23 Facts About Frank Artiles

Frank Artiles was born on April 22,1973 and is a Cuban-American Republican politician from Florida.

Frank Artiles served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing parts of Miami-Dade County from 2010 to 2016, before being elected to the Florida Senate in 2016.

Frank Artiles resigned from the Senate on April 21,2017, after using racial slurs and other profanities against fellow senators.

The son of Cuban immigrants, Frank Artiles was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1973, and moved to the state of Florida in 1975.

Frank Artiles attended Florida State University, graduating with a degree in criminal justice and criminology in 1995.

Frank Artiles attended the St Thomas University School of Law, from which he received his Juris Doctor in 2000, and the University of Miami School of Law, receiving his Master of Laws in real property development in 2001.

Frank Artiles served with the 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company in the Marine Forces Reserve in West Palm Beach.

Frank Artiles was deployed to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, in April 2002 as part of Operation Weedeater, part of a drug operation with the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Frank Artiles served as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, deployed for two months to Qatar in 2003 as a field radio operator and did not directly support or deploy to Iraq.

In 2002, following the reconfiguration of the state's legislative districts, Frank Artiles opted to run for the Florida House of Representatives in the 119th District, which stretched from Doral to Florida City in eastern Miami-Dade County.

When Zapata was unable to seek re-election in 2010 due to term limits, Frank Artiles ran in the 119th District, and this time, won the primary election unopposed.

Frank Artiles won the Republican primary unopposed, and faced only write-in opposition in the general election, resulting in a landslide victory to his second term in the legislature.

In 2016, after court-ordered redistricting created a redrawn Senate district in his area, Frank Artiles opted to run for the seat against incumbent Democratic Senator Dwight Bullard.

Frank Artiles's campaign ran a series of ads criticizing Bullard for touring Israel with a guide from the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, and for his support of Black Lives Matter, which Frank Artiles's campaign called a "terrorist organization".

The bill courted controversy with other Miami-Dade senators and local activists, who accused Frank Artiles of selling out his constituents.

Frank Artiles later made a public apology on the Senate floor, and a formal complaint was filed with the Senate Rules Committee by Senator Perry Thurston, requesting an investigation and Frank Artiles' expulsion.

The next morning, before the Senate investigation had begun, Frank Artiles resigned, calling his continued presence in government a distraction and apologizing again.

In December 2020, Frank Artiles took credit for the election of Republican Ileana Garcia to the Florida Senate, by recruiting Alex Rodriguez, an acquaintance of Frank Artiles, to run.

At an election night party, Frank Artiles bragged about tipping the results of the election.

In March 2021, Frank Artiles was arrested in connection with the scheme, as it was alleged that he had bribed Alex Rodriguez to enter the race and siphon votes away from Jose Javier Rodriguez.

At an election night party, Frank Artiles bragged about tipping the results of the election.

Frank Artiles was charged with making two or more excessive campaign contributions, conspiracy to make excessive campaign contributions, and false swearing regarding voting or elections.

Frank Artiles is married to Aimee Frank Artiles, with whom he has two daughters.