- John Milton
John Milton (April 20, 1807-April 1, 1865) was an American politician who was the fifth governor of Florida. John Milton was the son of Homer Virgil Milton (1781 - 1822) and the grandson of Revolutionary War hero and former Georgia Secretary of State, John Milton (1756 - 1804). He may also be a descendant of the English poet of the same name (John Milton). John was born near Louisville, Georgia. He married a Susan Cobb in Georgia about 1830, and they had 4 children.
- Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio (born May 28, 1971, Miami, FL) is the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives for the 2007 and 2008 Legislative sessions. He was first elected to the Florida House as a Republican on January 25, 2000, from the 111th district. He was previously a City Commissioner from West Miami. He received his B.S. from University of Florida in 1993, and his J.D. from the University of Miami in 1996.
- John Russell
John Russell (born February 11, 1956) is an American politician from Florida who unsuccessfully ran as the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives from the 5th congressional district in Florida. He was running against the incumbent, Virginia Brown-Waite, Republican of Crystal River.
- Bob Carr
Bob Carr was a US politician and former mayor of Orlando, Florida. The Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre is named after him.
- Tom Gallagher
Tom Gallagher (born February 3, 1944) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. He is a Republican and most recently held the position of Chief Financial Officer of the State of Florida. He recently lost the Primary election against state Attorney General Charlie Crist for the Republican nomination in the 2006 gubernatorial race. He was succeeded by Alex Sink in January 2007.
- Mary McCarty
Mary McCarty is a county commissioner in Palm Beach County, Florida. In 2002, CEO magazine named her as one of the 100 Most Powerful People in South Florida. She is a 1977 graduate of the University of Florida.
- Rod Smith
Rod Smith (born November 15, 1949) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. A Democrat, Smith was a member of the Florida Senate from Gainesville from 2001 until 2006. Smith lost the Democratic nomination for governor of Florida in the 2006 election, to Jim Davis.
- Bob Butterworth
Robert A. Butterworth (born August 20, 1942) is an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Florida.
- Rich Crotty
Richard T. Crotty is the current mayor of Orange County, Florida. Though his official position is "mayor," his job is comparable to that of county chairman; he is even referred to as chairman often. He is a member of the Republican Party. He works often with the city of Orlando, which is the largest city in the county. Currently, Mr. Crotty is involved in the local light rail, arena, and Scripps Research Institute debates.
- Alex Penelas
Alexander "Alex" Penelas (born December 18, 1961 in Miami, Florida) is the former mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
- Gwen Margolis
Gwen Margolis (Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1934) was the first woman president of the Florida Senate, from 1990-1992. She left state government to make an unsuccessful bid for the United States Congress (losing to E. Clay Shaw, Jr.) and thereafter became a County Commissioner for Miami-Dade County until she returned to the state senate in 2002. She was previously married to Allan Margolis
- Allan Bense
Allan G. Bense Former Florida House Speaker, Panama City
- Ronda Storms
Ronda Storms (born Ronda Rehnell Newcomb on September 5, 1965) is an American politician from the Republican Party, and is Florida State Senator for District 10. Storms had an eight-year tenure on the Hillsborough County Commission (1998-2006), for which she is well known, and pushed a number of controversial issues. These issues included a fight against establishing the proposed Florida A&M University School of Law in Tampa, …
- Scott Maddox
Scott Maddox is the former chairman of the Florida Democratic Party and former Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida. He declared his candidacy for Governor of Florida, but dropped out of the race on October 7 2005 and endorsed U.S. Congressman Jim Davis instead. He was elected mayor of Tallahassee at age 26, one of the youngest ever mayors of a large American city.
- Don Gaetz
Don Gaetz is currently a Republican Senator in the Florida Senate in Tallahasee, after running unopposed in 2006. Previously, he was the Okaloosa County Superintendent of Schools. He was the first non-educator to be appointed to the position, and oversaw the improvement of Okaloosa's school system from a "C" average to an "A" according to Florida's Department of Education standards based on FCAT scores per students.
- Anitere Flores
Anitere Flores (born September 8, 1976) is a Representative in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida.
