Nan H. Rich | |
Office1: | Vice Mayor of Broward County |
1Blankname1: | Mayor |
1Namedata1: | Lamar P. Fisher |
Term Start1: | November 29, 2022 |
Term End1: | November 28, 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Lamar P. Fisher |
Successor1: | Beam Furr |
Office: | Mayor of Broward County |
1Blankname: | Vice Mayor |
1Namedata: | Beam Furr |
Term Start: | November 28, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Lamar P. Fisher |
Office2: | Member of the Broward County Commission from the 1st district |
Term Start2: | November 22, 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Martin David Kiar |
Office3: | Minority Leader of the Florida Senate |
Term Start3: | November 16, 2010 |
Term End3: | November 20, 2012 |
Predecessor3: | Al Lawson |
Successor3: | Chris Smith |
State Senate4: | Florida |
District4: | 34th |
Term Start4: | November 2, 2004 |
Term End4: | November 6, 2012 |
Predecessor4: | Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
Successor4: | Redistricted |
State House5: | Florida |
District5: | 97th |
Term Start5: | November 7, 2000 |
Term End5: | November 2, 2004 |
Predecessor5: | Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
Successor5: | Susan Goldstein |
Birth Date: | 9 February 1942 |
Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | David Rich |
Alma Mater: | University of Florida |
Nan H. Rich (born February 9, 1942) is an American politician from the state of Florida and currently serves as a county commissioner and Mayor of Broward County, Florida.
She served as a Democratic member of the Florida Senate from 2004 to 2012. Rich served as Senate Minority Leader from 2010 to 2012 and was term-limited out of the Senate in 2012. She served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2004.
She was a candidate for Governor of Florida in 2014,[1] [2] but lost the Democratic primary to Charlie Crist, who garnered 74 percent of the vote.[3] Rich received endorsements from both the Florida NOW and NOW as well as Buddy MacKay, the most recent Democratic governor of Florida.[4]
President Bill Clinton appointed Rich to the Board of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.[5] Rich served as president of the National Council of Jewish Women (1996-1999).[6]
Rich attended the University of Florida, where she was a member of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority.[7]
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