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Val Demings
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives
fromFlorida's10thdistrict
In office
January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byDaniel Webster
Succeeded byMaxwell Frost
Chief of theOrlando Police Department
In office
December 16, 2007 – June 1, 2011
Preceded byMichael McCoy
Succeeded byPaul Rooney
Personal details
Born
Valdez Venita Butler

(1957-03-12)March 12, 1957(age 67)
Jacksonville, Florida,U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
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(m.1988)​
Children3
EducationFlorida State University(BS)
Webster University Orlando(MPA)
Police career
DepartmentOrlando Police Department
Service years1983–2011
RankChief

Valdez Venita Demings(néeButler;born March 12, 1957) is an American politician and former police officer who served as theU.S. representativefromFlorida's 10th congressional districtfrom 2017 to 2023. The district covers most of the western half ofOrlandoand includes much of the area around Orlando's resort parks. It includes many of Orlando's western suburbs, includingApopkaandWinter Garden.From 2007 to 2011, Demings was chief of theOrlando Police Department,its first female chief, capping a 27-year career with the department. She has also beenfirst ladyofOrange County, Florida,since December 4, 2018, when her husbandJerry Demingswas sworn in asthe mayor.

Demings was the Democratic nominee to represent Florida's 10th congressional district in Congress in both 2012 and 2016. After losing in 2012 to Republican incumbentDaniel Webster,she won in 2016 after the State Supreme Court mandated redistricting statewide.[1]

On January 15, 2020, House SpeakerNancy Pelosiselected Demings to serve as aHouse impeachment managerin thefirst Senate trialof PresidentDonald Trump.[2]In early August 2020, Demings was said to be one of the top contenders to beJoe Biden's vice-presidential running mate in the2020 United States presidential election,along withKamala HarrisandSusan Rice.[3]She was the Democratic nominee in the2022 United States Senate election in Florida,losing to Republican incumbentMarco Rubio.

Early life and education

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Valdez Venita Butler was born on March 12, 1957,[4]one of seven children born to a poor family; her father worked as a janitor, her mother as a maid. They lived inMandarin,a neighborhood inJacksonville, Florida.She attendedsegregated schoolsin the 1960s and graduated fromWolfson High Schoolin 1975.[5][6]

Demings became interested in a career in law enforcement after serving in the "school patrol" at Dupont Junior High School. She attendedFlorida State University,graduating with a degree incriminologyin 1979.[5]In 1996, Demings earned amaster's degreein public administration fromWebster University Orlando.[7][8]

Early career

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After graduating from college, Demings worked as a statesocial workerinJacksonvillefor 18 months.[5]

In 1983, Demings applied for a job with theOrlando Police Department(OPD); her first assignment was on patrol on Orlando's west side.[5]Demings was appointed chief of the Orlando Police Department in 2007, becoming the first woman to lead the department.[9][10]From 2007 to 2011, she oversaw a 40% decrease in violent crime.[11]

According to a 2015 article inThe Atlantic,the Orlando Police Department "has a long record of excessive-force allegations, and a lack of transparency on the subject, dating back at least as far as Demings's time as chief."[12]A 2008Orlando Weeklyexposé described the Orlando Police Department as "a place where rogue cops operate with impunity, and there's nothing anybody who finds himself at the wrong end of their short fuse can do about it."[13]Demings responded with an op-ed in theOrlando Sentinel,writing, "Looking for a negative story in a police department is like looking for a prayer at church", adding, "It won't take long to find one." In the same op-ed, she cast doubt on video evidence that conflicts with officers' statements in excessive force cases, writing, "a few seconds (even of video) rarely capture the entire set of circumstances."[12]

In 2009, she had her firearm, aSig Sauer P226R,stolen from her department vehicle while parked at her home; she was issued a written censure. The firearm has not been recovered.[14]

Demings retired from her position as chief of OPD effective June 1, 2011, after serving with the OPD for 27 years.[15][16][12]

U.S. House of Representatives

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Elections

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2016

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See also:2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida § District 10

Demings was theDemocraticnominee for theUnited States House of RepresentativesinFlorida's 10th congressional districtin the2012 elections.[17]She faced freshmanRepublicanDaniel Websterin a district that had been made slightly more Republican than its predecessor in 2010. Demings narrowly lost, taking 48% of the vote to Webster's 51%.[18]

Democrats attempted to recruit Demings to run against Webster again in 2014.[19]She decided to run formayor of Orange County, Florida,againstTeresa Jacobs,instead,[20]but dropped out of the mayoral race on May 20, 2014.[21]

In 2015, Demings announced her candidacy for the 10th district seat after a court-ordered redistricting made the 10th significantly more Democratic ahead of the2016 elections.[22]Webster concluded the new 10th was unwinnable, and ran for reelection in the nearby11th district.

Demings won the Democratic nomination on August 30[23]and the general election in November with 65% of the vote.[24][25]She is the third Democrat to win this Orlando-based district since its creation in 1973 (it was numbered as the 5th from 1973 to 1993, the 8th from 1993 to 2013, and has been the 10th since 2013).

