FL-24: Shevrin Jones (D) files to succeed Frederica Wilson
Former state Senator Shevrin Jones is running to succeed eight-term U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson in Congressional District 24, according to paperwork filed Thursday morning.
“It’s filed and live,” Jones, a 42-year-old Miami Gardens native, told the Phoenix. A Democrat, Jones launched his bid to replace the same-party Wilson one week after she announced her retirement — after a strange back-and-forth where she initially claimed rumors of her stepping down were “crazy.”
Hours after filing, Jones told his social media followers to join him at the Koinonia Worship Center — his parents’ Pembroke Pines church — next Tuesday for “an important announcement.”
Jones is a former chair of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party, and served in the Florida Legislature beginning in 2012. He served four terms in the state House before winning his Senate seat in 2020. He held onto his seat during the 2024 elections, and was even set to lead the Senate Democrats in 2028 before announcing last week he wouldn’t seek reelection.
https://floridaphoenix.com/briefs/shevrin-jones-files-to-succeed-frederica-wilson-in-cd-24/