John H. "Buddy" Dyer is the current mayor of Orlando, Florida, and member of the United States Democratic Party. He began his political career after serving as an attorney and lawyer following his graduations from Brown University and the law school of the University of Florida.

Xavier L. Suarez (b 1948 in Cuba) was the first Cuban-born mayor of the City of Miami, Florida. Suarez graduated from Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in 1967, earned a degree in engineering from Villanova University in 1971, and later studied government and law at Harvard University. He later returned to Miami and built his support in the city's Cuban community, and was sworn in as mayor on November 13, 1985, replacing Puerto Rico-born Maurice Ferre in this office.

Robert King High (April 9 1924 - August 30 1967) was a reform Mayor of Miami, Florida from 1957 until his death, and the Democratic Party nominee for governor of Florida in 1966.

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.

Maurice A. Ferre (born June 23, 1935 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is the first mayor in the US who was born in Puerto Rico and the first Hispanic mayor of Miami.

Mayor Carlos Alvarez

Manuel Alberto Diaz (November 5, 1954 in Havana, Cuba) is the current mayor of the City of Miami, Florida, the 45th largest city in the United States and the second most populated city in the state of Florida, after Jacksonville. He graduated from Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in 1973. In 1977, Diaz received his bachelor's degree in Political Science from Florida International University.

Jim Stork (born November 3, 1966) is an American businessman and politician from Florida. Stork was born in Gainesville, Florida and grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and moved to New York City, where he became a salesman for Campbell Laboratories. Stork successfully landed Campbell's flagship product, the Herpecin cold sore remedy, on the shelves of Wal-Mart, …

Brian Aungst served as the mayor of one of Florida's largest cities, Clearwater, for two terms from 1999-2005. Term limits kept him from seeking a third term. He was credited with turning a stagnant city around, serving as the catalyst to attract unprecedented economic development to a once dormant community. During his six-year tenure he attracted nearly $750 million of economic development to Clearwater including a sweeping redevelopment of the city's number-one economic engine, …

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.

Elroy McKendree Avery, Ph. D., LL. D. (July 14, 1844 -December 1, 1935) was a politician, author, and historian. Avery was an Ohio State Senator in the 1890s before becoming an early resident of west Pasco County, Florida and was the first mayor of New Port Richey, Florida. As an author, Avery wrote school textbooks about physics and chemistry as well as books about the history of the United States, Cleveland and New Port Richey.

Bob Carr was a US politician and former mayor of Orlando, Florida. The Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre is named after him.

John R. Marks, III is the Mayor of the City of Tallahassee, Florida. He received his B.S. degree in 1969 from the Florida State University School of Business and his Juris Doctor degree in 1972 from the Florida State University College of Law. Marks served eight years on the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) and spent the last two as its Chairman, after being appointed in 1979 by Governor Bob Graham.

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.

Richard A. Heyman (1935-September 16, 1994) was a mayor of Key West, Florida from 1983-85 and from 1987-1989. He was said to be one of the first openly gay public officials. He died of AIDS-related pneumonia. The Key West Wastewater Treatment Plant is named for him.

Arnold M. Picker was a film industry executive and mayor of Golden Beach, Florida. Picker began his career by following in his father's footsteps. In 1935 he started with Columbia Pictures, where his father had been an executive, and worked his way up the company's ladder to become head of international distribution. He then joined United Artists where in the 1960's he was made an executive vice president.

James F. "Jimmy" Weekley (born 1942, Key West, Florida) was elected mayor of Key West on October 5, 1999. Prior to his election as mayor, he served fourteen years as a member of the City Commission and was elected three times as mayor pro tem. Jimmy Weekley and his family own Fausto's Food Palace, Inc. He graduated from Mary Immaculate High School and Florida Southern College. A past chairman of the Monroe County Democratic Party, …

Julio Robaina is the current mayor of Hialeah, Florida.Robaina was born in Cuba, but was raised in Miami. He was elected in 2005 for a four year term. He is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino.

Pegeen Hanrahan (born c. 1964) is mayor (as of 2006) of Gainesville, Florida, her native city. Described by "The Nation" as a "vegetarian, bike-riding environmentalist", Hanrahan has been active in politics since her teens. An environmental engineer, she was elected to the city commission at in 1995, and was elected mayor in 2004. In the 2007 mayoral election she was re-elected to another term. Hanrahan has been married to Tony Malone since 2003.