2016 Florida House Of Representatives Election
The 2016 Florida House of Representatives election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election held on August 30, 2016. Voters in the 120 districts of the Florida State House elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and the Florida Legislative. Retiring Incumbents Republicans *Mike Hill, District 2 (retiring, ran for SD-1) *Doug Bronson, District 3, (Retiring, ran for SD-1) *Janet Adkins, District 11, (Term-limited) *Lake Ray, District 12, (term-limited, ran for CD-4) *Charles McBurney, District 16, (Term-limited) *Charles Van Zant, District 19, (Term-limited) *Keith Perry, District 21, (retiring, ran for SD-8) *Dennis Baxley, District 23, (retiring, ran for SD-12) *Fred Costello, District 25, (retiring, ran for CD-6) *H. Marlene O'Toole, District 33, (term-limited ran for SD-12) *Jimmie Todd Smith, District 34, (retiring) *John Wood, District 41, (t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Florida House Of Representatives
The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted. The House is composed of 120 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of approximately 180,000 residents. Legislative districts are drawn on the basis of population figures, provided by the federal decennial census. Representatives' terms begin immediately upon their election. The Republicans holds the majority in the State House with 84 seats; Democrats are in the minority with 35 seats. One seat is vacant. Titles Members of the House of Representatives are referred to as representatives. Because this shadows the terminology used to describe members of U.S. House of Representatives, constituents and the news media often refer t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mel Ponder
Mel Ponder is an American politician. Affiliated with the Republican Party, Ponder served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 4th district between 2016 and 2020. Ponder previously served as the mayor of Destin, Florida from 2014 to 2016. On August 30, 2016, Ponder won a close and contentious five-way primary to become the Republican nominee to represent District 4 in the Florida House of Representatives. Ponder was elected unopposed in the November general election. He succeeded state representative Matt Gaetz Matthew Louis Gaetz II ( ; born May 7, 1982) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for since 2017. A Republican, he has been described as an ally of former president Donald Trump, as well as a proponen ..., who was elected to the Florida 1st District U.S. House seat. References External links * * 21st-century American politicians Florida Republicans Living people Mayors of place ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2016 In Florida
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2016 Florida Elections
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Tracie Davis
Tracie Davis (born May 6, 1970, in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American politician and former teacher who currently serves as the Senator for District 5 in the Florida Senate as a member of the Democratic Party. After former Democratic representative Reggie Fullwood pleaded guilty to two counts of federal fraud, Davis was selected by the Duval County Democratic Party to replace him on the ticket for District 13 in the Florida House of Representatives. Prior to her run, she was a special education teacher for Duval County Public Schools, and subsequently worked as the deputy supervisor of elections. She holds education degrees from University of North Florida and Edward Waters College Edward Waters University is a private Christian historically Black university in Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded in 1866 by members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church) as a school to educate freedmen and their children. I .... References Democratic Party members o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Clay Yarborough
Clay Yarborough (born February 6, 1981) is an American politician who has served in the Florida Senate from the 4th district since 2022. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives from the 12th district from 2016 to 2022, and on the Jacksonville City Council from the 1st district from 2007 to 2015. Florida Senate In March 2023, Yarborough introduced Florida Senate Bill 254 into the Florida Senate, which would grant the state of Florida "temporary emergency jurisdiction" over children "subjected to" or "threatened with being subjected to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures". The bill was met with strong disapproval from the ACLU, which said it was "designed to silence, harm, and erase trans people in Florida", and would "directly threaten transgender Floridians’ fundamental human rights and safety". The bill passed through the Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cord Byrd
Cord Byrd (born April 19, 1971) is an American attorney and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician serving as the Secretary of State of Florida, secretary of state of Florida. Previously, he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing Nassau County, Florida, Nassau County and part of Duval County, Florida, Duval County from 2016 until his appointment as secretary of state. Early life and education Byrd was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He attended the United States Air Force Academy for one year before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and government from the University of North Florida. In 1997, he earned a Juris Doctor from the St. Thomas University School of Law. Career Byrd worked as an attorney at Leal & Ring, P.A from 1997 to 2004 and Gonzalez & Porcher from 2004 to 2007. Since 2007, he has operated an independent legal practice. Byrd was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2016. During his tenu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elizabeth W
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Loranne Ausley
Loranne Ausley (born October 16, 1963) is an American attorney and Democratic politician from Tallahassee, Florida. She served as a member of the Florida Senate from 2020 until her defeat in 2022, representing Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla Counties. Previously, she represented the Tallahassee area in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and then again from 2016 to 2020. Ausley was defeated for re-election in 2022 by Republican Corey Simon. Early life and education Ausley was born to a politically active family in Florida. Her great-great-grandfather was Alexander McSwain, a member of the Florida House of Representatives in 1891. Her grandfather, Charles Ausley, served in the Florida Senate. Ausley's father DuBose Ausley is a noted Tallahassee attorney who formally served as chair of the State University System of Florida DuBose Ausley. Her mother, Sallie Ausley, was co-founder of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ramon Alexander
Ramon J. Alexander (born October 19, 1984) is an American politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2016 to 2022. He represented the 8th district, which includes Gadsden County and sections of Tallahassee in Leon County since 2016. Archived December 23, 2016. From 2018 to 2020, Alexander served as Democratic whip. He graduated from Florida A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2007. He is married to Taniyah Alexander. On May 11, 2022, Alexander was accused of sexual harassment by a male former employee of Florida A&M University. The victim stated that Alexander had groped him and sent sexually explicit photos and videos. Alexander acknowledged his sexual relationship with the man, but that it was consensual. Alexander resigned as Democratic co-leader days after the Tallahassee Democrat The ''Tallahassee Democrat'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper. It covers the area centered on Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida, as well as a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Halsey Beshears
Halsey W. Beshears (born November 27, 1971 in Winter Park, Florida) is a Republican politician from Florida. He served as the Secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) from January 2019 to January 2021. Previously, he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing parts of the Florida Panhandle from 2012 until his appointment as DBPR secretary. History Beshears's family moved to Monticello and he graduated from Brookwood School, a private school in Thomasville, Georgia in 1989. He later attended Florida State University and the University of Florida. Since 1997, Beshears has served as an executive at Simpson Nurseries and the President of Total Landscape Supply, which serves wholesale clients across much of the United States. Florida House of Representatives Following redistricting in 2012, Beshears opted to run for the Florida House of Representatives, and defeated Mike Williams, former Florida Representative Jame ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jay Trumbull
Jay Norbert Trumbull (born February 21, 1989) is a Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 6th District, which includes Panama City in southern Bay County, until 2022. He currently serves as a Senator for the 2nd district of Florida. History Trumbull was born in Panama City, Florida, and attended Bay High School and Auburn University, where he graduated with his bachelors degree in small business management and entrepreneurship. After graduation he worked for his family's bottled water and water conditioning business as part of the management team. Florida House of Representatives In 2014 Trumbull ran to succeed incumbent State Representative Jimmy Patronis, who was unable to seek re-election due to term limits. He faced former Bay County School Board Member Thelma Rohan, Melissa Hagan, and Tho Bishop in the Republican primary, where he campaigned on his support for making Florida "the most business-friendly place ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |