Here’s who qualified for the ballot in South Florida for state Senate and House
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Three state senators and seven state representatives from South Florida are likely to run unopposed this year after the state’s candidate qualifying period closed Friday at noon.
In Miami-Dade County, GOP Reps. Bryan Avila and Ana Maria Rodriguez appear to have a smooth path to the state Senate, while in Broward County, Democratic incumbent Sens. Jason Pizzo and Rosalind Osgood — who was just elected in March during a special election — did not have any challengers who qualified.
State Sen. Lauren Book, the Florida Senate minority leader, is officially in a primary battle for SD-35 with former Broward County Commissioner Barbara Sharief in a closely watched primary that’s likely to get expensive — and personal.
In the state House, HD 119 drew seven candidates who filed, but only five have qualified so far. Among the two who haven’t is former Miami Congressman David Rivera, who made a surprise filing for office early Friday.
And in Florida’s southernmost House district, HD 120, incumbent Rep. Jim Mooney is facing a primary challenge from his former opponent Rhonda Rebman Lopez, a local GOP activist and businesswoman who lost against Mooney in 2020 in a close race.
Here’s who qualified to be on the ballot in the August 23 primary and the November 8 general election (if they have no primary opponent):
State Senate
Broward County:
▪ District 30: Sen. Tina Polsky (D), William “Bill” Reicherter (R)
▪ District 32: Sen. Rosalind Osgood (D), Joseph Carter (R)
▪ District 35: Sen. Lauren Book (D), Barbara Sharief (D), Vincent Parlatore (R)
▪ District 37: Sen. Jason Pizzo (D)
Miami-Dade County:
▪ District 34: Sen. Shevrin Jones (D), Pitchie “Peachy” Escarment (D), Erhabor Ighodaro (D)
▪ District 36: Sen. Ileana Garcia (R), Raquel Pacheco (D)
▪ District 38: Alexis Maria Calatayud (R), Janelle Perez (D)
▪ District 39: Rep. Bryan Avila (R)
▪ District 40: Rep. Ana Maria Rodriguez (R)
State House
Broward County:
▪ District 99: Rep. Daryl Campbell (D), Elijah Manley (D)
▪ District 100: Rep. Chip LaMarca (R), Linda Thompson Gonzalez (D)
▪ District 101: Hillary Cassel (D), Todd Delmay (D), Clay Miller (D), Guy Silla (R)
▪ District 102: Rep. Michael Gottlieb (D)
▪ District 103: Rep. Robin Bartleman (D), George Navarini (R)
▪ District 104: Rep. Felicia Simone Robinson (D)
▪ District 105: Rep. Marie Woodson (D), Imran Uddin Siddiqui (D)
Miami-Dade County:
▪ District 106: Fabián Basabe (R), Jordan Leonard (D), Gustavo Ortega (D), Douglas John Ross (R), Lynn Su Sutjapojnukul (R)
▪ District 107: Rep. Christopher Benjamin (D), Wancito Francius (D), Pierre Prime (NPA)
▪ District 108: Rep. Dotie Joseph (D), Michael Etienne (D), Roy Hardemon (D)
▪ District 109: Rep. James Bush III (D), Ashley Gantt (D)
▪ District 110: Rep. Tom Fabricio (R)
▪ District 111: Rep. David Borrero (R)
▪ District 112: Rep. Alex Rizo (R)
▪ District 113: Andrés Althabe (D), Alessandro ‘A.J.’ D’Amico (D), Vicki Lopez (R), Alberto Perosch (R)
▪ District 114: Rep. Demi Busatta Cabrera (R), Adam Benna (D)
▪ District 115: Christie Cantin Davis (D), Alina Garcia (R)
▪ District 116: Rep. Danny Perez (R)
▪ District 117: Rep. Kevin Chambliss (D)
▪ District 118: Rep. Juan Fernandez-Baquin (R), Johnny Gonzalo Farias (D), Francisco Rodriguez (R), Daniel Sotelo (R)
▪ District 119: Ashley Alvarez (R), Gabriel Gonzalez (D), Rob Gonzalez (R), Juan Carlos Porras (R), Jose Soto (R), Ricky Tsay (R)
▪ District 120: Rep. James (Jim) V. Mooney Jr. (R), Robert Scott Allen (R), Rhonda Rebman Lopez (R), Adam Gentle (D), Daniel “Dan” Horton-Diaz (D)
This story was originally published June 17, 2022 at 5:26 PM.
