State Sen. Frederica Wilson (D-Miami) has a long track record of success with voters who like FAMU alumnus Kendrick Meek. She won his state House seat after he left it to run for the Florida Senate. Then, she launched a successful bid for that senate seat when Meek ran for Congress.
Now, Wilson is throwing her hat in the ring to succeed Meek again. Currently, she is the frontrunner in the race for the U.S. House of Representatives District 17 seat, which Meek is vacating to pursue the U.S. Senate.
“This is a District I already know well,” Wilson said. “These are the same schools, businesses and families I’ve worked with and fought for my whole career. And just as I’ve made sure these communities had a voice in Tallahassee, I will do the same for them in Washington.”
Wilson, who sent her son to FAMU, vigorously supported the reestablishment of FAMU’s College of Law. In 2007, she joined FAMU students in protesting the death of Martin Lee Anderson, a black 14-year old who died while in the custody of a youth detention center.
As a legislator, she also worked with then-Gov. Jeb Bush to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol, start HIV/AIDS testing in prisons, and reform the implementation of the FCAT. Recently, she joined with current Gov. Charlie Crist to achieve the restoration of voting rights for felons.
Other announced and potential candidates for the Congressional seat include: State Rep. Yolly Roberson, state Rep. Ronald Brise, Miami Gardens Mayor Shirley Gibson, Miami Gardens City Councilman André Williams, and former state Rep. Phillip Brutus.
Now, Wilson is throwing her hat in the ring to succeed Meek again. Currently, she is the frontrunner in the race for the U.S. House of Representatives District 17 seat, which Meek is vacating to pursue the U.S. Senate.
“This is a District I already know well,” Wilson said. “These are the same schools, businesses and families I’ve worked with and fought for my whole career. And just as I’ve made sure these communities had a voice in Tallahassee, I will do the same for them in Washington.”
Wilson, who sent her son to FAMU, vigorously supported the reestablishment of FAMU’s College of Law. In 2007, she joined FAMU students in protesting the death of Martin Lee Anderson, a black 14-year old who died while in the custody of a youth detention center.
As a legislator, she also worked with then-Gov. Jeb Bush to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol, start HIV/AIDS testing in prisons, and reform the implementation of the FCAT. Recently, she joined with current Gov. Charlie Crist to achieve the restoration of voting rights for felons.
Other announced and potential candidates for the Congressional seat include: State Rep. Yolly Roberson, state Rep. Ronald Brise, Miami Gardens Mayor Shirley Gibson, Miami Gardens City Councilman André Williams, and former state Rep. Phillip Brutus.