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Next Election: November 2020 DescriptionThe new district 21 is a result of the redistricting lawsuit brought by the League of Women Voters and others that was decided at the end of 2015. Lois Frankel had represented the old CD22, a coastal district including parts of Broward and Palm Beach, and Ted Deutch had CD21 to the west. The new maps created two north/south districts. CD21 is now entirely in Palm Beach county and includes most of the previous 2 districts except a part of Boca Raton. CD22 is now mostly in Broward to the South but does include about 95K voters in the Boca area. Trading seats, Frankel won CD21 in 2016 and Ted Deutch took CD22. HistoryGiven the significant boundary changes by redistricting in 2012 and then again in 2016, there is no useful history to report. Demographics
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 Lois Frankel (D) INCUMBENT |
Background Lois Frankel was born in New York in 1948, graduated from Boston University, and received a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. A West Palm Beach resident since 1974 she practiced law and became president of the PBC Association of Women Lawyers. In 1986, she ran for the Florida House in district 83, winning 69% of the vote and was unopposed for re-election in 1988 and 1990. In 1991 she resigned to compete for the newly drawn congressional district 23, and lost a nasty campaign against Alcee Hastings who won with 58% of the vote in the Democrat primary. Hastings has endorsed Frankel in the 2012 race, in spite of calling her a "racist b--ch" in the contest 20 years ago after she handed out 66 page summaries of his impeachment hearings. In 2002 she briefly ran for Governor, then defeated West Palm Mayor Joel Daves in 2003, staying in that job until term limited in 2011. During her time as Mayor, Lois was a controversial figure, accused by many of "pay to play" politics, and building the new City Hall and waterfront projects against significant opposition. Her attempt at reversing term limits by vote of the City Council failed. In the 2012 Democrat primary, Mayor Frankel defeated Broward Commissioner Kristin Jacobs, winning 61% of the vote for the old CD22. She then defeated Republican Adam Hasner with 54%. In her first term, she was a reliable vote for the Progressive minority, strongly supporting Obamacare, immigration reform, limitations on gun ownership and the rest of the Obama agenda. In 2014 she routed Republican Paul Spain by 16 points, then trounced him again for CD21 in 2016 by 28 points. Lois Frankel was unopposed for re-election in 2018. |
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 Laura Loomer (R) |
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 Malkemus Charleston (NPA) |
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