Lois FrankelIncumbent

Candidate for U.S. Representative, Florida District 23

Lois Frankel is a seventh-term U.S. Representative and the lead Democrat on the House Appropriations subcommittee for National Security and State. She is Co-Chair of the bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security Caucus and Chair Emerita of the Democratic Women's Caucus. She was first elected to the Florida House in 1986, served seven terms there, and was the first woman to hold its minority leader post. She was Mayor of West Palm Beach from 2003 to 2011 and earned a law degree from Georgetown University in 1973.

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