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The Florida Senate directory lists Barbara Sharief (D) for the 2024–26 term and gives the county coverage as Consists of part of Broward county.
District map · 2022 Senate plan
Municipal jurisdictions (Location): Comprises south and southwest Broward County communities, primarily Miramar, Pembroke Pines, Davie, and Cooper City, alongside portions of Southwest Ranches and Hollywood.
Boundary perimeters: Extends south to the Broward–Miami-Dade county line (abutting Miami Gardens and Country Club), north toward central Broward arterials, and west terminating along the conservation protection perimeter.
Transit and highway infrastructure: Traversed east-to-west by Interstate 75 (Alligator Alley) and State Road 820 (Pines Boulevard); crossed north-to-south by Florida's Turnpike Homestead Extension (HEFT/SR 821), University Drive (SR 817), and US-27.
Environmental & drainage systems: Borders Water Conservation Areas 3A and 3B of the Everglades to the west; water level management and flood control are coordinated through the C-9 (Snake Creek) Basin under the South Florida Water Management District alongside regional drainage boards.
District population: Total benchmark population of 554,198 residents (American Community Survey profile for S027S8058 /sldu:12:35) against an enacted target average of 539,263 residents.
Demographic balance: Plurality-minority suburban composition, reporting 46% Hispanic or Latino, 25% non-Hispanic White, 19% Black or African American, and 6% Asian residents. Foreign-born residents comprise 40.1% of the district population.
Socioeconomic metrics: Median household income is $95,309, with an individual poverty rate of 9.1% and a median age of 40.9 years.
Electorate partisan composition: Strong Democratic performance baseline; registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans, counterbalanced by an expanding Non-Party Affiliated (NPA) voter segment in southwestern Broward suburban precincts.
2024 general election outcome: Barbara Sharief (Democrat) won election to SD 35 on November 5, 2024, receiving 140,564 votes (56.4%) over Republican nominee Vincent Parlatore, who received 108,777 votes (43.6%). Official returns are accessible via the Florida Division of Elections.
2024 primary contest: The Democratic primary held on August 20, 2024, featured former Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief, attorney Chad Klitzman, and Civilian Investigative Panel director Rodney Jacobs; Sharief secured the nomination with a plurality.
Predecessor transition: In the 2022 redistricting cycle under S027S8058, incumbent Senator Lauren Book ran in SD 35, defeating Sharief in the August 2022 primary before concluding her Senate tenure in 2024 due to term limits.
Campaign finance oversight: Candidate contribution ledgers, expenditure filings, and associated political committees (such as the Florida Alliance for Healthcare and Common Sense) are filed via the Florida Division of Elections Campaign Finance Database.
Healthcare complexes: Memorial Healthcare System (South Broward Hospital District), notably Memorial Hospital West (Pembroke Pines) and Memorial Hospital Miramar, representing the dominant medical employer and regional clinical anchor.
Higher education institutions: Broward College (Judson A. Samuels South Campus in Pembroke Pines) and Florida International University (FIU at I-75 academic center in Miramar).
Industrial and corporate centers: Miramar Park of Commerce, housing multi-tenant light manufacturing, biomedical, aerospace, and distribution facilities; regional operations for Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits and Humana.
Civic infrastructure: Pembroke Pines City Center, Miramar Cultural Center, and regional recreational assets including C.B. Smith Park.
Incumbent profile: Senator Barbara Sharief, DNP, ARNP; founder/CEO of South Florida Pediatric Homecare Inc.; previously served on the Broward County Commission (2010–2021; Mayor in 2013 and 2016) and Miramar City Commission (2009–2010).
Local government leadership: Wayne Messam (Mayor of Miramar), Angelo Castillo (Mayor of Pembroke Pines), and the elected Commissioners of the South Broward Hospital District.
Organized labor & advocacy: Broward Teachers Union (BTU), South Florida AFL-CIO, Hispanic Unity of Florida, and regional chapters of the NAACP.
Business & civic groups: Miramar-Pembroke Pines Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance.
Committee assignments (2024–2026): Vice Chair of Banking and Insurance; Member of Appropriations, Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Community Affairs, and Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (documented in theFlorida Senate Committee Directory).
Policy areas: Focus areas center on property insurance stabilization, healthcare access, pediatric and home-health Medicaid reimbursement standards, and urban flood-mitigation funding.
Budget requests: District appropriations initiatives prioritize C-9 basin stormwater drainage retrofits, local roadway resiliency, and municipal public safety infrastructure via the Florida Senate Appropriations Portal.
Correlation questions to test:
Question 1: Do home healthcare and Medicaid provider rate bills sponsored by the incumbent correlate with regional provider interests and Medicaid cost reports from South Florida Pediatric Homecare Inc. or Memorial Healthcare System? (Source lead: Compare Florida Senate Bill Search filings with Florida Commission on Ethics Form 6 Disclosures).
Question 2: How directly do local funding initiative requests for canal and flood control along the C-9 Basin mirror capital improvement plans submitted by the municipal commissions of Miramar and Pembroke Pines? (Source lead: Cross-reference Florida Senate Appropriations Requests with municipal Capital Improvement Projects).
Question 3: What proportion of campaign contributions to candidate political committees originated from local southwest Broward business interests versus statewide healthcare, insurance, and energy PACs? (Source lead: Audit contribution schedules on the Division of Elections Campaign Finance Database).
Research text: Gemini browser session, 2026-10-04. Officeholder and county coverage: Florida Senate directory. The graph keeps these leads separate from the reference office record.