Corrine Brown

Corrine Brown
Ranking Member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee
In office
January 3, 2015 – July 8, 2016
Preceded byMike Michaud
Succeeded byMark Takano (acting)
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2017
Preceded byRedistricted
Succeeded byAl Lawson
Constituency3rd district (1993–2013)
5th district (2013–2017)
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the 17th district
In office
November 8, 1982 – November 3, 1992
Preceded byRedistricted
Succeeded byRedistricted
Personal details
Born (1946-11-11) November 11, 1946 (age 79)
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Children1 daughter
EducationFlorida A&M University (BS, MA)
University of Florida (EdS)

Corrine Brown (born November 11, 1946) is an American former politician. Brown was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Florida from 1993 to 2017. She is a Democratic Party member. When Brown was indicted federally on criminal corruption charges, she was defeated during the 2016 Democratic primary by Al Lawson, a former member from the Florida Senate.

Brown worked with the Florida House of Representatives in the state's 17th district from 1982 to 1992.

On Monday afternoon May 11, 2017, Brown was convicted of eighteen out of twenty-two criminal charges against her. The charges included conspiracy, filing false tax returns and mail fraud. A federal appeals court overturned her convictions seven months later.

Electoral history

Florida House of Representatives (1980–1988)

Florida House of Representatives, District 20, 1980 primary:
  • Carl Ogden (D) – 17,437 (57.7%)
  • Corrine Brown (D) – 12,773 (42.3%)

Florida House of Representatives, District 17, 1982 primary:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 4,053 (37.5%)
  • Eric O. Simpson (D) – 3,133 (29.0%)
  • Jim Glenwright (D) – 1,994 (18.5%)
  • Ervin L. Norman (D) – 1,627 (15.1%)

Florida House of Representatives, District 17, 1982 primary runoff:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 5,433 (59.9%)
  • Eric O. Simpson (D) – 3,632 (40.1%)

Florida House of Representatives, District 17, 1984 primary:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 5,344 (80.6%)
  • Anthony Gomes (D) – 1,287 (19.4%)

Florida House of Representatives, District 17, 1986 primary:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 7,053 (79.4%)
  • Anthony Gomes (D) – 1,827 (20.6%)

Florida House of Representatives, District 17, 1988 primary:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 4,221 (73.2%)
  • Denise Diamond Parsons (D) – 1,544 (26.8%)

U.S. Congress (1992–2016)

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 1992:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 91,918 (59.3%)
  • Don Weidner (R) – 63,115 (40.7%)

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 1994:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 63,855 (57.7%)
  • Marc Little (R) – 46,907 (42.3%)

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 1996:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 98,051 (61.2%)
  • Preston James Fields (R) – 62,173 (38.3%)

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 1998:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 66,621 (55.4%)
  • Bill Randall (R) – 53,530 (44.6%)

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 2000:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 102,143 (57.6%)
  • Jennifer Carroll (R) – 75,228 (42.4%)
  • Carl Sumner (WRI) – 1 (0.0%)

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 2002:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 88,462 (59.3%)
  • Jennifer Carroll (R) – 60,747 (40.7%)
  • Jon Arnett (WRI) – 4 (0.0%)

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 2004:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 172,833 (99.2%)
  • Johnny M. Brown (WRI) – 1,323 (0.8%)

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 2006:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – Unopposed (100%)

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 2008:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – Unopposed (100%)

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 2010:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 94,744 (63.0%)
  • Mike Yost (R) – 50,932 (33.9%)
  • Terry Martin-Back (NPA) – 4,625 (3.1%)

Florida's 5th congressional district, 2012:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 190,472 (70.8%)
  • LeAnne Kolb (R) – 70,700 (26.3%)
  • Eileen Fleming (NPA) – 7,978 (3.0%)
  • Bruce Ray Riggs (WRI) – 3 (0.0%)

Florida's 5th congressional district, 2014:

  • Corrine Brown (D) – 112,340 (65.5%)
  • Glo Smith (R) – 59,237 (34.5%)

Florida's 5th congressional district, 2016 primary:

  • Al Lawson (D) - 39,261 (48%)
  • Corrine Brown (D) - 32,157 (39%)
  • LaShonda Holloway (D) - 11,004 (13%)

References

  1. ↑ "Corrine Brown Loses Her Reelection Bid to Al Lawson". The Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Corrine Brown Convicted of Eighteen Felonies, Faces Decades in Prison". Florida Times Union. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Appeals Court Vacates the Former United States Rep Corrine Brown's Convictions". WJXT News 4. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Florida Department of State - 1980 Election Results". results.elections.myflorida.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  5. 1 2 "Florida Department of State - 1982 Election Results". results.elections.myflorida.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  6. ↑ "Florida Department of State - 1984 Election Results". results.elections.myflorida.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  7. ↑ "Florida Department of State - 1986 Election Results". results.elections.myflorida.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  8. ↑ "Florida Department of State - 1988 Election Results". results.elections.myflorida.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  9. ↑ "Florida Department of State - Election Results". July 7, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ↑ "November 8, 1994 General Election".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. ↑ "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Retrieved May 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ↑ "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Retrieved May 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  13. ↑ "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Retrieved May 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. ↑ "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Retrieved May 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  15. ↑ "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Retrieved May 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  16. 1 2 "House Races". The New York Times.
  17. ↑ "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Retrieved May 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  18. ↑ "Florida Department of State - 2016 Election Results". results.elections.myflorida.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  19. ↑ "Florida Department of State - 2014 Election Results". results.elections.myflorida.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  20. ↑ "Primary results: Florida U.S. House of Representatives | WJAX-TV". Actionnewsjax.com. 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2017-05-15.