2018

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See also:2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida § District 10

In her2018 reelection campaign,Demings was unopposed for a second term.[26]

2020

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See also:2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida § District 10

On May 21, 2020, Demings confirmed she was on "the shortlist" to beJoe Biden'svice presidential nomineefor the2020 presidential election.She said she would accept the role if offered.[27]Some critics, includingBlack Lives Matteractivists, criticized her record as Orlando police chief.[28][29]Kamala Harriswas announced as Biden's running mate on August 11, 2020. In November 2020, Demings was named a candidate forUnited States Secretary of Homeland Securityin theBiden administration.[30]

Tenure

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Demings (furthest to right) withCongressional Black Caucuswomen

Demings was sworn in on January 3, 2017. She is a member of theNew Democrat Coalition[31]and theCongressional Black Caucus.[32]

As of March 2022, Demings had voted in line with Biden's stated position 100% of the time.[33]

Committee assignments

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Caucus memberships

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2022 U.S. Senate campaign

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Main article:2022 United States Senate election in Florida

In June 2021, Demings announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination in Florida's 2022 U.S. Senate election.[36]The incumbent U.S. Senator, RepublicanMarco Rubio,ran for reelection in 2022. In March 2022,PolitiFactreported that Demings falsely claimed that Rubio supported tax hikes.[37]She lost to Rubio in the November 8, 2022, general election.

Political positions

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Abortion

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Demings received a 100% voting score fromNARAL Pro-Choice Americafor 2017, 2018, and 2019.[38]She received a 100% rating fromPlanned Parenthood Action Fundfor 2020.[39]She has an F rating from the anti-abortionSusan B. Anthony List.[40]

Civil liberties

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Demings received a 100% rating from theAmerican Civil Liberties Unionfor the117th Congress.[41]

Climate and environment

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Demings received a 97% lifetime rating from theLeague of Conservation Votersbased on scores from 2017 to 2021.[42][43]

Filibuster

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Demings supports eliminating thefilibuster in the United States Senate.[44][45][46]

Gun policy

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Demings has said that she seeks to keep firearms out of the hands of "people who seek to do harm", saying that the gun control legislation she supports "isn’t about taking guns away from responsible, law-abiding people."[47]She supported the Gun Violence Restraining Order Act of 2017, which would have provided a lawful method of temporarily confiscating firearms from people deemed to be a threat to themselves or others. Of the act, Demings said, "We must do what we can to make sure law enforcement has the tools it needs to more effectively perform the ever more challenging job of keeping us a safe nation. The Gun Violence Restraining Order Act is a major step to doing just that."[48]After theStoneman Douglas High School shootingin 2018, Demings opposedarming teachers,calling the idea "ridiculous"[49]and saying it would "only shift the responsibility from lawmakers to others. It shifts the pain, the hurt, and the guilt to school staff who will find themselves outskilled and outgunned in active shooter situations."[48]

Demings has an "F" rating from theNRA Political Victory Fund(NRA-PVF).[50][51]She has accused the NRA of "hijacking" conversations aftermass shootings in the United Statesto make them about theSecond Amendment.[52]

Healthcare

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Demings supports and has vowed to defend theAffordable Care Act.[53]

In June 2019 Demings released a congressional report on insulin prices, criticizing manufacturers for raising prices well beyond manufacturing costs, and said it was "inexcusable that American families are dying for the sake of corporate profit."[54]

Impeachments of President Donald Trump

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On December 18, 2019, Demings voted for both articles ofimpeachment against President Donald Trump.[55]Shewas selectedas one of sevenHouse impeachment managerswho presented the impeachment case against Trump duringhis trialbefore theUnited States Senate.[56]

On January 13, 2021, Demings voted for the single article of impeachment in thesecond impeachment of President Donald Trump.[57]

2021 U.S. Electoral College vote count

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Citing the unusually contested2021 United States Electoral College vote countand the2021 storming of the United States Capitol,Demings joinedRepresentativeCori Bushin sponsoring House Resolution 25 on January 11, 2021, seeking toexpelthe 138 RepublicanU.S. Representativeswho voted to object to the electoral college certification.[58][59][60][61]

Personal life

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Demings's husband,Jerry Demings,is mayor ofOrange County, Florida,and the formerOrange County Sheriff.[16]He served as the chief of the Orlando Police Department, the first African American to do so, from 1999 to 2002.[5][8]The two met on patrol in the OPD; they married in 1988 and have three children.[5]

Demings is a member ofThe LinksandDelta Sigma Thetasorority.[62][63]

Electoral history

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Florida 10th Congressional District 2012 General Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Webster (Incumbent) 164,649 51.7
Democratic Val Demings 153,574 48.3
Write-In Naipaul Seegolam 46 0.0
Total votes 318,269 100.0
Florida 10th Congressional District 2016 Primary Election[64]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Val Demings 23,260 57.12
Democratic Geraldine F. Thompson 8,192 20.12
Democratic Bob Poe 6,918 16.99
Democratic Fatima Rita Fahmy 2,349 5.77
Total votes 40,719 100
Florida 10th Congressional District 2016 General Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Val Demings 198,491 64.87
Republican Thuy Lowe 107,498 35.13
Total votes 305,989 100
DemocraticgainfromRepublican
2018 Florida 10th Congressional District Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Val Demings (incumbent) 73,583 75.0
Democratic Wade Darius 24,519 25.0
Total votes 98,102 100.0
Florida 10th Congressional District 2020 Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Val Demings (incumbent) 239,434 63.61%
Republican Vennia Francois 136,889 36.36%
Independent Sufiyah Yasmine (write-in) 74 0.01%
Total votes 376,397 100.0
Democratichold
United States Senate election in Florida, 2022[65]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Marco Rubio(incumbent) 4,474,847 57.68% +5.70%
Democratic Val Demings 3,201,522 41.27% −3.04%
Libertarian Dennis Misigoy 32,177 0.41% −1.71%
Independent Steven B. Grant 31,816 0.41% N/A
Independent Tuan TQ Nguyen 17,385 0.22% N/A
Write-in 267 0.00% ±0.00%
Total votes 7,758,014 100.00% N/A
Republicanhold

See also

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