Nan Rich

{{Infobox officeholder | name = Nan H. Rich | image = Nan Rich Senate portrait.jpg |office1= Vice Mayor of Broward County |1blankname1=Mayor | 1namedata1=Lamar P. Fisher |term_start1=November 29, 2022 |term_end1=November 28, 2023 |predecessor1=Lamar P. Fisher |successor1=Beam Furr | office = Mayor of Broward County | 1blankname =Vice Mayor | 1namedata = Beam Furr | term_start = November 28, 2023 |term_end=November 19, 2024 | predecessor = Lamar P. Fisher |successor=Beam Furr | office2 = Member of the <br />Broward County Commission<br />from the 1st district | term_start2 = November 22, 2016 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = Martin David Kiar | successor2 = | office3 = Minority Leader of the Florida Senate | term_start3 = November 16, 2010 | term_end3 = November 20, 2012 | predecessor3 = Al Lawson | successor3 = Chris Smith | state_senate4 = Florida | district4 = 34th | term_start4 = November 2, 2004 | term_end4 = November 6, 2012 | predecessor4 = Debbie Wasserman Schultz | successor4 = ''Redistricted'' | state_house5 = Florida | district5 = 97th | term_start5 = November 7, 2000 | term_end5 = November 2, 2004 | predecessor5 = Debbie Wasserman Schultz | successor5 = Susan Goldstein | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|02|09}} | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | party = Democratic | spouse = David Rich | alma_mater = University of Florida }} '''Nan H. Rich''' (born February 9, 1942) is an American politician from the state of Florida and currently serves as a county commissioner in Broward County, Florida.

== Career == She served as a Democratic member of the Florida Senate from 2004 to 2012. Rich served as Senate Minority Leader from 2010 to 2012 and was term-limited out of the Senate in 2012. She served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2004.

She was a candidate for Governor of Florida in 2014,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.local10.com/news/State-Sen-Nan-Rich-running-for-Governor/-/1717324/10985246/-/1r8a6az/-/index.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131103101544/http://www.local10.com/news/State-Sen-Nan-Rich-running-for-Governor/-/1717324/10985246/-/1r8a6az/-/index.html| archive-date = 2013-11-03| title = State Sen. Nan Rich running for Governor {{!}} News - Home}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nanrich2014.com| title = Nan Rich 2014}}</ref> but lost the Democratic primary to Charlie Crist, who garnered 74 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fox|first1=Lauren|title=Florida's Charlie Crist Completes Makeover, Takes on Rick Scott|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/ballot-2014/2014/08/27/floridas-charlie-crist-wins-democratic-primary-and-completes-political-makeover|website=usnews.com|publisher=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> Rich received endorsements from both the Florida NOW and NOW as well as Buddy MacKay, the most recent Democratic governor of Florida.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tampabay.com/nan-rich-scores-buddy-mackay-endorsement/2164293/| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140302092551/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/nan-rich-scores-buddy-mackay-endorsement/2164293| archive-date = 2014-03-02| title = Nan Rich scores Buddy MacKay endorsement}}</ref>

President Bill Clinton appointed Rich to the Board of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.<ref>http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/item/jewish_leader_nan_rich_is_florida_senate_minority_leader_20101208 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> Rich served as president of the National Council of Jewish Women (1996-1999).<ref name=Man2013>{{cite news|last1=Man|first1=Anthony|title=Women's political group endorses Nan Rich|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/broward-politics-blog/sfl-womens-political-group-endorses-nan-rich-20131115-story.html|accessdate=6 April 2015|publisher=Sun Sentinel|date=15 November 2013}}</ref>

== Personal life == Rich attended the University of Florida, where she was a member of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority.<ref name="AEP">{{cite web|url=http://www.aephi.org/story/default.asp?page=famous_phis|title=Alpha Epsilon Phi – Famous Phis|publisher=Alpha Epsilon Phi|accessdate=2007-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929164201/http://www.aephi.org/story/default.asp?page=famous_phis|archive-date=2007-09-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=53731 Project Vote Smart - Senator Nan H. Rich (FL)] profile *''Follow the Money'' - Nan H Rich **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20069&c=415731 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20049&c=404290 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20029&c=19872 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20009&c=349760 2000] campaign contributions

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