Posted: 06/28/2010
Wilson: The clear front runner
Although the Democratic primary to replace Kendrick Meek is still in the formative
stage, this survey shows that one candidate stands above the others and has a
chance to put this race away in the early stages.
Frederica Wilson is the only candidate with total name recognition over fifty
percent. Her positive name identification of 57% rivals sitting congressmen.
Her job performance as state senator at 61 to 7 percent is almost ten to one is
equally impressive.
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Posted: 06/09/2010
Miami Gardens - Senator Frederica Wilson joins with others commemorating June as National Caribbean-American Heritage Month.
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Posted: 06/02/2010
Miami Gardens – Last week at the Florida AFL-CIO endorsing convention, the state’s largest labor organization with more than 400,000 members gave its full endorsement to State Senator Frederica Wilson.
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Posted: 04/14/2010
TALLAHASSEE, FL --- A bill sponsored by State Senator Frederica Wilson (D-Miami Gardens), relating to female inmates who are mothers of minor children, passed the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice today. SB 1160 provides legislative findings with respect to the importance of a female inmate maintaining a relationship with her minor child.
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Posted: 04/13/2010
TALLAHASSEE – A bill sponsored by State Senator Frederica Wilson (D-Miami Gardens), providing that restoration of civil rights cannot be required as a condition of eligibility for public employment, passed the Senate’s Committee on Judiciary today. SB 340, to be cited as the Keep Florida Working Act, facilitates access to employment for ex-offenders, allowing them to make a successful transition back into society and to provide for themselves and their families without compromising public safety.
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Posted: 03/10/2010
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, TALLAHASSEE — The picture, spread virally on the Web, was the last straw for state Sen. Frederica Wilson. It showed a man posing in front of the White House with a noose wrapped around an American flag.
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Posted: 03/04/2010
The proposed constitutional amendment to freeze class size counts is expected to clear its final Senate committee Thursday, paving the way for an early session floor vote that ensures the measure makes it on the November 2010 ballot.
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Posted: 02/28/2010
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES - Jeb Bush moved out of the Florida Governor's Mansion three years ago. But when it comes to school reform, it's like he never left. • His prickly, pushy spirit continues to guide Republicans and haunt Democrats. And this year, it will rattle the Capitol with a vengeance.
"He's very much alive and well," said Sen. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami. "He's the magician behind the whole (agenda) of chipping away at public education."
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Posted: 01/15/2010
Statement from Florida Senator Frederica S. Wilson
Regarding the Earthquake in Haiti
January 12 – As the State Senator for Florida District 33 in Miami where we represent hundreds of Haitian immigrants whose families are suffering today as the result of a major catastrophic earthquake, I call upon the citizens to pray for the victims of this catastrophe – this disaster which has occurred in Haiti.
I ask for the help of citizens in gathering supplies and much needed aid to the Nation of Haiti.
I am especially concerned about the children and young people, their safety and education which may be interrupted and their futures curtailed.
I call upon the Obama administration and the State Department to urgently respond to the needs of the families in Haiti who are just beginning to recover from four back-to-back major storms.
Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere and its infrastructure is fragile, at best.
We will be asking local merchants, major businesses and citizens to assist in joining forces with the American Red Cross and Save the Children organizations to help the families affected by this catastrophic event. We particularly appeal to businesses heavily patronized by residents of District 33 in the northern areas of Miami-Dade County.
On behalf of the residents of District 33, we extend out heartfelt compassion to all of Haiti, to children who may be separated from their families, and mothers separated from their children. We pray for their unification.
For those who have suffered the loss of a love one, we pray for your strength and fortitude, as you unite in solidarity to face the hardship of this catastrophic event brought upon your country.
May God bless your people. May God bless the Nation of Haiti.
Posted: 10/16/2009
Senator Wilson wrote an op-ed piece about texting and driving.
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Posted: 08/04/2009
For the third consecutive year, Senator Frederica Wilson (D-Miami Gardens) is filing legislation aimed at restricting cell phone use and texting by distracted Florida drivers.
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Posted: 07/24/2009
State Senator Frederica S. Wilson (D-Miami) joins New Birth Baptist Church Cathedral of Faith International for a Community Back to School Health and Education Fair
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Posted: 05/29/2009
Sen. Wilson, mourning the loss of Haitian leader Father Gerard Jean-Juste, called him "Haiti's Martin Luther King Jr." and "an unparalleled crusader against injustice.”
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Posted: 05/22/2009
Due to the overwhelming outcry from the community State Senator Frederica Wilson. (D-Miami Gardens) will hold three additional Town Hall Meetings on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Ac
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Posted: 05/19/2009
Senator Wilson released a statement commending the United Nations' naming of former President Bill Clinton as special envoy to Haiti.
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Posted: 05/15/2009
Sen. Frederica Wilson invited residents to a town hall meeting on grants and assistance available under the federal stimulus act. More than 400 people attended.
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Posted: 05/11/2009
Hope and help came to hundreds of people in the Liberty City area who attended a town hall meeting to learn how the federal stimulus package can improve their lives.
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Posted: 05/08/2009
In a political universe dominated by men in dark suits, Sen. Wilson is the rainbow that cannot be ignored.
She walks the halls of the Capitol flashing her custom-made, bedazzled cowboy hats and perfectly matched suits — her own runway of eye-popping colors that are more suited to the Miami district she represents than to good ol' boy Tallahassee.
Here in the center of Florida's political universe, the loud wardrobe of the educator-turned-Democratic lawmaker sends a clear if unspoken message to fellow lawmakers: I am here. And attention will be paid.
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Posted: 03/12/2009
State Sen. Frederica Wilson on Thursday announced that she will be a candidate for the U.S. Congressional District 17 seat that U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek is vacating to run for the U.S. Senate. Wilson said in a prepared statement that she succeeded Meek in the Florida House of Representatives and then the Florida Senate, and now hopes to succeed him in Congress.
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Posted: 03/09/2009
State Senator Frederica Wilson confirmed today that she will be a candidate for the Congressional District 17 seat, which Congressman Kendrick Meek is vacating to run for the US Senate. Wilson succeeded Meek in the Florida House of Representatives and then the Florida Senate and now hopes to succeed him in Congress.
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