Caribbean-Americans Win Big in South Florida 2020 Elections

The Caribbean-American community in South Florida showed up in historic numbers to vote in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.

Not only was the community instrumental in the tri-county area of Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade remaining blue counties for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, the community also elected a number of Caribbean-Americans for political offices in the region.

Here are the Caribbean-American Winners from South Florida:

Jamaican-Americans

Jamaican-American Ann Marie Sorrell was elected to Group 2 of Palm Beach County’s Soil and Water Conservation Board.

Jamaican-American Karlene Maxwell-Williams was elected to the Commission seat 4 in the City of Lauderdale Lakes.

Jamaican-American Dale Holness, currently Broward County’s mayor, was re-elected to the Broward County Commission, District 9.

Jamaican-American Melissa Dunn won as County Commissioner in Lauderhill in Seat 2.

Jamaican-American Hazelle Rogers was re-elected to her post as Mayor of Lauderdale Lakes.

Jamaican-American Jennifer Andreu won the race for the City of Plantation Council Group 3.

Jamaican-American Attorney Joan Anthony was elected as the Circuit Court Judge in Broward’s 7th Judicial Circuit.

Jamaican-American incumbent and Vice Mayor Marlon Bolton won in Tamarac as City Commissioner for District 1.

Haitian-Americans

Haitian-American Marie Woodson will join the Florida House after winning the open HD 101 seat.

Haitian-American City Commissioners Mckenzie Fleurimond (Group 5) and Michael Joseph (Group 7) won in North Miami Beach.

Haitian-American Nancy Metayer won the seat for Coral Springs City Commission District 3.

Haitian-American Dotie Joseph will join the Florida House after winning the open HD 108 seat in the August primaries.

Haitian-American Linda Julien won the race for City of Miami Gardens Council, Seat 5.

 

Other Caribbean-American Winners

Broward County will get a new public defender; Barbadian-American Gordon Weekes was elected to office.

Kittitian (St. Kitts and Nevis), Christopher Benjamin was elected in Florida to represent the 107th District in the House of Representatives.

Two Bahamian-Americans have scored victories in the 2020 elections for the state of Florida: State Senator Shevrin Jones secured a win in Senate District 35 and Shannan Ighodaro won the race for Miami Gardens Council Member Seat 3.

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