Summary
Current Position: US Representative of FL District 24 since 2011
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 2002 – 2010; State Delegate from 1998 – 2002
District: parts of Miami north of Florida State Road 112, including Little Haiti, as well as Brownsville, Biscayne Park, North Miami, Miami Gardens, and Opa Locka, along with the southern Broward County communities of Pembroke Park, West Park, and parts of Miramar.
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About
Source: Government page
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson proudly represents Florida’s 24th Congressional District. It is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse districts in the nation and includes parts of northwest Miami-Dade and southern Broward counties.
Recognizing her record of service and productivity, in 2010 voters overwhelmingly elected her to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. As a former educator, elementary school principal, community leader, school board member, state legislator, and founder of the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project, Congresswoman Wilson earned a reputation as a “Voice for the Voiceless.” Her tenure in Congress, now in its fourth term, also has been marked by her signature spirit of unrelenting advocacy on behalf of the less fortunate.
The Florida lawmaker has continued her mission to improve the quality of life for her constituency by creating jobs with dignity, improving education, stopping home foreclosures, safeguarding Medicare and Social Security, and strengthening ties with Haiti and the Caribbean.
As the Ranking Democrat on the Education and Workforce Protections Subcommittee in the 114th Congress, Congresswoman Wilson introduced the American Jobs Act of 2013, an innovative bill that promotes full employment and boosts workforce development opportunities; the Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights, which would provide vital relief to overburdened student loan borrowers; and the Youth Corp Act of 2013, which reconnects youth with education, the workforce and their communities. She has also sponsored legislation to reduce homeowners’ insurance premiums, protect foster children, and defend Haitian women against gender-based violence. In addition, the lawmaker, whose mantra is “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs,” hosted one of the state’s largest job fairs, which connected thousands of Floridians to more than 100 local and national employers.
Congresswoman Wilson is the founder of the Florida Ports Caucus, a bipartisan coalition formed to help pass the Water Resources Reform and Development Act. After being stalled for 12 years, the GOP-led Congress in a bipartisan vote passed the bill in 2014. As a result, her district was awarded billions of dollars in capital funding for major projects like the PortMiami Tunnel, which created thousands of jobs. It also highlighted the lawmaker’s ability to successfully work across party lines.
Congresswoman Wilson has consistently secured resources for various projects in her district, including a $1 million grant in 2014 to help reduce crime in Miami-Dade County’s highest crime area, the Northside District. The Department of Justice grant will bolster the Miami-Dade Police Department’s ability to combat crime and violence and make the area a safer place to live, work, and raise families. During her tenure, the district has received $3.1 billion in grants, contracts, and other assistance.In May 2015, Congresswoman Wilson was appointed to the advisory council of President Barack Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” Alliance, a public acknowledgement of the life-changing results for boys and young men of color that she has achieved through the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project. President Obama often cites this program, which she created nearly a quarter century ago, as an example of the kinds of projects that his “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative is designed to emulate and support. Congresswoman Wilson also is founder and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus’s “My Brother’s Keeper” Task Force.
Congresswoman Wilson understands Congress’ role as a global leader in human and civil rights and has led its efforts to fight for the safe return of the 219 Nigerian schoolgirls still missing since their June 2014 abduction by Boko Haram and to aid in the defeat of the terrorist group. In addition to participating in two fact-finding missions to Nigeria and passing two resolutions, she has been a leading voice in a daily, international Twitter campaign to #BringBackOurGirls. The Florida lawmaker also created “Wear Something Red Wednesdays,” a weekly photo opportunity and press event with congressional leaders and lawmakers. The initiative helps to ensure the girls are not forgotten by maintaining media attention and pressure on U.S. and Nigerian officials to honor their pledge to do all they can to rescue them. A leading political newspaper has dubbed her relentless attention to this human rights crisis “Frederica Wilson’s War.”
The Florida lawmaker has worked tirelessly to recognize Americans who have made significant contributions to our nation. She ushered through legislation in record time to memorialize a new Federal Bureau of Investigation building in honor of Special Agents Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove, who were killed in what is considered the “bloodiest shootout” in FBI history. Most recently, she passed legislation to rename a Miami post office in honor of Father Richard Marquess-Barry, a pillar of the community and one of South Florida’s most influential and unifying faith-based leaders.
