Let's Build a Stronger Florida Democratic Party From The Ground Up
FDP Chair Election:
February 25th | Democratic Winter Conference
Endorsed by Florida's Democratic Leaders
Congresswoman
Kathy Castor
Congresswoman
Lois Frankel
Congressman
Maxwell Alejandro Frost
Congresswoman
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Congressman
Darren Soto
DNC Officer and National Finance Chair for the DNC
Chris Korge
Former Congresswoman and HHS Secretary
Donna Shalala
Leader
Lauren Book
Leader Pro Tempore
Jason Pizzo
DNC Member and Former Senate Minority Leader
Audrey Gibson
State Senator
Lori Berman
State Senator
Tracie Davis
State Senator
Shevrin Jones
State Senator
Tina Polsky
State Senator
Darryl Rouson
State Senator
Linda Stewart
State Senator
Geraldine Thompson
State Senator
Victor Torres
House Democratic Leader
Fentrice Driskell
Former House Minority Leader and current Commissioner
Kionne McGhee
Former Representative Carlos
Guillermo Smith
State Representative
Kevin Chambliss
State Representative
Anna Eskamani
Representative
Gallop Franklin II
State Representative
Michael Gottlieb
Former FDP Chair and State Representative
Allison Tant
State Representative
Michele Rayner-Goolsby
Former Representative
Carlos Guillermo Smith
Miami-Dade Mayor
Daniella Levine Cava
FDP Vice Chair and Current Orange County Property Appraiser
Amy Mercado
DNC Member, former Democratic Nominee for Lieutenant Governor and Current Miami-Dade county United Teachers of Dade Union President
Karla Hernández-Mats
DNC Member
Thomas Kennedy
DNC Member and Walton County Committeewoman
Samantha Herring
DNC Member
Carol Pensky
DNC Member
Vivian Rodriguez
DNC Member
Steve Simeonidis
Miami-Dade County Committeeman
Marc Burton
Sarasota County Committeewoman
Mary Clupper
Volusia County Committeeman
Danny Fuqua
Washington County Committeeman
Elijah Hooks
Nassau County Committeeman
Phil Morton
Polk County Committeewoman
Jennifer Nanek
St. Lucie County Committeewoman
Nicolette Owens
Volusia County Committeewoman
Susanne Raines
Collier County Committeewoman
Jane Anne Schlechtweg
St. Lucie County Committeeman
Tyler Smith
Nassau County Committeewoman
Carla Voisard
Miami-Dade County DEC Chair
Robert Dempster
Duval County DEC Chair
Daniel Henry
Palm Beach County DEC Chair
Mindy Koch
St. Lucie County DEC Chair
Falon Lofley
Chair of the Osceola County Board of Commissioners and FDP Voting Member Commissioner
Viviana Janer
The Florida College Democratic Caucus
The Florida High School Democratic Caucus
The Florida Squeeze
Policy Reform Now
For Progress
Florida Grassroots Coalition
American Muslim Progressive Caucus
Downtown Dems
The Democrats of Coral Way
President of Voters of Tomorrow Florida
Jayden D'Onofrio
Activist
Cameron Kasky
President of UF Democrats
Sabrina Briceno
President of FSU Democrats
Alexis Dorman
President of UCF Democrats
Dylan Hall
President of Rollins Democrats
Stella Morris
Former Gen Z Candidate
Raymond Adderly
Former Gen Z Candidate
Lorissa Wright
President of PRISM
Maxx Fenning
VP of Voters of Tomorrow Florida
Gabriel Gonzalez
VP of Orange County Democrats
Samuel Vilchez
Activist
Javier Gomez
Activist
Logan Rubenstein
Executive Director of See Our Power
Zander Moricz
Founder of Biden for Florida
Robert Palacios
Political Director for Miami-Dade Democrats
Gianna Bonner
Communications Director for Miami-Dade Young Democrats
Camila Cisneros
Executive Director of Recall FCSB
Jack Petocz
Former President of Florida College Democrats
Antonio “Toni” Rodriguez
What the heck is the Railroad Commission?!
The Texas Railroad Commission oversees the Texas oil and gas industry. This includes everything from providing permits for and inspecting new wells to pipeline construction, as well as plugging older wells and overseeing coal and uranium mining.
The Texas Railroad Commission played a major role in the February 2021 grid failure. The Commission failed to enforce weatherization requirements on the industry, which led to the grid failing. Then, during the storm, the Commission was central in making billions for oil and gas executives and making Texans foot the bill.
The Texas Railroad Commission DOES NOT oversee the railroads, but it used to. The Commission was established in 1891 to prevent railroad monopolies. When oil and gas got big in Texas, it was given responsibility to do the same thing in that industry.
The Commission is governed by three elected Commissioners who serve in staggered 6-year terms (much like the Senate). One Commissioner is elected every 2 years. There are no limits on the number of subsequent terms a Commissioner can serve.
The Commission has relatively lax conflict of interest policies. The majority of campaign contributions to the current Commissioners have come from the industry and all three Commissioners are partial owners in the companies they are supposed to be regulating.
