Democrat has won a statewide election in Florida,and the only time since 2012.