After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Fisk University and a Master of Science degree in elementary education from the University of Miami, Congresswoman Wilson worked as a teacher and assistant educational coordinator for the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Head Start program. She quickly rose to become principal of Skyway Elementary School, which was recognized as one of the best schools in America in President George H. W. Bush’s “America 2000” plan to upgrade national education standards.
In addition to raising academic standards and expectations, Congresswoman Wilson taught her students the power of advocacy. Their target was a compost plant built across the street from Skyway that emitted odors that posed a major health and environmental hazard and distracted the children from their studies. She and her students mobilized their community and lobbied government and school board officials until they achieved their goal. The compost plant closed its doors just short of two years after its opening.
The experience highlighted the need for stronger local leadership and led Congresswoman Wilson to successfully campaign for a seat on the Miami-Dade County School Board in 1992. Her first legislative achievement was the establishment of the 500 Role Models of Excellence Project as a district-sanctioned program. The innovative mentoring program was inspired by the extraordinary impact of positive male influence on the attitudes and performance of the boys at Skyway Elementary during her tenure as principal. Now known as the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project, the program has flourished and earned much-deserved national acclaim.
The 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project has awarded millions of dollars in college scholarships to help hundreds of young men achieve their dream of earning a college degree or post-secondary certification. In 1997, President Bill Clinton honored the program, which today serves more than 8,000 students each year, with the Teaching Example for the Nation Award at the Summit for America’s Future.
She won seats in the Florida House of Representatives in 1998 and the state Senate in 2002, where her peers elected her Senate Minority Leader Pro Tempore and Minority Whip. The Florida lawmaker was considered the “Conscience of the Senate” based on her drive to improve life for low-income families and individuals.
As a state legislator, she worked with Governor Jeb Bush to remove the Confederate flag from the State Capitol and passed a bill mandating HIV/AIDS testing for prisoners upon their release and linking them to care in the counties where they relocated. She also passed a bill that made rape in prison a felony crime. Other legislative achievements and priorities included relocating women in Florida prisons to facilities that would enable them to be closer to their children while serving out their sentences; opposing high-stakes testing; pushing for a ban of the term “illegal alien” in state public records; and partnering with Governor Charlie Crist to restore voting rights for ex-felons.
Born in Miami, Congresswoman Wilson learned the value of public service and community activism from her parents. The late Beulah Finley Smith and the late Thirlee Smith, Sr., were small business owners and civil rights activists. Her brother, the late Thirlee Smith, Jr., was the first full-time African American reporter at the Miami Herald and a long-time educator for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, who was responsible for implementing African-American history into the district’s curriculum.
Congresswoman Wilson is widowed and the proud mother of three children: Nicole, LaKesha, and Paul – and has five beautiful grandchildren.
Personal
Full Name: Frederica S. Wilson
Gender: Female
Family: Widowed: Paul; 3 Children: Nicole, Kesha, Paul
Birth Date: 11/05/1942
Birth Place: Miami, FL
Home City: Miami Gardens, FL
Religion: Episcopalian
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Education
MS, Elementary Education, University of Miami, 1972
BS, Elementary Education, Fisk University, 1963
Political Experience
Minority Leader Pro Tempore, Florida State Senate
Former Member, House Committee on Education and Labor
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 24, 2022
Representative, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 17, 2011-2013
Representative, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 24, 2013-Present
Minority Whip, Florida State Senate, 2008-2011
Senator, Florida State Senate, 2003-2010
Democratic Whip, Florida State Senate, 2002-2004
Representative, Florida State House of Representatives, 1998-2002
Professional Experience
Assistant Educational Coordinator, Head Start Miami
Former Teacher/Assistant Educational Coordinator, Miami-Dade County Public Schools Head Start program
Former Executive Director, Office of Alternative Education and Dropout Prevention, Miami-Dade County Schools
Former Assistant Principal, Skyway Elementary School
Former Principal, Skyway Elementary School
Offices
Washington, DC
2445 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
phone: (202) 225-4506
fax: (202) 226-0777
hours: M-F 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Hollywood
2600 Hollywood Boulevard
Old Library, 1st Floor
