Gwen Margolis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetGwen Margolis
American politician
Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1934
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Gwen Margolis
- Gwen Margolis (born October 4, 1934) is a Democratic politician from Florida.
- She served three different times in the Florida Senate: from 1980 to 1992, 2002 to 2008, and 2010 to 2016.
- She served as Senate President for the 1990-92 term, becoming the first woman president and the last president to preside over a majority-Democratic chamber.
- Prior to her time in the Senate, she serve three terms in the Florida House of Representatives, from 1974 to 1980.Margolis left state government in 1992, losing to E.
- Clay Shaw, Jr.
- in an unsuccessful bid for the United States Congress.
- Thereafter she became a County Commissioner for Dade (now Miami-Dade) County until she returned to the State Senate. She was previously married to Allan Margolis. She was a candidate for the position of Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser in 2008.
- She received the most votes in the November 4, 2008 general election.
- However, due to not having received at least fifty percent of the vote plus one, she had to face the next highest vote-getter, Pedro Garcia Jr., in a December 16, 2008 run-off.
- She filed a lawsuit to avoid the run-off election, arguing that because the appraiser's office is a constitutional position, no runoff should be required under state law.
- Her lawsuit was unable to prevent the runoff election, which she lost to Garcia.Margolis again ran for the Florida Senate in 2010.
- She received the nomination of the Democratic Party on August 24, 2010, defeating Kevin Burns in the primary.Following a redistricting lawsuit that radically changed the makeup of her senate district, Margolis announced in June 2016 that she was ending her reelection campaign.
- She retired from politics after the 2016 election.
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