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Former Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Mayor Chris Vincent and Broward YR Yoni Anijar Running For Florida House 100 Seat

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The 2026 election has begun in Broward County as two Republicans filed paperwork for the Florida House 100 seat. Due to term limits, the current holder of that seat, State Representative Chip LaMarca cannot seek re-election. Despite being in “Blue Broward,” the seat is a safe Republican district.

Yoni Anijar, a local attorney and member of the Broward Young Republicans club filed for the seat last month.

On the same day, former Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Mayor Chris Vincent filed to replace LaMarca in Tallahassee. Vincent, a building contractor, lists Lauderdale-By-The Sea Commissioner Richard Lee DeNapoli as his campaign treasurer.

DeNapoli is the Broward Republican Party State Committeeman.

Insiders tell REDBROWARD that many hopefuls will join Anijar and Vincent in the Florida House 100 race.

Chris Vincent
Yoni Anijar

FL Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book Responds to Human Trafficking Legislation Signed into Law By Governor Ron DeSantis

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Lauren Book

From the press office of Florida Senate Democrats:

Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, the Governor signed several human trafficking bills that passed unanimously in both the Florida House and Senate, including SB 1690, which holds hotels more accountable for violating human trafficking policies and laws. Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book (D-Davie) shared the following statement:

“I am proud of our bipartisan work to combat the horrific realities of human trafficking, a crime which takes place hidden in plain sight in every single community across the state. 

With the help of Senators Ingoglia and Garcia, we have now closed loopholes in Florida law that have allowed hotels, motels, and other lodging establishments to avoid paying fines for noncompliance with signage and training requirements designed to help combat this horrific crime. 

Fines collected will now fund services to help survivors through Florida’s human trafficking Direct Support Organization, which I was proud to help create in 2019. We must all do our part, — including and especially lodging business owners, whose establishments are often used as scenes of this crime — to ensure awareness and action.”

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