Jen Perelman
Jen Perelman (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 25th Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 20, 2024.
Biography
Jen Perelman was born in North Miami, Florida. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado in 1992, a master's degree from Northwestern University in 1994, and a J.D. from St. Mary's University in 2000. Perelman's professional experience includes working as an attorney.
She has been associated with the Juvenile Justice Committee, the League of Women Voters Broward, the Democratic Women's Club of West Broward, the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida, the Broward County Bar Association, the Sunrise Movement of South Florida, and the Mobile School Pantry. Perelman received bar licenses in Texas in 2000 and Florida in 2003.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Florida's 25th Congressional District election, 2024
Florida's 25th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)
Florida's 25th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 25
Incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz defeated Christopher Eddy and Ed Goldfarb in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 25 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) | 54.5 | 186,942 |
 | Christopher Eddy (R)  | 45.5 | 156,208 | |
 | Ed Goldfarb (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 41 | |
| Total votes: 343,191 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 25
Incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz defeated Jen Perelman in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 25 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | 83.2 | 36,479 |
 | Jen Perelman | 16.8 | 7,349 | |
| Total votes: 43,828 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 25
Christopher Eddy defeated Bryan Leib in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 25 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christopher Eddy | 64.9 | 13,246 |
 | Bryan Leib | 35.1 | 7,149 | |
| Total votes: 20,395 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rubin Young (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Perelman in this election.
2020
See also: Florida's 23rd Congressional District election, 2020
Florida's 23rd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 18 Republican primary)
Florida's 23rd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 18 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 23
Incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz defeated Carla Spalding, Jeff Olson, and D.B. Fugate in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 23 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) | 58.2 | 221,239 |
 | Carla Spalding (R) | 41.8 | 158,874 | |
 | Jeff Olson (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 46 | |
 | D.B. Fugate (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 37 | |
| Total votes: 380,196 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 23
Incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz defeated Jen Perelman in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 23 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | 72.0 | 55,729 |
| Jen Perelman | 28.0 | 21,631 | |
| Total votes: 77,360 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 23
Carla Spalding defeated Michael Kroske in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 23 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carla Spalding | 51.3 | 12,751 |
 | Michael Kroske | 48.7 | 12,116 | |
| Total votes: 24,867 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Shlomo Nizahon (R)
- Ilya Katz (R)
- Richard Mendelson (R)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jen Perelman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Jen Perelman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Perelman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Congressional representation is a TERM OF SERVICE and NOT A CAREER
- No corporate money. Period.
- Three key areas that should never be for profit: healthcare, public education, and corrections
Medicare for All (single-payer)
Green New Deal (environmental AND economic JUSTICE)
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on November 26, 2019
