17 Facts About Randolph Bracy

Randolph Bracy III was born on April 23,1977 and is an American politician who was a member of the Florida Senate from the 11th district.

Randolph Bracy was the first African American to serve as Chair of the Criminal Justice Committee.

In 2012, following the reconfiguration of Florida House of Representatives districts, Randolph Bracy opted to run in the newly created 45th district, which includes Apopka, Ocoee, and Winter Garden and has a minority-majority population.

Randolph Bracy faced Shannon Currie, a former legislative aide to retiring State Senator Gary Siplin, in the Democratic primary.

In 2014, Randolph Bracy was re-elected to his second term without opposition.

In 2016, Randolph Bracy announced that he would run for the Florida Senate in the 11th district, following incumbent senator Geraldine Thompson's decision to run for Florida's 10th Congressional District.

Randolph Bracy defeated environmental activist Chuck O'Neal, former Orange County Commissioner Bob Sindler, and former state senator Gary Siplin in the Democratic primary.

On May 25,2021, Randolph Bracy announced his bid for the US House of Representatives Florida's 10th congressional district 2022 election to replace incumbent Val Demings.

Randolph Bracy finished second in a field that included, among others, political activist Maxwell Frost, who won, as well as former US Representatives Alan Grayson and Corrine Brown in the August23,2022 Democratic primary.

Randolph Bracy co-sponsored legislation to ban assault weapons in both 2021 and 2022.

Randolph Bracy introduced a bill to increase state unemployment benefits from $275 to $400 maximum weekly benefits and extend eligibility from 19 weeks to 26 weeks.

In December 2020, Randolph Bracy introduced a bill to allow those with misdemeanor marijuana convictions to expunge their criminal records.

In January 2021, Randolph Bracy filed a bill to create a public-records exemption that would broadly prohibit the public release of booking photos, except in certain circumstances such as an immediate threat to the public.

In June 2020, Randolph Bracy authored an op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel arguing the state legislature "must reform police in wake of brutality" in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.

Randolph Bracy requested a special session of the Florida legislature to address police brutality and bias against African-Americans, which was turned down by the legislature.

Randolph Bracy introduced SB452 and 482 mandating uniformed standards for body and dashboard cameras and creating a statewide police misconduct registry that tracks the history of law enforcement officers, respectively.

In June 2020, Randolph Bracy began a push to make Juneteenth a state holiday, with June 19 marking the date the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas, the westernmost member of the former Confederacy.