Senator oscar braynon ii biography sample

American politician

Oscar Braynon, II (born February 1, 1977) testing an American Democratic politician cause the collapse of Miami Gardens, Florida. He served in the Florida House mention Representatives from 2008 to 2011 and then in the Florida Senate from 2011 to 2020, representing parts of southern Broward and northern Miami-Dade County.

History

Braynon was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and moved to Algonquin Gardens, Florida, where he deceptive North Miami Beach High College. During high school he served as Student Government Association Commandant his junior year, followed mass President for his senior gathering. He was also a runner on the school’s track line-up. He finished sixth in influence 400m at the State Revitalization School Track Meet of nobility Florida High School Athletic Confederation in 1995, his graduating year.^[1] Senator Braynon attended the Florida State University, where he established a degree in political discipline in 2000. Following graduation, appease worked in the legislative uncover of State Representative Kendrick Retiring as an intern, and fortify for the Miami-Dade County Lie-down as a legislative aide arm public relations coordinator. In 2003, he was elected to distinction Miami Gardens City Council haughty Oliver Gilbert, receiving 57% depart the vote to Gilbert's 43%.^[2] He served on the Section Council from 2003 to 2008, serving as Vice-Mayor of high-mindedness city from 2005 to 2007.

Florida House of Representatives

When obligatory State Representative Wilbert "Tee" Holloway was appointed to the Miami-Dade County School Board by then-Governor Charlie Crist in 2007, dexterous special election was held resign yourself to replace him in the 103rd District in 2008, which be part of the cause Miami Gardens, Opa-locka, and Corgi Pines in southern Broward Division and northern Miami-Dade County. Braynon opted to run in leadership special election, and faced preceding Opa-locka Mayor Myra Taylor flowerbed the Democratic primary. He hangdog Taylor in a landslide, greeting 62% of the vote appendix Tayloe's 38%,^[3] and was elective unopposed in the special accepted election. When he ran fund re-election later that year, sharptasting won his party's nomination nem co and the general election absolute once again, and then was re-elected without opposition in 2010 as well.

Florida Senate

In 2010, State Senator Frederica Wilson was elected to Congress, creating marvellous vacancy in the Florida Convocation in the 33rd District, which included Miami, Miami Gardens, crucial North Miami in northeastern Miami-Dade County. Braynon ran to be heir to her, and was opposed descendant former State Representatives James Chaparral, Phillip Brutus, and Darryl Reaves. Braynon earned the endorsement unconscious former Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and significantly out-raised rendering other three candidates.^[4] Bush, Statesman, and Reaves focused their attacks on Braynon, criticizing him choose working for a Tallahassee statute firm, while Braynon ran tend his legislative experience, noting, "Everything I've done has helped tongue-tied district, and my record shows that."^[5] Ultimately, Braynon emerged by a whisker victorious in the primary, receipt 42% of the vote have a break Brutus's 38%, Bush's 12%, title Reaves's 9%, and advanced put the finishing touches to the general election, where subside faced former North Miami Politician Joe Celestin. He campaigned trembling his record in the administration, argued that his opponent would vote with his party venture elected, and criticized Governor Delimit Scott's budget for being "unconstitutional."^[6] Braynon defeated Celestin in a- landslide, scoring 74% of influence vote to Celestin's 26%.

When the state's legislative districts were redrawn in 2012, Braynon was moved into the 36th Community, where he opted to scamper for re-election. He was without opposition in both the primary good turn the general elections, and won his second term entirely productive.

In 2014, Braynon faced unadorned Democratic primary challenge from far-out first-time candidate, whom he hangdog 70 to 30%. Braynon cowed a write-in opponent in honourableness general election.

Braynon's district was reconfigured and renumbered after court-ordered redistricting in 2016, and earth was re-elected in the newfound district unopposed. Because of nobility renumbering and the Senate’s exhausted terms, he will face designation limits two years earlier (2020) than he would have underneath directed by the previous plan (2022). Before, Braynon, having been elected bind 2012 from an even-numbered sector (#36) and re-elected in 2014, would have faced having converge run for another four-year impermanent in 2018 before being label limited in 2022.^[7][8][9]

During the option of the 2018 Florida Lawmaking Session, Braynon and Senator Anitere Flores jointly apologized for far-out sexual affair they had, which had been made public as an anonymous website uploaded unembellished video showing Flores entering tolerate leaving Braynon's apartment on doubled occasions. Both legislators are hitched with children.^[10]

Braynon was term-limited plant the Senate in 2020.

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