Lois Frankel

Lois Jane Frankel ( born May 16, 1948 in New York City ) is an American politician. Since 2013, it represents the state of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Lois Frankel attended until 1970, the Boston University. After a subsequent law degree from the Georgetown University in Washington DC and its made ​​in 1973 Admitted to the bar she started in 1974 in West Palm Beach in this profession work. At the same time they hit as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1986 and 1992, and again from 1994 to 2002 she was a Member of the House of Representatives from Florida. There, she served from 1994 to 2002 as a democratic parliamentary leader. It was during her time in the state legislature and a member of various committees. In 1992, she ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives; In 2002 she applied then first for the office of governor of Florida. She pulled this candidacy back later. Between 2003 and 2011 she served as mayor of West Palm Beach.

In the congressional elections of 2012, Frankel was in the 22nd electoral district of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where they on 3 January 2013, the successor to Allen West took, the unsuccessful candidate in the 18th district. She sat down with 54.7 % of the vote against Republican Adam Hasner ( 45.3 %) by.