Hollywood, FL 33020
Phone: (954) 921-3682
Hours: 2nd & 4th Thursdays 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Miami Gardens
18425 NW 2nd Avenue, Suite 355
Miami Gardens, FL 33169
phone: (305) 690-5905
fax: (305) 690-5951
hours: M-F 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
West Park
West Park City Hall
1965 South State Road 7
West Park, FL 33023
Phone: (954) 989-2688
Hours: Thursdays 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Contact
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Finances
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Committees
- Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
- Committee on Science, Space and Technology
- Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
- Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation
Caucuses
Congressional Full Employment Caucus
Congressional Florida Ports Caucus
Congressional Ports Caucus
Congressional My Brother’s Keeper Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Black Men and Boys Caucus
Congressional Israel Allies Caucus
Congressional HIV/AIDS Bipartisan Caucus
Congressional HBCU Caucus
Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus
Congressional Foster Youth Caucus
Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus
Congressional Voting Rights Caucus
Congressional Women’s Issues Caucus
Congressional Algae Caucus
Congressional Alzheimer’s Disease Caucus
Congressional Arthritis Caucus
Congressional Arts Caucus
Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth
Congressional Central American Caucus
Congressional China Caucus
Congressional Creative Rights Caucus
Congressional Democratic Israel Working Group Caucus
Congressional Disaster Relief Caucus
Congressional Everglades Caucus
Congressional German-American Caucus
Congressional Human Trafficking Caucus
Congressional Kidney Caucus
Congressional Maritime Caucus
Congressional National Marine Sanctuary Caucus
Congressional Philanthropy Caucus
Congressional Small Business Caucus
Congressional Sugar Caucus
Congressional Taiwan Caucus
Congressional Taiwan Caucus
Congressional Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism Caucus
Congressional Turkey Caucus
Congressional U.S.-China Working Group
Congressional Urban Caucus
National Service Congressional Caucus
New Legislation
Issues
Source: Government page
Energy and Environment
We have just one planet, and it’s up to us to protect it.
Foreign Affairs
Growing up in Florida—with its tremendous cultural diversity—is excellent preparation for serving as an advocate for peace, justice, and human rights in Congress. I remain committed to fighting for the underserved and the persecuted globally.
My foreign policy priorities include the following:
Haiti
Miami-Dade County—parts of which I am fortunate to represent in Congress—is home to the largest Haitian-American population in the United States, and I am proud to call Haitian-Americans my friends, my constituents, and, yes, my family.
Housing
Quality housing is an essential part of the American Dream. But—with high unemployment, a continuing foreclosure crisis, and the declining availability of public housing options—it’s increasingly difficult to find a suitable and affordable place to live.
Immigration
America has always been a nation of immigrants. People from other nations—who arrived here both with and without documentation—have enriched our society and made tremendous contributions to our economy. This is true now more than ever. As we seek to overcome the lasting effects of the Great Recession, immigrants are engines of job-creation and a vital source of economic strength.
Jobs
Unemployment is our real deficit. Unemployment is not only the moral crisis of our time — leaving families homeless and dreams destroyed — but also an underlying cause of our federal government’s increased levels of borrowing. Massive job losses following the 2008 financial crisis left us with fewer tax receipts and more people requiring benefits.
Labor
The U.S. labor force is a pillar of our nation’s strength. Congresswoman Wilson believes that we must protect and advance the rights, protections, and benefits our labor force needs to work with dignity and create better lives for themselves and their families.
Medicare
I oppose Republican efforts to change Medicare from an entitlement to a voucher program for individuals aged 54 and under. It is simply unfair to balance the budget and make cuts to this vital entitlement program without even considering all options to balance the budget. This voucher program does not keep pace with medical costs, shifting thousands of dollars of costs onto individuals.
Science, Space, and Technology
I am proud to serve as a member of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee and as the Ranking Democratic Member of the Subcommittee on Technology. In these roles, I am working to ensure our nation maintains its competitive edge in technology, advocating to increase diversity in fields including scientific research and engineering, and fighting to bring high-paying aerospace and technolog
Social Security
Every American deserves economic security in retirement or disability. Since the 1930s, this has been a national promise. Social Security has, since that time, kept tens of millions of people out of poverty and saved countless lives.
