Dolphin Democrats
Politics in the LGBT Community
At the September 9th Membership Meeting the members of the Dolphin Democrats endorsed the following candidates running for office in Broward County on the ballot in the November 3rd General Election:
Gregory Tony – Sheriff
Harold Pryor – State Attorney
Gordon Weekes – Public Defender
Joe Scott – Supervisor of Elections
Dale Holness – County Commission D9
Debbi Hixon – School Board At-Large D9
Marie Woodson – State House D101
Maureen Porras – State House D105
At the September 9th Membership Meeting the members of the Dolphin Democrats endorsed the following candidates running for office and on the ballot in the November 3rd General Election.
Linda Anderson – Hollywood Commission D2
Stacy Kagan – Parkland Mayor
Bob Mayersohn – Parkland Commission D4
Jennifer Andreu – Plantation Council D3
Nick Sortal – Plantation Council D5
Jason Kruszka- Sunrise Commission Seat D
Felicia Brunson – West Park Mayor
Richard Stark – Weston Mayor
Kim Schnitzius – Weston Commission Seat 2
Dolphin Democrats Announce Endorsements and Recommendations
Wilton Manors, FL – Members of the Dolphin Democrats, Florida’s largest LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus, voted to endorse the following candidates for the August 18th Primary Election:
Florida State Senate: Tina Polsky (D-29), Shevrin Jones (D-35),
Florida House of Representatives:
Jasmen Rogers-Shaw (D95)
Christine Hunschofsky (D-96)
David Williams Jr. (D-102)
Robin Bartleman (D-104)
Javier Estevez (D-105)
Broward County School Board: Sara Leonardi (D-3)
Broward County Clerk of Courts: Judge Mark Speiser
In addition, the membership voted to recommend the following Judicial Candidates:
17th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
George Odeom Jr. Group 16; Patti Englander Henning, Group 18; Frank Davie LeDee, Group 27; Dale C. Cohen, Group 30; Linda A. Alley, Group 50
Broward County Court: Allison Gilman, Group 22; Phoebee R. Francois, Group 27;
Natasha DePrimo, Group 31
The members also endorse Cindy Polo (D-103) & Linda Thompson-Gonzalez (D-93) for the November 3, 2020 General Election. In addition, they also endorsed candidates Marty Kiar for Property Appraiser, Dr. Rosalind Osgood (D-5) and Patricia Good (D-2) for School board. Those 3 candidates ran unopposed and have already been elected for another term.
Dolphin Democrats President, Alfredo Olvera, issued the following statement on the Caucus’ endorsements: “We are immensely proud of our endorsement process. This year our members overwhelming voted to endorse each one of these candidates because they have demonstrated to be pro LGBTQ+ rights, and have committed to fight for the fundamental rights of the all members in our community.”
The Dolphin Democrats’ mission this election year is to Unite, Ignite, and Win.
You can read the full Press Release below:
Join us on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at our Membership Meeting.
7:00pm – Via Zoom
2020 Paid Members Only
We will be voting to endorse the following Seats in Broward County.
Sheriff
Supervisor of Election
Property Appraiser
School Board Districts 3, 5, & 9
Clerk of Circuit Court
State House Districts 93, 95, 103 & 105
You must be a member for at least 30 days by the day of the meeting to be able to vote.
For questions email us at [email protected]
We would like to remind all our 2020 paid members that we will be holding a membership meeting on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 7:00pm via Zoom. We will be endorsing a candidate for Public Defender and a candidate for State Attorney. Please see links to access the candidates endorsement questionnaire:
Public Defender & State Attorney
You can also access all the candidates forums by clicking HERE
In the next few days our team will be reaching out all our members to go over instructions on how to register and access the zoom meeting.
For questions please contact [email protected]
Join us on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 as we stream the Broward County School Board Candidates Forum on Facebook. 7:00pm
The Dolphin Democrats Announce their 2020 Election Endorsement Process
September 11, 2019
For Immediate Press Release Contact: Alfredo Overa, [email protected]
In adherence with their bylaws, in 2020 The Dolphin Democrats will be conducting a series of video-taped candidate forums, open to the public, ahead of the organization’s formal vote of endorsements, which is scheduled to take place on July 8th, 2020 in a closed session to Dolphin Democrat Voting Members only.
The schedule below outlines when each candidate to that elected office will be invited to participate in these public forums.
DATES:
January 8 Forum: Sherriff & SOE
February 12 Forum: Clerk of Court & County & Municipal Offices with election in March
March 11 Forum: State Attorney
March 25 Forum: Public Defender
April 15 Forum: School Board
May 13th Forum: Judicial Forum
June 10 Forum: State & House Rep
June 26 Deadline to file for the 2020 Election
July 8 Closed Membership Meeting to Endorse the 2020 Primary Democrats
August 12 Endorsement – Municipalities Part 1 (Cities to be announced)
September 9 Endorsement – Municipalities Part 2 (Cities to be aDolphin Democrats_Press Release_2020 Endorsement Processnnounced)
October 14 Final Round of Endorsements (Seats to be announced)
In addition, all candidates who would like to participate in the endorsement and their names be put in the endorsement ballot must complete the endorsement questionnaire. The endorsement questionnaire will be emailed to all the candidates who attend the forum, and will be available on our website www.Dolphindems.org at least 60 days before the endorsement vote.
For more information on the Dolphin’s endorsement process please contact Alfredo Olvera at [email protected] or Zachary Durand at [email protected]
The Dolphin Democrats will be endorsing one candidate to the Coral Springs Commissioner Seat 2 upcoming special election. We encourage all members to open the link below and review the completed questionnaires of all 3 candidates before the endorsement meeting that will take place on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 6:30pm
The Campaign Committee
