Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff

Who is Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff?

Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff was a Republican member of the Florida Senate from the 25th District, which ran from West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 2010 to 2012.

In 1996, Setnor Bogdanoff began her political career by running for the Broward County School Board as the Republican nominee, though she lost to Democratic incumbent Miriam Oliphant. She ran for the Florida Senate in a special election in March of 1998 to replace Ken Jenne, who had resigned his seat in the Senate when Governor Lawton Chiles appointed him as Broward County Sheriff, but lost to Steven Geller, a State Representative and the Democratic nominee.

Setnor Bogdanoff ran for the Florida House of Representatives in January of 2004 following the resignation of incumbent Representative Connie Mack IV, who had retired to focus on his ultimately successful campaign for Congress. She emerged victorious from a crowded field of seven candidates, and was re-elected unopposed later that year. In 2006, Setnor Bogdanoff fended off a spirited challenge from Democratic opponent Christian Chiari, in which she won with just 55% of the vote; two years later, she defeated Chiari again in a rematch by a larger margin.