Veterans
Again and again, the men and women of our Armed Services demonstrate extraordinary courage and selflessness. The sacrifices they and their families routinely make are difficult to fathom. In Congress, I am committed to honoring our service members not only with words but with deeds. I strongly support President Obama’s efforts to increase funding to the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensu
Voting Rights
My personal experiences in Florida in recent elections testify to a simple fact: Voter suppression remains a serious threat to civil rights in 21st Century America. Marathon voting lines for low-income and minority groups, reduced early voting hours, voters purges, and voter registration restrictions, remain endemic.
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Services
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District
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Florida’s 24th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress, located in southeast Florida. It was redrawn after the 2020 U.S. census. This district includes parts of Miami north of Florida State Road 112, including Little Haiti, as well as Brownsville, Biscayne Park, North Miami, Miami Gardens, and Opa Locka, along with the southern Broward County communities of Pembroke Park, West Park, and parts of Miramar. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district was drawn to include parts of barrier islands northeast of Miami, including Miami Beach and Surfside, while all of Hollywood became part of the new 25th district as Country Club and some of Miami, including Allapattah and Wynwood, became part of the new 26th district.
From 2003 to 2012, the 24th district had been created after the 2000 U.S. census and included portions of Brevard County (including Titusville) and parts of Orange, Seminole, and Volusia counties. The district encompassed Port Orange, Winter Park, Edgewater, and New Smyrna Beach. Most of that district is now the 7th District, while the current 24th covers most of what had been the 17th District from 1993 to 2013.
The district is represented by Democrat Frederica Wilson. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+25, it is one of the most Democratic districts in Florida.[4] The district is also one of two majority-Black districts in Florida.
Wikipedia
Frederica Smith Wilson (born Frederica Patricia Smith, November 5, 1942) is an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2011, representing Florida’s 24th congressional district. Located in South Florida, Wilson’s congressional district, numbered 17th during her first term, covers a large swath of eastern Miami-Dade County and a sliver of southern Broward County. The district contains most of Miami‘s majority-black precincts, as well as parts of Opa-locka, North Miami, Hollywood, and Miramar. Wilson gained national attention in 2012 for her comments on the death of Trayvon Martin.[1][2]
Wilson is a member of the Democratic Party.[3] The seat to which she was elected became available when the incumbent, Kendrick Meek, ran for a seat in the Senate in 2010.
Wilson is known for her large and colorful hats, of which she owns several hundred. She has gone through efforts to get Congress to lift its ban on head coverings during House sessions, which dates to 1837.[4][5]
Early life, education, and early career
Wilson was born Frederica Smith on November 5, 1942, in Miami, Florida, the daughter of Beulah (née Finley) and Thirlee Smith. Her maternal grandparents were Bahamian.[6][7] Wilson earned her bachelor of arts degree from Fisk University in 1963 and her master of arts degree from the University of Miami in 1972, both in elementary education.[8][9] She served as the principal of Skyway Elementary School in Miami.[10] In 1992 she left her position as principal to serve on the Miami-Dade County School Board. While a member of the school board,[10] Wilson started 5,000 Role Models of Excellence, an in-school mentoring program.[10]
Florida legislature
Wilson represented the 104th district in the Florida House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002.[10] She then represented the 33rd district[11] in the Florida Senate from 2002 until her election to Congress in 2010, when term limits prevented her from running again.[10] She served as Minority Leader Pro Tempore in 2006, then Minority Whip.
An early supporter of Barack Obama‘s 2008 presidential campaign, she voted for Obama and Joe Biden in 2008 as one of Florida’s presidential electors.[12]
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee assignments
For the 118th Congress:[13]
Caucus memberships
- Congressional Black Caucus[14]
- Congressional Arts Caucus[15]
- Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus[16]
- Congressional Progressive Caucus[17]
- Medicare for All Caucus
2010 election
When Kendrick Meek retired from Florida’s 17th congressional district to run for the United States Senate in 2010, Wilson ran for the open seat and won the Democratic nomination.[18] She won the November 2 general election without electoral opposition in a district where the Democratic nomination is tantamount to election.
