Evan Jenne
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| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 99th district |
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Assumed office November 18, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Elaine Schwartz |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 100th district |
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In office November 21, 2006 – November 20, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Tim M. Ryan |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Gibbons |
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September 4, 1977 Hollywood, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Florida State University (B.S.) (M.P.A.) |
| Profession | Small business owner |
| Religion | Episcopal |
Evan Jenne (born September 4, 1977) is a Democratic politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 99th District, which includes most of Hollywood in southern Broward County, since 2014. Previously, Jenne represented the 100th District, which stretched from Dania Beach to Pembroke Pines in southern Broward County, from 2006 to 2012.
Jenne was born in Hollywood to Ken Jenne, who served as a Broward County Commissioner, State Senator, and as the Sheriff of Broward County. Jenne attended the Florida State University, where he graduated with a degree in political science in 1999, and then a Master of Public Administration in 2002.
In 2006, following the inability of State Representative Tim M. Ryan to seek re-election due to term limits, Jenne ran to succeed him in the 100th District, which stretched from Dania Beach to Pembroke Pines in southern Broward County. He won both the Democratic primary and the general election entirely unopposed. During his first term in the legislature, he authored legislation that "would compensate a 6-year-old boy born with brain damage because of negligence by South Broward Hospital District employees" and that would allow victims of sexual assault to be granted leave by their employers. In 2008, Jenne was opposed in the primary by Robert Kellner and Freda Sherman Stevens, whom he was able to handily defeat, receiving 52% of the vote to Kellner's 30% and Stevens's 18%, and in the general election, he was re-elected unopposed. He faced Edward Bender, an independent candidate, when he ran for re-election in 2010, and earned the endorsement of the Sun-Sentinel, which praised Jenne for his "pro-consumer record" and for "crossing the aisle and working with House Republicans to get things accomplished." Ultimately, Bender did not pose a significant risk to Jenne, and he was overwhelmingly re-elected, receiving 66% of the vote to Bender's 34%.
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