Lois Jane Frankel was born on May 16,1948 and is an American politician and lawyer who has been the United States representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district since 2023 and who represented Florida's 22nd congressional district from 2013 to 2017 and Florida's 21st congressional district from 2017 to 2023.
23 Facts About Lois Frankel
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Lois Frankel was elected mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida, in 2003, serving two terms in office until leaving office in 2011 due to term limits.
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Lois Frankel was born to a Jewish family on May 16,1948 in New York City and received a bachelor's degree from Boston University in 1970.
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Lois Frankel earned a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1973.
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In November 1991 Lois Frankel resigned as state representative to run for Congress in 1992.
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Mimi McAndrews, a former aide of Lois Frankel's, was elected to replace her.
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Lois Frankel lost to fellow Democratic representative Alcee Hastings in the 1992 congressional primary.
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In 1994 Lois Frankel defeated McAndrews in the Democratic primary for her old State House seat.
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Lois Frankel left office due to term limits in 2002 after serving 14 years in the State House.
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In 1992 Lois Frankel retired from the State House to run for the newly created Florida's 23rd district.
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In 2002, Lois Frankel entered and then dropped out of the 2002 election for Governor of Florida, in which Governor Jeb Bush won re-election.
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On March 11,2003, Frankel defeated incumbent Democratic West Palm Beach Mayor Joel T Daves III in the mayoral election.
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Lois Frankel was sworn into office on March 27,2003.
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On March 31,2011, due to term limits, Lois Frankel left office after two terms.
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On March 21,2011, Lois Frankel announced that she would run in the newly redrawn Florida's 22nd congressional district in the 2012 House election.
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Lois Frankel was initially due to face freshman incumbent Republican Allen West, but redistricting had made the 22nd much more Democratic than its predecessor, prompting West to move to the neighboring 18th district and seek reelection there.
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Lois Frankel was criticized for accepting $20,000 from Digital Domain Media Group for her campaign five months after the company was awarded a downtown project that included incentives from the city of West Palm Beach, and in response vowed to give the contribution to charity.
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Lois Frankel supports repealing the 1996 Dickey Amendment, which discourages the CDC from researching gun violence prevention.
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In March 2017 Lois Frankel voted against the Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act, which would allow veterans who are considered "mentally incompetent" to purchase ammunition and firearms unless declared a danger by a judge.
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Lois Frankel has generally opposed measures to rein in government surveillance.
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Lois Frankel voted for House cybersecurity information sharing bills that facilitate surveillance, and for the extension of USA PATRIOT Act financial surveillance.
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Lois Frankel voted against the USA RIGHTS Act, which would have helped to restore Americans' protections against government surveillance.
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On December 18,2019, Frankel voted to impeach President Donald J Trump.