Everytown for Gun Safety is an American nonprofit organization which advocates for gun control and against gun violence. Everytown was formed in 2013 due to a merger between Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
Carlos Antonio Giménez is a Cuban-born American politician and retired firefighter serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 28th congressional district. He was redistricted from Florida's 26th congressional district. A Republican,he served as mayor of Miami-Dade County from 2011 to 2020. He served as a Miami-Dade County Commissioner from 2003 to 2011,and was the fire chief of the City of Miami Fire Department.
Giffords is an American advocacy and research organization focused on promoting civilian disarmament. The organization draws its name from one of its co-founders,Gabby Giffords,a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Giffords was shot along with 18 others at a constituent meeting in Tucson in 2011. The organization has three parts:a 501(c)(4) lobbying arm,a 501(c)(3) research arm,and a super PAC. It was previously known in a different configuration as Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Lois Jane Frankel is an American politician and lawyer who has been the United States representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district since 2013. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg is an American politician and former naval officer who is currently serving as the 19th United States Secretary of Transportation. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the 32nd mayor of South Bend,Indiana,from 2012 to 2020,which earned him the nickname "Mayor Pete".
Richard "Rick" Stark is an American Democratic politician from Florida. He served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 104th District in southern Broward County,from 2012 to 2020.
Americans for Responsible Solutions (ARS) was a United States non-profit organization and super PAC that supports gun control. The group's stated goal was "to encourage elected officials to stand up for solutions to prevent gun violence and protect responsible gun ownership." It typically supported Democratic politicians in elections. In 2016,the organization merged with the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence to become Giffords.
Stephanie Murphy is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 7th congressional district from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she defeated incumbent Republican John Mica in 2016. Her district included much of downtown and northern Orlando,as well as all of Winter Park,Maitland,Sanford,and Altamonte Springs.
Never Again MSD is an American student-led political action committee for gun control that advocates for tighter regulations to prevent gun violence. The organization,also known by the Twitter hashtags #NeverAgain,and #EnoughIsEnough,was formed by a group of twenty students attending Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD) at the time of the deadly shooting in 2018,in which seventeen students and staff members were killed by the alleged gunman,Nikolas Cruz,who was a 19-year-old former student of the school and was armed with an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle. The organization started on social media as a movement "for survivors of the Stoneman Douglas Shooting,by survivors of the Stoneman Douglas Shooting" using the hashtag #NeverAgain. A main goal of the group was to influence that year's United States mid-term elections,and they embarked on a multi-city bus tour to encourage young people to register to vote.
David Miles Hogg is an American gun control activist. He rose to prominence during the 2018 United States gun violence protests as a student survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting,helping lead several high-profile protests,marches,and boycotts,including the boycott of The Ingraham Angle. He has also been a target and scapegoat of several conspiracy theories.
Cindy Sofia Polo is a Democratic politician from Florida. She served one term in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 103rd district in northwestern Miami-Dade and southwestern Broward Counties from 2018 to 2020.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Indiana was held on November 8,2022 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Indiana. Incumbent Republican Senator Todd Young was reelected to a second term.
The 2020 presidential campaign of Pete Buttigieg was an election campaign by the former mayor of South Bend,Indiana. It was formally announced on April 14,2019 in South Bend. Buttigieg was the first openly gay candidate to seek the Democratic nomination for president. At 38,he was the youngest candidate in the 2020 primary race. Although considered a lower-tier candidate at launch,his campaign later gained prominence,winning the most delegates in the Iowa caucuses and tying with Bernie Sanders for the most delegates in the New Hampshire primary.
The 2011 South Bend,Indiana mayoral election was held on November 8,2011.
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 2015 South Bend,Indiana mayoral election was held on November 3,2015. The election was won by the incumbent mayor,Pete Buttigieg,who was reelected with more than 80 percent of the votes,defeating Republican Kelly Jones. The election coincided with races for the Common Council and for South Bend City Clerk.
The 2019 South Bend,Indiana mayoral election was held on November 5,2019,to determine the next mayor of South Bend,Indiana.
Kristin Sunde is a Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives,representing District 42 since 2019.