- Brett Doster
Brett Stanton Doster is a Political consultant and Political Activist in the Florida He is known as on of the top Grassroots Organizers in the State of Florida, especially for the Republican Party and for Conservative causes in general. He previously served as the Campaign Manager for the Tom Gallagher for Governor Campaign and the Florida Bush-Cheney 04 Campaign.
- Carol Roberts
Carol Antonia Roberts (born June 22, 1936) is a Florida politician of the Democratic Party. She is best known for her part in the 2000 Florida election recount, where she served on the Palm Beach County canvassing board. In 2002, she ran unsuccessfully for Florida's 22nd congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives against Republican incumbent E. Clay Shaw, Jr., finishing with 38 percent of the vote.
- Christine Jennings
Christine Jennings (born November 26 1945) is a self-made banker and businessperson, and a Florida Democratic politician. In 2006, Jennings was the Democratic nominee for U. S. Congress to represent Florida's 13th congressional district. The seat was left open when incumbent Katherine Harris ran for the U.S. Senate. Jennings is officially contesting the certification of Republican Vern Buchanan as the winner of the race. In the 2006 election, 237,861 votes were cast, …
- James V. Crosby
James V. Crosby, Jr. (b. 19??) Former Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections. He took over from Michael W. Moore. He was appointed by Florida governor Jeb Bush in 2003. Crosby earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Florida and is a certified public manager. Crosby, recently the warden at Florida State Prison, has been with the Florida Department of Corrections since 1975 and has served as warden in five major institutions.
- Michael W. Moore
Michael W. Moore (b. 1905) Secretary of the Florida Division of Corrections from 1999 to 2003, when James V. Crosby, Jr. took over. Moore earned a Bachelor's Degree in Criminology and Corrections from Sam Houston State University in 1976. He worked for more than two decades in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice where he rose from a correctional officer in 1967 to regional director in 1985. During his Texas tenure, Mr.
- Katherine Fernandez Rundle
Katherine Fernandez Rundle is the State Attorney for Miami-Dade County in Florida, U.S.A.. Prior to her appointment in 1993 she served as an Assistant State Attorney for 15 years. In her role as Chief Assistant, she acted as legal counsel to the Dade County Grand Jury. Ms. Rundle helped write and pass the Florida Punishment Code, and was involved in the formation of Dade County's Drug Court, Truancy Intervention Program, and Juvenile Assessment Center.
- Leroy Collins Jr.
Thomas LeRoy Collins Jr. is a fifth-generation Floridian from a family with a long tradition in public service. Being the son of Florida's 33rd governor, LeRoy Collins, Collins, Jr. graduated the US Naval Academy in 1956 and served in the U.S. Navy and US Navy Reserve (submarines) for 34 years, retiring as a two-star admiral. His civilian career has been in the high-tech financial services and real estate industries and has spanned 36 years.
- Jim Naugle
James T. Naugle (born 1954) is an American real estate broker, currently serving as the Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Although a lifelong Democrat, he has never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and frequently votes for and supports Republican candidates. Elected for the first time in 1991, Naugle is the longest serving Mayor in the history of Fort Lauderdale, serving for six consecutive terms.
- John Rutherford
John Henry Rutherford (born September 2, 1952) is currently the sheriff of Jacksonville, Florida. Rutherford was born in 1952 and has lived in Jacksonville since 1958. He received a bachelor's degree in criminology at Florida State University. Later, he earned an associate's degree in police administration from Florida Junior College and attended the FBI National Academy. In 1995, Rutherford was appointed as Director of Corrections under then-Sheriff Nat Glover.
- Dennis Wardlow
Dennis Wardlow was a former Mayor of Key West, Florida. He is best known, however, as the "Prime Minister" of the Conch Republic, the micronation that "seceded" from the United States on April 23, 1982, in protest over a United States Border Patrol blockade which severely damaged the tourism economy of the Florida Keys.
- Jack Gargan
Jack Gargan is a retired financial planner in the United States who became chairman of the Reform Party started by Ross Perot. He later split with Perot over differences with respect to the direction of the party. In Florida in 1990, Gargan funded a series of "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" (an unironic reference to a famous quote from the 1976 political and mass media satire movie, …
- Gabe Cazares
Gabe Cazares (1920-2006) was the former mayor of Clearwater, Florida, a civil rights advocate, and a critic of the Church of Scientology. He died September 29, 2006 in Clearwater at the age of 86.
