Bob Graham Former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Daniel Robert “Bob” Graham passed away on April 16th at age 87. Graham served in the Florida House of Representatives (1966-1970), Florida Senate (1970-1978), as Florida’s 38th Governor (1979-1987) and as a United States Senator (1987-2005). His reputation as a consensus-builder during nearly four decades of public service Read more about In Memoriam[…]
Faye Blanton Former Florida Senate Secretary Faye Blanton died on November 8th, one day before her 77th birthday. Blanton started her career in 1970, working for Senator Welborn Daniel. She moved to the Senate Secretary’s Office in 1974 and became Assistant Secretary of the Senate under Secretary Joe Brown. In 1996, she was selected as Read more about In Memoriam[…]
Nancy Detert Former State Senator Nancy Detert (R-Venice) died on April 5th at the age of 78. Detert, a Sarasota County Commissioner since 2016, was elected to the Florida House in 1998 and to the Senate in 2008, serving for 8 years. Notably, while in the Senate she helped pass a bill, the Nancy Detert Read more about In Memoriam[…]
Sam Bell Former state lawmaker and lobbyist Sam Bell, III died unexpectedly March 14th. Bell represented Volusia County as a Democrat in the Florida House of Representatives from 1974 to 1988. He served as appropriations chair and was on the verge of becoming House Speaker when he lost his reelection to a Republican challenger in Read more about In Memoriam[…]
Marcia Cooke Marcia Cooke, the first African American woman to serve as a federal judge, died on January 27th at the age of 68. Cooke moved to Florida in 1992 and served as director of professional development in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. Additionally, she served as Executive Assistant U.S. Read more about In Memoriam[…]