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Kendrick Brett Meek (born September 6, 1966) is an American politician and current fossil fuel industry spokesperson, [1] who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 17th congressional district from 2003 to 2011.
Congressman Kendrick Meek was the first Democrat to declare his intention to run. [128] Upon Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink's decision to run for governor, [129] State Senator Dan Gelber formed an exploratory committee. [130] However, Gelber ultimately decided not to run, so as to avoid a divisive primary.
Active primarily during the 109th Congress, when the Democrats were the minority party, the group's stated mission was "engaging the next generation of Americans further in government and the political process". For much of its history, the group was led by Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Kendrick Meek, both of whom
A Nov. 20 meeting included civil rights attorney Ben Crump and Kendrick Meek, a former congressman who is now a lobbyist with a law firm whose clients include the tobacco company Reynolds American ...
Florida's 17th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress, located in Southwest Florida.In the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district was shrunk to only include the coastal counties of Sarasota and Charlotte as well as northeastern Lee County, including most of Lehigh Acres.
Carrie Mae Meek (née Pittman; April 29, 1926 – November 28, 2021) was the United States representative for Florida's 17th congressional district, from 1993 to 2003.. Having been elected in the September 1992 primary with no general election opponent, she was the first African American since the Reconstruction era elected to represent Florida in the United States Congress, where she ...
After 30 years of working in education, Meek joined the political arena and eventually ran for a seat in the US House of Representatives at age 66.
Then US-Senate candidates Marco Rubio, left, and Charlie Crist wait on Kendrick Meek to arrive before the start of their debate, at the studios of WFTV, Wednesday, October 6, 2010 in Orlando, Florida.