2012 election
2014 election
2016 election
2018 election
2020 election
2022 election
Tenure
During the 117th Congress, Wilson voted with President Joe Biden‘s stated position 100% of the time according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.[19]
- Education
During her career as an educator, Wilson founded the 5000 Role Models program, which seeks to bring down dropout rates. Since her time in the Florida legislature, she has strongly opposed standardized testing.[20] She has expressed concern with the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), suggesting that the funds spent administering it would be better spent on improving education by hiring more teachers, and proposing in 2012 that tutoring companies be banned from exploiting vulnerable children, “even if it means banning companies like Ignite! Learning, founded by ex-Governor Jeb Bush‘s brother, Neil“.[21]
- Tea Party
Wilson has vocally opposed the Tea Party. At a Miami town hall meeting in 2011, she told citizens to remember that the Tea Party is the real enemy and that they hold Congress hostage. She said they had one goal: “to make President Obama a one-term president”.[22]
- Trayvon Martin case
Wilson took a vocal stance in the death of Trayvon Martin, a constituent of hers whose family she said she had known all her life. She was both praised and criticized for saying shortly after the killing that the motive of the accused, George Zimmerman, was racism. She suggested in March 2012 that Zimmerman had “hunted” Martin based simply on his race.[23] She said, “Mr. Zimmerman should be arrested immediately for his own safety.”[1][2]
In March 2012, in a statement on the House floor, Wilson said, “Justice must be served. No more racial profiling!”[24] Calling the incident a “classic example of racial profiling quickly followed by murder”, she called for Zimmerman to be arrested.[25] Wilson organized a rally in Miami on April 1, 2012, calling for Zimmerman’s imprisonment. She criticized Florida’s self-defense gun law, the “Stand Your Ground” law, in the wake of Martin’s killing, even though she voted for it as a legislator. She said that when new laws work against the people, the laws “should be looked at and repealed”.[26] In April 2012, Wilson said that Martin’s death was “definitely” murder.[27] On July 13, 2013, a jury acquitted Zimmerman of the charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter.[28]
Concern was raised about Wilson’s outspoken comments, with some asking if her rhetoric was “making it more difficult for the prosecutor to do her job”.[29] Wilson has been calling for tougher laws to prevent racial profiling.[30]
- Anti-hazing
Wilson led efforts to combat bullying and hazing both as the South Atlantic regional director for Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and as a member of Congress.[31] A Miami Herald reporter nicknamed her “The Haze Buster” for her public stance against hazing. She was part of a coalition of African-American fraternity and sorority leaders who launched an anti-hazing campaign after the 2011 death of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion Jr.[32]
- Recognition
MSNBC‘s “The Grio”, an African-American news and opinion platform, named Wilson to “The Grio 100” for 2012.[33]
- Shooting of Charles Kinsey
After the release of the video showing police shooting mental health therapist Charles Kinsey in her district, Wilson tweeted in July 2016 that she was shocked and angered by Kinsey’s shooting, adding, “Like everyone else I have one question: Why?”[34]
- Death of La David Johnson
Following the death of Sergeant La David Johnson on October 4, 2017, in an attack in Niger, Wilson told the press that on October 16, 2017, President Donald Trump had called Johnson’s widow while she was on the way to Miami International Airport for the arrival of Johnson’s remains. In the car with her were Johnson’s mother and other family members, as well as Wilson, a longtime friend of the family.[35][36][37][38][39] The widow put the call on speakerphone so that Wilson and others in the car heard it. Wilson said Trump “was almost like joking” and that he said “he [Johnson] knew what he signed up for, but I guess it still hurt”. Trump later called Wilson’s characterization of the conversation a “fabrication”.[40][41] Johnson’s mother confirmed Wilson’s account on October 18,[42] at which point the White House ceased disputing Wilson’s account of the call and instead claimed that she was “mischaracterizing the spirit” of the conversation.[41] On October 23, Johnson’s widow also confirmed Wilson’s account.[43]
On October 19, 2017, White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly gave a press briefing at the White House. A gold star parent who was present at Trump’s end during the phone conversation, Kelly did not deny that Trump said the words reported.[37] But he defended Trump’s comments “forcefully and emotionally”, saying that Trump “in his way tried to express that opinion that he’s a brave man, a fallen hero”.[37] He also attacked Wilson for having listened to the phone call and claimed that she had a “history of politicizing what should be sacred moments”, citing the 2015 dedication of an FBI field office in Miami as an example. He claimed that her speech at that ceremony was “about how she was instrumental in getting the funding for that building” from then-President Obama.[37]