- Johnathon Byrd
Johnnie B. Byrd, Jr. is a Florida politician. He served as State Representative from District 62 (R-Plant City) from 1996 until 2004, and served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 2002 to 2004. In 2004, Byrd ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for the United States Senate, losing to Mel Martinez.
- Glenda Hood
Glenda Evans Hood is a U.S. politician, former Secretary of State of Florida (2003-2005) and Mayor of Orlando (1992-2003). During her time as mayor in Orlando, Hood pushed for a new center for the performing arts and other, edifices often telling staffers that these buildings would be "her legacy". When pressure mounted during her last mayoral election, …
- Patricia Gerard
Patricia "Pat" Gerard is the mayor for the city of Largo, Florida. She is also a member of the Pinellas Planning Council. Born in Paterson, New Jersey, she is married to Eric and has one child. She is Largo's first woman mayor and defeated her predecessor, Dr. Robert E. Jackson, in 2006 in a bitterly contested race.
- Dave Bruderly
Dave Bruderly, an environmental engineering consultant who ran and lost against incumbent, Cliff Stearns (R), for Florida's 6th congressional district seat see Florida U.S. House election, 2006. He is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Marine Engineering and of Columbia University with an ocean engineering degree. Bruderly is a Democrat running in a six-county District that includes Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Lake, Levy, …
- Joe Carollo
Joe Carollo was first elected mayor of the City of Miami, Florida in 1996 until 1997. Defeated in a run-off by former mayor Xavier Suarez, his campaign filed a successful legal change based on voter fraud, become mayor in 1998 until 2001. Born in Caibarién, Cuba on March 12, 1955, Carollo moved to Miami when he was fifteen years old, having previously lived in Chicago. Carollo was mayor of Miami during the Elián González scandal.
- Robert A. Dressler
Robert A. Dressler (born 26 August 1945) is a lawyer and politician. His most prominent public office was mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dressler was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and received his A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1967, "cum laude". From 1969 to 1972 he served in the United States Marine Corps, rising to the rank of Captain. He received his J.D. from Harvard University Law School in 1973, "cum laude", …
- Bill Gunter
William Dawson Gunter, Jr. also known as Bill Gunter, was a Floridian politician. He was a member of the Florida State Senate in 1966. He was elected to the represent the 5th District of Florida U.S. House of Representatives in 1972 and served one term. He was elected Florida State Treasurer in 1978. In 1980 he ran for the U.S. Senate. He defeated incumbent U.S. Sen. Richard Bernard Stone in the state's Democratic primary. He then faced the winner of the Republican primary, …
- John Rayson
John C. Rayson (b. March 29 1949, Oak Park, Illinois) is a Broward County, Florida attorney. He served as the mayor of Pompano Beach, Florida from 2004 to 2007. Prior to becoming mayor, Rayson served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1990-2000. He is married to Kathy Rayson and has four children, Jessica, Chloe, Robert and Bradley. Chloe is a notable artist whose work "explores how the specific, …
- Sally A. Heyman
Sally A. Heyman is an American politician who resides in Miami, Florida. She is currently a commissioner of Miami-Dade County, Florida's Board of County Commisioners, representing District 4. Commissioner Sally A. Heyman was first elected to the District 4 seat of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners in September 2002 after serving in the Florida House of Representatives for eight years. Prior to being elected to the Florida Legislature in 1994, …
- Max Linn
Max Linn is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. He was the Reform Party nominee for governor of Florida in the 2006 election. He was defeated by Republican Charlie Crist.
- Bernie Decastro
Bernie DeCastro (October 17, 1944 -) is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Florida in the 2006 Florida gubernatorial election. DeCastro was born in Hartford, Connecticut on October 17, 1944. He attended Miami High School in Miami, Florida. According to his campaign website, he is an ex-felon who spent over eighteen years in Florida's prison system for various drug-related crimes.
- Shawn Harrison
Shawn Harrison (born March 20, 1965) is a City Councilman in Tampa, Florida. A lawyer, Harrison is a native of Anderson, Indiana. He is a graduate of the University of South Florida and the University of Florida College of Law. He has been a practicing attorney in Tampa since graduating from law school. His legal specialty is commercial litgation. Harrison is a longtime civic leader in Tampa and a resident of the New Tampa community.