John Rayson
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Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
attorney
Lawyer
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. He served as the mayor
Mayor
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of Pompano Beach, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
from 2004 to 2007. Prior to becoming mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
, Rayson served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives
Florida House of Representatives
The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The House is composed of 120 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 156,677.The House convenes at...
from 1990-2000.
He is married to Kathy Rayson and has four children, Jessica, Chloe, Robert and Bradley. Chloe is a notable artist whose work "explores how the specific, distinctive landscape of southeastern Florida is constructed and displayed in a way that softens and conceals the undesirable or less manageable areas in favor of a more calculated place. These works of photography and video present a critical view of an obsessive society that has chosen to conquer, distort, and represent the environment in a beautified, homogenized way."http://bmoreart.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html
He unsuccessfully sought election as a Broward County, Florida
Broward County, Florida
-2000 Census:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,623,018 people, 654,445 households, and 411,645 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,346 people per square mile . There were 741,043 housing units at an average density of 615 per square mile...
circuit judge
Judge
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.
(http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-celxjudge6aug06,0,810976.story?coll=sfla-news-broward).
On July 26, 2007, he was selected as Davie, Florida
Davie, Florida
Davie is a town in Broward County, Florida, United States. The town's population was 91,992 at the 2010 census.- History :Davie was founded by Jake Tannebaum and Tamara Toussaint. The original name of the town was Zona. In 1909 R.P. Davie assisted then Governor Broward by draining the swamplands...
's town attorney.http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-0809davieattorney,0,6770226.story