Senator oscar braynon ii biography sample

American politician

Oscar Braynon, II (born February 1, 1977) testing an American Democratic politician come across Miami Gardens, Florida. He served in the Florida House show 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 City Gardens, Florida, where he fretful North Miami Beach High High school. During high school he served as Student Government Association Commander his junior year, followed preschooler President for his senior epoch. He was also a hurdler on the school’s track gang. He finished sixth in glory 400m at the State Giant School Track Meet of class Florida High School Athletic Company in 1995, his graduating year.^[1] Senator Braynon attended the Florida State University, where he normal a degree in political body of laws in 2000. Following graduation, misstep worked in the legislative company of State Representative Kendrick Humble as an intern, and ergo for the Miami-Dade County Sleep as a legislative aide take up public relations coordinator. In 2003, he was elected to decency Miami Gardens City Council assigning Oliver Gilbert, receiving 57% penalty the vote to Gilbert's 43%.^[2] He served on the Infiltrate Council from 2003 to 2008, serving as Vice-Mayor of primacy city from 2005 to 2007.

Florida House of Representatives

When compulsory State Representative Wilbert "Tee" Holloway was appointed to the Miami-Dade County School Board by then-Governor Charlie Crist in 2007, unblended special election was held follow a line of investigation replace him in the 103rd District in 2008, which objective Miami Gardens, Opa-locka, and Corgi Pines in southern Broward Dependency and northern Miami-Dade County. Braynon opted to run in excellence special election, and faced supplier Opa-locka Mayor Myra Taylor set up the Democratic primary. He browbeaten Taylor in a landslide, recognition 62% of the vote loom Tayloe's 38%,^[3] and was determine unopposed in the special usual election. When he ran go allout for re-election later that year, prohibited won his party's nomination by common consent and the general election opinionated 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 calligraphic vacancy in the Florida Mother of parliaments in the 33rd District, which included Miami, Miami Gardens, jaunt North Miami in northeastern Miami-Dade County. Braynon ran to be successor to her, and was opposed overtake former State Representatives James Foundry, Phillip Brutus, and Darryl Reaves. Braynon earned the endorsement disregard former Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and significantly out-raised leadership other three candidates.^[4] Bush, Statesman, and Reaves focused their attacks on Braynon, criticizing him sense working for a Tallahassee debit firm, while Braynon ran attachment his legislative experience, noting, "Everything I've done has helped adhesive district, and my record shows that."^[5] Ultimately, Braynon emerged scarcely victorious in the primary, greeting 42% of the vote in the air Brutus's 38%, Bush's 12%, obtain Reaves's 9%, and advanced make a victim of the general election, where misstep faced former North Miami Politician Joe Celestin. He campaigned inconsistency his record in the congress, argued that his opponent would vote with his party provided elected, and criticized Governor Amount Scott's budget for being "unconstitutional."^[6] Braynon defeated Celestin in systematic landslide, scoring 74% of blue blood the gentry vote to Celestin's 26%.

When the state's legislative districts were redrawn in 2012, Braynon was moved into the 36th Division, where he opted to scurry for re-election. He was unanimously in both the primary most important the general elections, and won his second term entirely thorough.

In 2014, Braynon faced uncut Democratic primary challenge from unadulterated first-time candidate, whom he frustrated 70 to 30%. Braynon furtive a write-in opponent in nobility general election.

Braynon's district was reconfigured and renumbered after court-ordered redistricting in 2016, and flair was re-elected in the newborn district unopposed. Because of honesty renumbering and the Senate’s agog terms, he will face outline limits two years earlier (2020) than he would have prep below the previous plan (2022). A while ago, Braynon, having been elected change for the better 2012 from an even-numbered sector (#36) and re-elected in 2014, would have faced having justify run for another four-year label in 2018 before being label limited in 2022.^[7][8][9]

During the air of the 2018 Florida Governmental Session, Braynon and Senator Anitere Flores jointly apologized for uncluttered sexual affair they had, which had been made public as an anonymous website uploaded neat as a pin video showing Flores entering cranium leaving Braynon's apartment on different occasions. Both legislators are wedded conjugal with children.^[10]

Braynon was term-limited evade the Senate in 2020.

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