The details of Kelly’s statement were disproven by the video recording of the event.[44][45][46] During her nine-minute speech, Wilson spoke for less than three minutes about leading an effort to expedite a bill through Congress. The bill’s purpose was naming the FBI building after two FBI agents slain in the line of duty; the bill would normally not have become law in time for the building’s dedication ceremony. Wilson dedicated the remainder of her speech to acknowledging other politicians involved in the effort, thanking FBI personnel, and talking about the slain agents.[47][48] The FBI secured the building’s funding in 2009, before Wilson became a congresswoman in 2011.[46] The Miami Herald reported that Kelly had misquoted the cost of the building as $20 million versus the actual $194 million.[49] As a result, several newspapers have called for Kelly to apologize to Wilson.[50][51][52] The White House said the video did not capture all of Wilson’s comments.[53]
On December 18, 2019, Wilson voted to impeach Trump.[54]
- Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Wilson was among the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.[55]
Personal life
Wilson married Paul Wilson in 1963 and was widowed when he died in 1988. She has three children.[8] She is an Episcopalian.[56]
Wilson is an avid wearer of hats. She has a large collection that includes hundreds of hats of different varieties. She is known to wear one every day. During the tenure of former House Speaker John Boehner, she unsuccessfully asked him to waive the United States House of Representatives ban on head covering.[4] The rule was partially relaxed after the election of two Muslim women to congress in 2018, one of whom, Ilhan Omar, wore a hijab to her swearing in on January 3, 2019.[57]
Wilson is a member of The Links.[58]
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Frederica Wilson | 16,653 | 35% | ||
| Democratic | Rudy Moise | 7,769 | 16% | ||
| Democratic | Shirley Gibson | 5,777 | 12% | ||
| Democratic | Yolly Roberson | 4,921 | 10% | ||
| Democratic | Phillip Brutus | 4,068 | 8% | ||
| Democratic | Marleine Bastien | 2,889 | 6% | ||
| Democratic | Scott Galvin | 2,653 | 6% | ||
| Democratic | James Bush | 2,630 | 5% | ||
| Democratic | Andre Williams | 842 | 2% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Frederica Wilson | 106,361 | 86.2 | ||
| Independent | Roderick D. Vereen | 17,009 | 13.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Frederica Wilson | 42,764 | 65.4 | ||
| Democratic | Rudy Moise | 22,650 | 34.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Frederica Wilson | 35,456 | 80.4 | ||
| Democratic | Michael Etienne | 8,628 | 19.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Frederica Wilson | 129,192 | 86.2 | ||
| Republican | Dufirstson Julio Neree | 15,239 | 10.2 | ||
| Independent | Luis Fernandez | 5,487 | 3.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Frederica Wilson | 50,716 | 78.4 | ||
| Democratic | Randal Hill | 13,968 | 21.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Frederica Wilson (incumbent) | 65,894 | 83.7 | ||
| Democratic | Ricardo de la Fuente | 12,833 | 16.3 | ||
See also
- List of African-American United States representatives
- Women in the United States House of Representatives
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- ^ a b “Focus in Trayvon Martin case shifts to Washington”. CNN. March 27, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
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- ^ Clark, Lesley (November 17, 2010). “Frederica Wilson backs Nancy Pelosi – but not the House hat ban”. Miami Herald. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
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Frederica Wilson dominated a nine-candidate field for the Democratic nomination for the 17th Congressional seat vacated by Kendrick Meek. With no apparent Republican or Conservative opposition in the general election, she will likely go to Washington. She celebrated Tuesday night at the Chef Creole restaurant in Miami Gardens.
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‘She [Sanders] also said the Congresswoman “had quite a few comments that day that weren’t part of that speech and weren’t part of that video that were also witnessed by many people that were there — what Gen. Kelly referenced yesterday”.’
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External links
- Congresswoman Frederica Wilson official U.S. House website
- Frederica Wilson for U.S. Congress
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
- Profile at Vote Smart
- Representative Frederica S. Wilson (1998–2002) at the Florida House of Representatives
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